Songs:Illinois — Luego is the new band from REM member and more importantly dB’s co-founder Peter Holsapple. Peter’s brother in arms, Chris Stamey was behind the board mixing this new material. The song “Leave On” is from the band’s forthcoming debut lp Ta... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — When Oasis played their sold-out Madison Square Gardens gig last December, photographer Josh Cheuse filmed Noel performing an exclusive acoustic version of 'Waiting For The Rapture' in an unusual backstage location. This performance will be available... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — It's a mouthful, but it has to be said: today's episode of the contrast podcast finishes looking at the best of 2009 (so far) part two. My pick ( Fanfarlo ) was in last week's show but you should definitely check it out this we... more info

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