R.E.M.

Alternative Rock Rock 

Young Fresh Fellows: Live, Love, ‘Loft’

April 9, 2026April 10, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Loft, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, The Minus 5, Yep Roc Records, Young Fresh Fellows

Scott McCaughey talks about the supergroup’s bold new LP

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Jason Narducy: ‘Pageant’ Material

March 2, 2026 Blake Maddux 0 Comments Bob Mould, Dag Juhlin, Jason Narducy, John Stirratt, Jon Wurster, Lifes Rich Pageant, Michael Shannon, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Superchunk

Talking R.E.M. with the guitarist of their greatest tribute act

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Alternative Rock Rock 

A Collective Worth Their Weight In ‘Salt’

February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2026, A Brief History of Blindness, Game Theory, Let's Active, Lynn Blakey, Matthew Caws, Mike Mills, Nada Surf, Propeller Sound Recordings, R.E.M., Scott Miller, Stephanie Schuck, The Salt Collective

A chat with guitarist Stephanie Schuck of North America’s coolest supergroup

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Alternative Rock Rock 

A Belated Birthday Wish to Michael Stipe

January 9, 2025January 14, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 65th birthday, Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, R.E.M., Singin' in the Rain, Tim Sommer

Celebrating the stalwart R.E.M. frontman’s 65th from the Kingdom of Outsiders

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Rock 

Franz Nicolay on Rock’s Middle Class

September 5, 2024 Art Edwards 0 Comments Bands, Books, Franz Nicolay, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Hold Steady, The World Inferno Friendship Society, touring, U2, University of Texas Press

The Hold Steady keyboardist opens up about his new book Band People

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Alternative Rock Rock 

WATCH: R.E.M. Reunite at Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Berry, Jason Isbell, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Reunion, Songwriters Hall of Fame

Original lineup comes together for the first time in over 15 years to perform “Losing My Religion”

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Indie Rock Rock 

Second Guessing: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 40

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, 7 Chinese Bros, Bill Berry, Harborcoat, I.R.S. Records, Lynda Stipe, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Oh-OK, Peter Buck, Pretty Persuasion, R.E.M., Reckoning, Second Guessing, So. Central Rain, The B-52's, The Byrds

What makes the band’s sophomore set better than Murmur

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us Doesn’t Quite Give Up the Gun

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2024, Ezra Koenig, Jerry Seinfeld, Jonah Hill, Kanye West, Only God Was Above Us, R.E.M., The Clash, Vampire Weekend

Why the band’s fifth album is also their weakest

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

R.E.M. Revisit Up With New Deluxe Edition

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, At My Most Beautiful, Bill Berry, Craft Recordings, Daysleeper, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Pat McCarthy, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Up, Warner Bros. Records

25th Anniversary edition of the band’s underrated 11th LP contains bonus live album from 1999 Party of Five taping

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Alternative Rock Rock 

You Are The Everything: R.E.M.’s Green at 35

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Green, Keith LeBlanc, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Pop Song 89, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Stand!, World Leader Pretend, You Are The Everything

Looking back on the Athens, GA band’s transitional classic

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 49: October 2023

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Famous Quotes, Harry Wayne Casey, Jim Sullivan, Joe Wood, KC, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kristin Hersh, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Tanya Donelly, The Feelies, The Good Earth, Throwing Muses

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Beatle Pop Rock 

John Lennon: Our Four Favorite Reissues

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 83rd Birthday, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Kurt Cobain, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth, Stephen Brodsky, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

Going through our stash for his 83rd birthday

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Alternative Rock Britpop Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Britpop Vets The Jack Rubies Return With “Poltergeist”

October 5, 2023February 28, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Big Stir Records, C86, East London, England, Ian Wright, Lawrence Giltnane, Peter Maxted, Poltergeist, R.E.M., SD Ineson, Steve Brockway, The Cure, The Jack Rubies

New album, Clocks Are Out Of Time, due out in early 2024

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Alternative Rock Rock 

The Baseball Project Captures Glory in Cambridge, MA

August 21, 2023August 22, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Filthy Friends, Linda Pitmon, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, The Baseball Project, The Dream Syndicate, Young Fresh Fellows, Zuzu’s Petals

Two-hour-plus show marks another home run for the American supergroup

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Hip Hop Rap Rock 

A Loose History of the Rock and Hip-Hop Connection in Eight Moves

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Blondie, Eddie Martinez, Elvis Costello, Faith No More, Hip-hop, Judgment Night soundtrack, KRS One, Larry Smith, Lil Yachty, R.E.M., Riot, Run DMC, The Roots

From Blondie to Yachty, we trace back the evolution of this everloving junction

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