Guardian Music — (Fiction)This first offering from Tired Pony, a country-rock supergroup including members of REM and Belle & Sebastian, is in thrall to tempestuous love affairs and the concept of flight. It's tempting, in its preoccupation with trading dull stabilit... more info

All About Jazz — At an outdoor theater in Berlin that has played host to U2, R.E.M. and the Rolling Stones, Sony Music Entertainment plans to stage a very different kind of show next month. Before an expected sellout crowd of 22,000, three men, dressed in red, white... more info

Altsounds — This one's kind of a great story; the ladies in Uganda had covered Joe Purdy's "Suitcase," then Joe covered REM, and then Mike Mills did Billy's "Sing Their Souls Back Home." Shortly afterwards Mike saw Billy at SXSW, told him he had covered his ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — On July 13th, Capitol is releasing a 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.'s album, Fables of the Reconstruction. Along with the remastered album, a 14-track CD of bonus material is included as well, with demo recordings of the album's 11... more info

Pitchfork — Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! Four times a year, we round up a big ol' list of albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs set to be unleashed over the coming months, hoping to get y... more info

Altsounds — *In celebration of this upcoming 25th Anniversary 2 CD Re-issue of "Fables Of The Reconstruction" 25 sites have been chosen to exclusively stream one track from the album. Altsounds.com is exclusively streaming "Good Advices". To check it out now c... more info

411 Mania — R.E.M. celebrating 25 years since this landmark album... more info

NME — REM guitarist reveals he's been recording with the band in Portland more info

Guardian Music — Indie fans have sweated over his first dance album, but on this performance The Boxer is a joyous nod to the spirit of Bloc PartyKele Okereke is having a maraca moment. Dancing around the stage in a string vest and a wide grin, the erstwhile Bloc Par... more info

Stereogum — Quite an assemblage of fancy names for this new project from Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, called Tired Pony, with members including R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Belle & Sebastian’s Richard Colburn, along with an extensive cameo list (M. Ward, Tom S... more info