Undercover, Australia — R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe guest edits Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop e-newsletter. more info

Guardian Music — Frontman Win Butler hints at retiring, saying he can't see himself making music in 10 years' timeThirty years old and Win Butler is already mulling retirement. "I can't see myself doing this 10 years from now," the Arcade Fire leader explained in a n... more info

MTV.com News — McCoy was still in high school, but he vividly remembers the sad day.By Shaheem Reid Travie McCoy Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images Monday (September 13) is the 14th anniversary of the death of Tupac Shakur. Pac died in 1996, after su... more info

KEXP Seattle — Listening to Guadalcanal Diary’s 1984 debut album for the very first time, I can’t help but wonder what the relationship must have been like between this Marietta, Georgia band and their Athens neighbors, REM. The two bands formed within a year o... more info

MTV.com News — Jonze went from directing Weezer's "Buddy Holly" video to an Oscar nomination for "Being John Malkovich."By Eric Ditzian David Fincher Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/ Getty Images Somewhere between directing Will Smith and then Robert Pattinson... more info

Guardian Music — Myrtle Park, BingleyThe small Yorkshire town of Bingley may be an unlikely home for a major pop festival, but the fourth Bingley Music Live has established itself as a cheaper, more family-friendly alternative to the giant Leeds. A bill stretched fro... more info

Song, by Toad — Ha! Any excuse to shoe-horn a bit of vintage REM into the equation! Although I’ve probably desecrated five millennia of Chinese mythology by misappropriating it like that. Sorry! So… Mr. and Mrs. Toad have invaded China to spread the good word of... more info

Spinner.com — Pink Floyd, Joy Division and Sonic Youth -- now with more meat, cheese and crunch. [Tumblr] Missy Elliott, Eve, Chuck D and others talk about the state of the female emcee. [PreFixMag] The Walkmen cover R.E.M. [Stereogum] A golden retriever dance... more info

Stereogum — The last time we checked in with A. V. Club’s Undercover, there were four songs left and Swell Season chose Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Two-Headed Boy.” When the Walkmen arrived, only one song remained, R.E.M.’s “Driver 8.” They had no choice... more info

VH1 Blog — Starting Monday, September 6 with back-to-back episodes at 10/9c and 11/10c, VH1 will count down its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (the five-part countdown will continue every day at 10/9c through Thursday, Sept. 10). VH1 has revealed the Top 5 (a... more info