Stereogum — A few weeks back, Mykki Blanco shared a new single called “Family Ties,” which featured none other than Michael Stipe. Today, they’re back with a new single and the promise of a new album in the fall, the follow-up to last year’s Broken He... more info

Stereogum — Next month, the endlessly prolific country-rock road dogs Drive-By Truckers will release their new album Welcome 2 Club XIII. The band spent three days recording the album live in Athens, Georgia last summer, and it’s got people like Margo Price... more info

Stereogum — Today is Earth Day, and Brian Eno takes the occasion seriously. Eno founded a climate-crisis charity called EarthPercent last year, and now he’s teamed up with Bandcamp and with dozens of prominent artists for a whole huge series of releases tha... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Onwards with our overview of the decade just passing, and today we alight on the year we were confidently repeatedly told that Jessie J was inevitably going to be an enormous international star. She did have a Billboard top ten album in 2014, but whe... more info

Consequence of Sound — "Any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer before that point wasn’t looking very hard," Stipe says in a new interview. Michael Stipe is “proud” of never hiding his sexuality wrengraves more info

DJmag — They're up against the likes of The Neptunes and R.E.M. more info

USA Today Music — R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe explained why he's no longer on Instagram and admires Greta Thunberg during a wide-ranging chat in New York Friday.             more info

Stereogum — This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s Monster , which was originally released in September of 1994 and found the band putting a harder edge on its jangly pop-rock sound. To celebrate the anniversary of the album's release, today the band ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Including previously unreleased demos, live performances, and new liner notes featuring interviews with the band. R.E.M. release Monster 25th anniversary box set: Stream Robin Bacior more info

Stereogum — R.E.M. are reissuing their misunderstood grunge-era curiosity Monster for its 25th anniversary. The Monster 25 box set drops next Friday, and so far we've heard remixed versions of signature single "What's The Frequency, Kenneth" and the Kurt Cobain ... more info