Before beginning their performance in Portland, Oregon last night, Coldplay held a moment of silence fort the late Tom Petty. The band then invited R.E.M.'s Peter Buck…

Filthy Friends are a supergroup headed up by Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney, and featuring Peter Buck from R.E.M. and respected Pacific-Northwest-based players Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin (who…

Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck are part of a new band called Filthy Friends. Today, they've announced their debut LP Invitation. They've also released…

Filthy Friends, the supergroup featuring Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Corin Tucker and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, debuted a new song called "Any Kind of Crowd" on last…

Great protest music isn't the silver lining of autocracy. I haven't asked, but I feel pretty confident saying that all of the artists whose music is featured…

Scott McCaughey's band the Minus 5, which often features former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, played at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday night. On this evening, however,…

Recently, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker have been playing with Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin, and Kurt Bloch in a group called Filthy Friends. Up til now…

Peter Buck, former guitarist for R.E.M., has described the quintessential '80s college radio rockers' 2011 breakup in a new interview with Rolling Stone. Writer and longtime R.E.M.

Death Cab for Cutie closed out the second weekend of the Todos Santos Music Festival, a benefit started by R.E.M.'s Peter Buck for community service non-profit the Palapa…

R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck will release his latest solo album Warzone Earth on October 16 through Little Axe Records, as Pitchfork points out.

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has seemingly been added to the star-studded membership of new Portland band Super-Earth. Though the name of the group is subject…

Peter Buck will soon release a second solo album. Salon confirmed the news in an interview with the former R.E.M. guitarist himself. The title and…

R.E.M. are still broken up and have "zero plans" to get back together according to Mike Mills. But for those still murmuring over that non-reveal, here's…

Since disbanding last September, the members of R.E.M. have not disappeared. Frontman Michael Stipe has used his Tumblr to reveal parts of him we didn't…

Peter Buck hasn't been taking it easy since R.E.M. called it quits last year, lending his distinct chiming guitar sound to recordings and live shows…