Alt-folk singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur--remember Joe?--was apparently vacationing in Mexico when he ran into Peter Buck, of R.E.M. (and recently, Filthy Friends) fame. "I was like, 'Come…
Scott McCaughey, the frontman of the Minus 5 and longtime touring member of R.E.M., recently suffered a stroke while on tour with Alejandro Escovedo. And last night,…
Filthy Friends, the supergroup formed by Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, appeared on Last Call With Carson Daly. Performing at the Teragram Ballroom…
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…
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…
