Chicago Tribune — Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3: Once again accompanied by his R.E.M. fan club—Peter Buck, Bill Reiflin, Scott McCaughey—Hitchcock is in top form on his latest album, "Goodnight Oslo" (Yep Roc). He's moved on from his obsession with creepy, craw... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This was originally posted on Thursdau 29th March 2007 during a short series looking at Compilation CDs.Some of my favourite performers have been the subject of tribute albums, the results of which have, to put it mildly, been mixed. There was a grea... more info

The Newsroom — v5277, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Tuesday April 7 2009. Kevin Cronin of super rock group REO Speedwagon tells us a funny story about a priest backstage and the fact that his wife thought she was going to hook up with Michael Stipe from REM the day the... more info

Idolator — Sure, when a Web site makes a big stink about counting down a Greatest Whatever Of Ever List, there's bound to be some quibbling; these sorts of lists, of course, were pretty much designed to hold up weakly premised cable clip shows and stoke lots of... more info

Music Mule — What? Dead Confederate Dead Confederate are straight out of Athens, Georgia, USA and they play their first ever UK headline date this evening near Mile End. I saw them last night supporting A Place To Bury Strangers and they were worth the entry pric... more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M. frontman MICHAEL STIPE desperately tried to pull KURT COBAIN back from the brink of suicide just days before his death. The rocker spoke to the Nirvana frontman - ... more info

JamBase — ONE OF ENGLAND'S FINEST VISITS THE STATESWITH HIS VENUS 3 PROS Robyn and Venus 3 The sublime bard of jangled, semi-surreal goodness, Robyn Hitchcock, began a new U.S. tour this week behind his fab new album Goodnight Oslo (released February 17 on... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The blogger world is abuzz with Amazon's list of the 100 best Indie albums of all time. Have to say there are some quality choices in there...but the "exclusion" of punk music doesn't make a lot of sense since indie music would likely not exist with... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) In the spirit of renewal that comes with springtime, it's fitting to hold such events as the tribute show “The Music of R.E.M. [ tickets ]” What better way to celebrate one of America's most beloved bands than to hold a be... more info

Guardian Music — Look at the band below: can you really imagine them doing swaggering cock-rock? Alexis Petridis triesThe relationship between American alt-rock and the British folk revival of the 60s is a surprising one. You might think an impassable cultural and ae... more info