Michael Shannon revisited 30-plus songs by the defunct Georgia quartet with members of Bob Mould’s band and Wilco.

REM's early career wasn't anywhere near as filled with success as their output in the late-1980s and '90s, but the band may not have existed if it was.

This legendary alternative rock band has only had two public performances since it officially retired in 2011.

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy's R.E.M. tribute band on March 8, 2025 (photo: Lauren Krohn).

During the brief but electrifying set, R.E.M. performed their 1984 classic Pretty Persuasion. Stipe handled lead vocals, ...

Michael Stipe’s group released 'Accelerate', a record explicitly pitched as a back-to-basics guitar record but he had one favourite song.

“This is not a tribute band,” insists indie rocker Jason Narducy, referring to the group he and actor Michael Shannon have put together. That might seem like a curious thing to say, considering the ...

Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" was voted Song Of The Century; Ace of Base hit No. 1; Pete Doherty was born; Paul married Linda; the U.S. charts got Rick-rolled for realsies; R.E.M. dropped “Out of ...

Guests at Athens’ 40 Watt Club were in for quite the treat Thursday night.

SEATTLE — Music journalist Peter Ames Carlin talked with us about the subject of "The Name of This Band is R.E.M," a 464-page biography of the '80s college rock sensations who became global ...

Our friends Jordan Kurland and Dave Eggers along with a dozen other great music industry folks curated this collection that features the likes of REM, Perfume Genius, Dawes, Death Cab for Cutie ...