David Berman

The great and powerful Radiohead have put out a new video for one of the best songs off In Rainbows, the stellar All I Need . It's an anti-slavery video. Using a split screen the band show a young Western boy going through his fun day of school, sports and art, while the young Asian boy who makes his shoes toils in misery on the other side of the world. The tag line: Some things cost more than you realise.

I join Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan (my two daily MUST READ music sites) in noting the death of Bruce's keyboard player of 40 years (ages 18-58) Danny Federici of Flemington, New Jersey. You can't think about Bruce's music without the keyboards. RIP Danny, thanks. More on Bruce's official site .

On Wednesday night, for the first time ever, Stephen Colbert had a band on the show, and he started right at the top with my beloved REM. Above, watch them tear through the lead single off Accelerate, Supernatural Superserious, the one that "sounds like REM" complete with jangly guitars, Mike Mills' sweet backing vocals, and muscular drumming for the first time since Bill left, courtesy of Bill Rieflin from industrial metal band Ministry (superseriously). Sure, Pitchfork will smirk "REM can write a song (like this) in their collective sleep" (instantly catchy, viscerally empathic--"now there's nothing dark and there's nothing weird/don't be afraid i will hold you near"--, unmistakably REM) but that doesn't make it any less great. Also check out Stephen's interview , it's hilarious (Colbert asking Peter "How much mandolin is on this record?"). I'm so happy for REM everybody's liking Accelerate . As Colbert as...