Sep 26, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Acclaimed actor/musician Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy (of Superchunk, Split Single, and Bob Mould’s band) have announced that they will go on tour next February where they will perform R.E.M.’s 1983-released debut album, Murmur, in its entirety, alongside some other early R.E.M. singles. More

Sep 14, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Death Cab For Cutie have shared their full Live From Home livestream concert performance, which took place this past Monday. The performance featured a cover of R.E.M.’s “Near Wild Heaven” and a stripped-down version of the previously unreleased track “Pepper,” from Death Cab For Cutie’s forthcoming album, Asphalt Meadows, which will be out this Friday (September 16) via Atlantic. More

Jun 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

R.E.M. have announced a 40th anniversary reissue of their debut EP, Chronic Town, which will be out on August 19 via I.R.S. / UMe. It will be the EP’s first ever release on CD, including extensive liner notes by the EP’s producer, Mitch Easter. The reissue will also be released on picture disc and cassette. More

Mar 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Mykki Blanco has shared a video for his new single “Family Ties.” The song features R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and it is out now via Transgressive. More

Feb 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Superchunk have shared a new song, “On the Floor.” The song features backup vocals from Mike Mills of R.E.M. and piano from Franklin Bruno. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, Wild Loneliness, which will be out on February 25 via Merge. More

Oct 20, 2021 By Austin Saalman

Upon the release of their 12th studio album in May 2001, alt rock giants R.E.M. had experienced their commercial breakthrough over a decade prior, earned three Grammy Awards, and established themselves as a major influence on ’90s popular culture. More

Sep 14, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have announced a new covers album, Georgia Blue, of which all proceeds will benefit three different organizations: Black Voters Matter, Fair Fight, and Georgia STAND-UP. The album consists of covers of songs originally created by Georgia natives (R.E.M., Gladys Knight, James Brown). Isbell and his band have also shared a song from the album, a cover of R.E.M.’s “Driver 8,” which features John Paul White. Georgia Blue will be out on October 15 via Isbell’s own label Southeastern Records. More

Sep 08, 2021 By Joey Arnone

!!! (pronounced Chk Chk Chk) have shared a set of two new covers, delivering dance revampings of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 song “Fast Car” and R.E.M.’s 1992 song “Man on the Moon.” The covers are out now as a double A-side single via Warp. The band has also shared a video for their cover of “Man on the Moon” directed by drummer Chris Egan. More

Aug 24, 2021 By Joey Arnone

R.E.M. have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their critically acclaimed tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi, subsequently sharing an alternate version of the album’s “Leave.” More

Mar 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Sharon Van Etten has announced a new anniversary double album, epic Ten, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her album epic. It will include the original album plus a new album which features covers of songs from the original done by artists whom Van Etten admires, including Fiona Apple, Big Red Machine (Aaron Dessner of The National and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver), IDLES, Courtney Barnett, Shamir, and more. She has shared the first song from the album, Big Red Machine’s cover of “A Crime,” and will be sharing a new cover from the album every Thursday leading up to its release date of April 16. More

Jun 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Back in March former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe shared a video of him performing from home a new demo song “No Time for Love Like Now” and then he also performed it again from home for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Now he has shared the studio version of the song, via a video. It’s a collaboration with the collective Big Red Machine, in particular The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner. More

Mar 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Over the weekend former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe shared a video of him performing a new song “No Time for Love Like Now.” Stipe says it’s the first take of a new demo and that it’s a collaboration with The National’s Aaron Dessner. More

Mar 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has shared a new PSA video with tips for dealing with the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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Jan 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has shared a new solo song, “Drive to the Ocean,” via a self-directed video for the track. Proceeds from the song will benefit Pathway to Paris, which is asking for cities to sign onto the Paris climate change agreement. More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. have released a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster today via Craft Recordings. The box set includes a new remix of the entire album by original producer Scott Litt, as well as various unreleased tracks, including demos, and a 1995 live show recorded in Chicago. Now that the reissue is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Oct 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster this Friday via Craft Recordings. The box set includes a new remix of the entire album by original producer Scott Litt and now they have launched a cool new A/B experience on their website where you can hear each song and switch back and forth at whim between the original 1994 mix and the new one, while the songs are playing. More

Oct 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster on November 1 via Craft Recordings. Now they have shared another bonus track, the previously unreleased “Uptempo Mo Distortion.” More

Oct 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster on November 1 via Craft Recordings. The box set includes a new remix of the entire album by original producer Scott Litt and now his new remix of the album’s “Let Me In” has been shared, via a lyric video. The song was written in response to the suicide of the band’s friend Kurt Cobain and features one of his guitars. More

Oct 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has shared his first ever solo song, “Your Capricious Soul.” It is available to download for 77 cents (or more if you’d like) from his website, with all proceeds for the next year going to the climate change organization Extinction Rebellion. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster on November 1 via Craft Recordings. Now, presumably in honor of the exact 25th anniversary of the album (which is today), they have shared a bonus track from the reissue, “Revolution 4-21 (Demo).” The final version of the song, “Revolution,” appeared on the soundtrack to the worst Batman film ever, 1997’s Batman and Robin. More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We knew this week’s #1 song would be our #1 the moment we heard it. It might be the #1 Song of the Year even, we’ll see. More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. have shared a previously unreleased song, “Fascinating,” to benefit Bahamas hurricane relief efforts by Mercy Corps. The song was recorded in Nassau, Bahamas in 2004 for their Around the Sun album (released later that year), but it didn’t make the cut. You can stream it here or you can download it from Bandcamp for a donation of $2.00 or more. More

Sep 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. have announced a 25th anniversary deluxe box set reissue of their 1994 album Monster and have shared a new remix of the album’s single “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” by original producer Scott Litt. More

Apr 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Acclaimed best selling authors Nick Hornby, Dave Eggers, and Michael Chabon have teamed up for the new charity project Setlists for Young Voices, where they are auctioning autographed setlists by R.E.M., Mitski, Wilco, Janelle Monáe, Sigur Rós, Better Oblivion Community Center, Death Cab for Cutie, Jim James, Patti Smith, More

Feb 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Filthy Friends is a supergroup that features Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck, along with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and Linda Pitmon. They have announced a new album, Emerald Valley, and shared its first single, “Last Chance County.” More

Sep 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing R.E.M. at the BBC on October 19 via Craft Recordings. It’s an 8-CD and 1-DVD box set that collects rare and unreleased live and studio recordings of the band done by the BBC over the years. Now they have shared a live recording of “E-Bow the Letter,” a song from their 1996 album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The song was recorded in 2004 at St. James’ Church in London and features Thom Yorke of Radiohead on guest vocals. More

May 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Joseph Arthur and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck recently teamed up as Arthur Buck and are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 15 via New West. Previously they shared the album’s “I Am the Moment.” Now they have shared another song from the album, “Forever Waiting,” and announced some tour dates. Check out the song and dates below. More

Apr 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Joseph Arthur and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck recently teamed up as Arthur Buck. Now they have announced their self-titled debut album and shared its first single, “I Am the Moment.” Arthur Buck is due out June 15 via New West. Below is “I Am the Moment,” followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art. More

Dec 01, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

To North Korea we go this week. Following yet another successful launch, we walk back a few decades to summarize the current situation threatening us all. Beneath the prospect of nuclear annihilation, there’s also change afoot in the White House, an insulting president, tax reform, and the Grammys. More

Oct 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary reissue of their classic 1992 album Automatic For the People. It’s due out November 20 via Craft Recordings. It has 20 never-before-heard demos from the recording sessions for the album, including “Mike’s Pop Song,” a fully realized unreleased track that we previously posted. More

Sep 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their classic 1992 album Automatic For the People. It’s due out November 20 via Craft Recordings. It has 20 never-before-heard demos from the recording sessions for the album, including “Mike’s Pop Song,” a fully realized unreleased track that the band has shared now. More

Aug 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Filthy Friends is a new supergroup that features Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck, along with Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, and Bill Rieflin. They are releasing their debut album, Invitation, on August 25 via Kill Rock Stars. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In the last month of the election writer Dave Eggers spearheaded the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Donald Trump campaign, in which a new anti-Trump song was released every day. More

Dec 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our joint Best of 2016 / 15th Anniversary Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readbug). The issue celebrates the best albums of 2016, reflects on Under the Radar‘s 15th anniversary and albums released in 2001, looks forward to albums due out in early 2017, and features The Flaming Lips on the cover. There’s also a big article examining how the music industry has changed in the last 15 years and in our Artist Survey section various musicians comment on the music and events of 2016. More

Dec 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Last night R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Not only was he interviewed by Colbert, a very bearded Stipe joined the host for a funny parody of the R.E.M. hit “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” More

Nov 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1991 album Out of Time next Friday, November 18, via Concord Bicycle. More

Nov 09, 2016 By Mark Redfern

Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped. More

Nov 08, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Alec Baldwin has interviewed former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe for his WNYC radio talk show “Here’s the Thing.” They start by discussing Stipe’s childhood and his earliest musical experiences. More

Sep 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

R.E.M. are releasing a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1991 album Out of Time. Now they have shared a previously unreleased acoustic demo of single “Radio Song.” More

Aug 25, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ready to feel old, longtime R.E.M. fans? The band have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1991 album Out of Time, an album that grew the band’s fanbase thanks to radio hits “Losing My Religion” and “Shiny Happy People.” More

Mar 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to cover the late David Bowie‘s “The Man Who Sold the World.” Stipe is taking part in this week’s two New York City tribute concerts to Bowie. Watch video of his performance below, which just features a very bearded Stipe and a pianist. More

Feb 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Two tribute concerts to the late David Bowie were actually announced just before his death, but have taken on new meaning following his passing. The Music of David Bowie shows are going down March 31 at Carnegie Hall and April 1 at Radio City Music Hall. More

Dec 22, 2014 By Laura Studarus

In early November, First Aid Kit unveiled a cover of R.E.M.’s “Walk Unafraid,” recorded for the Reese Witherspoon pick Wild. Now the track has some visuals. More

Dec 18, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Sadly, tonight is the final episode of The Colbert Report before host Stephen Colbert goes on to replace Letterman on The Late Show. More

Nov 05, 2014 By Laura Studarus

As part of the soundtrack for the new Reese Witherspoon movie Wild, Stay Gold sisters First Aid Kit have covered R.E.M.’s “Walk Unafraid.” More

Nov 29, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Last week, we discovered what happens when R.E.M., Lindsay Lohan, and James Franco collide. (Answer: “Blue.”) This week we get another helping of the ‘ol Franco charm with the new video, “That Someone is You.” More

Nov 16, 2012 By Laura Studarus

First, is there any project that James Franco isn’t involved with? More

Sep 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Though R.E.M. is officially retired, that doesn’t mean Michael Stipe and co. won’t notice when their music is shanghaied without their permission, particularly when the culprits are FOX News. During the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday the network used “Losing My Religion” to soundtrack their coverage. More

Aug 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

R.E.M. may have officially called it quits last year, but on Sept. 25 the band will release the next installment of their 25th anniversary reissue series with 1987’s Document. More

Mar 15, 2012 By John Everhart

True to his reputation with R.E.M. as being an intuitive, fast-working musician, guitarist Peter Buck is said to be readying his first solo album. We have the details. More

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 07, 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 14, 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 19, 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

Sep 26, 2023 By Frank Valish

After the nuanced and relatively somber nature of R.E.M.‘s early 2000s, the band comes out with a bang on its penultimate album, 2008’s Accelerate. More

Sep 25, 2023 By Frank Valish

By the end of the 2000s, R.E.M. had returned to more of a rock band ethos, but Reveal finds the band at its most nuanced best. More

Sep 06, 2023 By Frank Valish

Craft Recordings has done a commendable job at reissuing R.E.M.‘s catalog on vinyl. Collapse Into Now was the R.E.M.‘s final studio album, its 15th in total, and was originally released in 2011. More

Sep 05, 2023 By Frank Valish

R.E.M.‘s 2004 album, Around the Sun, reissued here on 180g double vinyl, is an underrated slow burn that reveals itself more and more with multiple listens. More

Aug 24, 2022 By Mark Moody

It’s a sobering thought to consider that all of the surviving college radio disc jockeys of the early ’80s are a heck of a lot closer to their initial Medicare enrollment than they are to the release of R.E.M.’s debut EP. Chronic Town celebrates its 40th anniversary today (it was originally released on August 24, 1982). More

Oct 28, 2021 By Austin Saalman

R.E.M.’s tenth overall album and their fourth in a succession of ’90s masterworks beginning with Out of Time, 1996’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi incorporated the best of the group’s previous releases into a single moody exploration of the modern West in its imperial twilight. More

Oct 22, 2018 By Michael James Hall

Seven years after their amicable split following a 31-year career, Athens GA’s finest exports R.E.M. are still in demand. Following last year’s exhaustive and rather wonderful treasure trove reissue of Automatic for the People, completists will be thrilled by Craft Recordings dedication to releasing comprehensive sets with this nine-disc behemoth. More

Dec 04, 2017 By Matthew Berlyant

It’s hard to imagine this now, but when Automatic for the People came out 25 years ago in 1992, it was hot on the heels of the previous year’s gargantuanly successful Out of Time. “Losing My Religion” was ubiquitous and unavoidable everywhere you went and the anticipation for a new album by the kingpins of the ‘80s college radio/alternative rock scene turned mainstream stars was at a fever pitch. More

Nov 18, 2016 By Matthew Berlyant

In 1991, R.E.M. released the album that cemented their status as the former college radio favorites who became, for a few years, the biggest band in the world. More

Aug 09, 2016 By Matthew Berlyant

In 1986, R.E.M. were riding high. Coming off three successive albums that made them a progressively bigger and bigger draw on the college circuit, they were looking to expand their sound and their audience. More

Jul 10, 2014 By Billy Hamilton

There was a time in the early ‘90s when R.E.M. could confidently call itself the biggest band in the world. The run of Out of Time and Automatic for the People shifted units by the bucket load, while Michael Stipe was the unwavering voice of the ordinary man; a Bono without the complications of actually being Bono. More

Nov 30, 2011 By David Brusie

Four guys in Athens, Georgia start a band. They play shows, get signed to a local label, work their way up the college rock ranks, get signed to a major, become rock stars, implode, and (mostly) recover. 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