R.E.M. has announced a new career-spanning R.E.M. at the BBC box set. Available in digital, 2-CD, 2-LP and a Super Deluxe 8-CD/1-DVD box set editions, the collection assembles…
Arthur Buck—the logically named combination of former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck and singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur—have released their second new song, a feel-good blues-pop number titled "Are You…
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,…
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills are the most recent guests on Hrishikesh Hirway's Song Exploder. On the podcast, they discuss the genesis of their mournful…
R.E.M. have pulled out all the stops for the recent 25th anniversary of their landmark album Automatic for the People, with a 25th anniversary reissue featuring unreleased demos…
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…
On November 10, R.E.M. will release a deluxe 25th anniversary reissue of Automatic for the People (and accompanying merch). The reissue includes two previously unreleased demo recordings, "Mike's Pop Song"
April 5, 1980. In a ramshackle desanctified church on Oconee Street, in Athens, Georgia, some boho college-types threw a party. Three bands were on the…
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…
R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People is getting a 25th anniversary reissue later this year. They’ve also teamed up with clothing company Paul Smith for a…
