Mar 10, 2012 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Just a reminder that the not-to-be-missed digital version of Under the Radar’s “Best of 2011” issue (available for Mac, PC, iPad, and Android via Zinio here) includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 100 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print edition. Included are extra photos of Beirut, Bon Iver, The Horrors, M83, Slow Club, Summer Camp, and tUnE-yArDs. The digital version features exclusive bonus interviews with Big Black Delta, Future Islands, Hooray for Earth, Lanterns on the Lake, Metronomy, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Real Estate, The War on Drugs, Wild Flag, and Zola Jesus. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar's Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Nov 07, 2011 By Chris Tinkham

Kirsten Dunst, who won a Best Actress award at Cannes earlier this year for her lead performance in Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, is currently doing press for the film, which opens in limited release on Friday.Under the Radar took the opportunity to ask Dunst about her appearance in R.E.M.'s Warhol-inspired video for "We All Go Back to Where We Belong," directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph.  More

Nov 07, 2011 By John Everhart

R.E.M., shortly after the announcement of their breakup, revealed details of a career spanning retrospective titled Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 to be released November 15 via Warner Brothers. We have the stream. More

Oct 27, 2011 By Laura Studarus

The newest R.E.M. video for “We All Go Back to Where We Belong” comes in two flavors. We have them both.  More

Oct 11, 2011 By John Everhart

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks pay tribute to R.E.M. with a live cover of "Radio Free Europe." Check out the clip from the band's October 2 show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. More

Oct 06, 2011 By Natasha Moningka

Legendary rockers R.E.M. have decided to end their rockstar days and part ways. However, they are leaving loyal fans with a final album as a token of their appreciation. We have the artwork and trailer for their upcoming best of collection. More

Sep 26, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Not long after breaking the bad news and calling it quits last week, R.E.M. announced that fans would be getting one last release from the band: a career-spanning compilation entitled, Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011.  More

Sep 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

After three decades and 15 albums together as a band, R.E.M. have called it a day. More

Sep 02, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Michael Stipe recently sat down with The Creators’ Project to discuss his take on visual art. We have the video.  More

May 04, 2011 By John Everhart

R.E.M.'s fourth studio album Lifes Rich Pageant has been remastered, repackaged, and given a second disc of unreleased demos in preparation for its 25^th anniversary edition reissue. We have the details. More

Apr 26, 2011 By John Everhart

R.E.M. has unveiled the latest in their series of 12 videos from the Collapse Into Now Film Project, a clip for the track "Everyday Is Yours to Win." We have the details. More

Mar 10, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Lance Bangs directs R.E.M. and their latest collaborator, Peaches, in the video for "Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter," a track off Collapse Into Now. We have the vid. More

Mar 02, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

A week before its scheduled release, R.E.M.'s latest album Collapse Into Now is now available to stream in its entirety over at NPR. More

Feb 11, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter 2011 issue is about to hit stands. The cover features Death Cab for Cutie, who gave writer Matt Fink insight into the band’s forthcoming album, Codes and Keys (due out in May). The issue also includes interviews with Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, The Dears, The Decemberists, Destroyer, The Dodos, Duran Duran,Elbow, Iron and Wine, Lykke Li, R.E.M., Telekinesis, Toro Y Moi, The Antlers, The Big Pink, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Vivian Girls, Anna Calvi, Porcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, Yuck, and more.

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Jan 31, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Alt-rockers and Hall-of-Famers R.E.M. don't plan on touring in support of Collapse Into Now. But, they do plan on making videos. Lots of them. More

Oct 22, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Finally having completed work on their 15^th studio album, today R.E.M’s manager Bertis Downs announced their new baby’s name. Out spring of 2011, the disc is called Collapse Into Now. More

Oct 07, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The remaining members of Big Star (Andy Hummel and Alex Chilton passed away earlier this year) are joining together December 9th and 10th to perform classic 1978 album, Third. The performance will take place at Cat’s Cradle in North Carolina as part of the Stoke It, Noel series. More

Sep 13, 2010 By Katrina Yentch

On October 26, New West Records will release R.E.M.'s "Live From Austin, Texas," the latest installment to the PBS show, Austin City Limits. We have the details.  More

Aug 04, 2010 By John Everhart

Posies frontman Ken Stringfellow, who also served as a member of the final incarnation of Big Star, as well as a touring and recording sideman for R.E.M. circa 1998-2005, has heard an early version of the latter's upcoming album, and had some rather surprising impressions. We have the details. More

Jul 14, 2010 By John Everhart

R.E.M.  wraps recording of 15th studio album, tentatively slated for release in Spring of next year. We have the details. More

May 28, 2010 By John Everhart

This weekend The Loft, on SIRIUS channel 29 and XM channel 50, will broadcast a tribute show to Big Star's Alex Chilton, featuring the surviving members of Big Star along with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Sondre Lerche, Brendan Benson, and others. More

May 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody has been busy gathering a new group of pals for new supergroup Tired Pony, including members of R.E.M. and Belle & Sebastian. Their debut album, The Place We Ran From (out July 12th), features contributions from She & Him and Editors’ Tom Smith. More

May 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We're offering two dollars off most available back issues! More

Jan 22, 2010 By Michele Yamamoto

Simon Cowell has chosen R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" for his charity single scheduled to be released later this month in order to raise funds for Disasters Emergency Committee. Rumored artists to be involved in the cover version include Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Take That, and Robbie Williams. More

Nov 18, 2009 By Laura Studarus

R.E.M. is in the studio, currently recording their 15th album. And since indie musicans have collectively decided that a tree falling in the woods with no one around doesn't make a sound, the band brought cameras in to record the process. We have the videos. More

Aug 18, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

R.E.M. is set to release a 39-track 2 DVD and CD set of their performances in Dublin from 2007. More

Jun 30, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

On July 7th, R.E.M. will be digitally releasing a 4-song EP entitled Reckoning Songs From the Olympia. It will essentially be live versions of four tracks from the band's second album, Reckoning, recorded during working rehearsals in July 2007. The EP is intended to be a taste of what's to come in the two-CD set R.E.M. Live At the Olympia, which is due out this fall. More

May 05, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

R.E.M. has as announced the reissue of their 1984 album, Reckoning, slated for distribution as a two-disc 25th anniversary deluxe edition on June 23rd.  More

Jul 13, 2011 By John Everhart

On their fourth full-length LP, with the purposefully misspelled title, Lifes Rich Pageant, R.E.M. found themselves at something of an aesthetic crossroads. More

Mar 09, 2011 By John Everhart

"Let's show the kids how to do it, fine," sings Michael Stipe on the torrid rocker "All the Best," the second song on Collapse Into Now, R.E.M.'s finest album in nearly 15 years. The lyric nods to 1992's Automatic For the People's call out on "Drive," "Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do," Stipe's confession of impending middle age and losing touch with youth. More