Yahoo! Music — Reuters - R.E.M. turned the last concert of its Brazil tour into an "Obama-fest," complete with giant images of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to celebrate his historic victory at the polls. more info

Reuters — SAO PAULO (Reuters) - R.E.M. turned the last concert of its Brazil tour into an "Obama-fest," complete with giant images of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to celebrate his historic victory at the polls. more info

Reuters - R.E.M. turned the last concert of its Brazil tour into an "Obama-fest," complete with giant images of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to celebrate his historic victory at the polls. more info

JamBase — By: Wesley Hodges Dead Confederate spent a good deal of time on the road before finally recording and putting out this full-length debut and it was worth the wait. Already receiving critical acclaim at last year's CMJ Festival and being personall... more info

XFM.co.uk — The R.E.M. frontguy has styled his own shirt for the French clothing brand, working with a "two tone photographic image" of a crowd. Details here... more info

Undercover, Australia — R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe has designed a limited edition polo shirt for French label Lacoste. more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M. star MICHAEL STIPE has designed a new polo shirt for Lacoste. His clever creation recreates a live concert photo taken of the audience at an R.E.M. show. He ... more info

Pitchfork — In what's become an annual holiday tradition, the folks at France's Lacoste invite a non-designer to mock up a spin on the company's iconic polo shirt (you know, with the crocodile). This year, R.E.M. frontguy Michael Stipe became the third to take o... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.'s frontman has designed a collector's edition polo for the holidays. The shirt, which depicts a crowd at a stadium concert, comes in three colors and costs 150€ (which converts to LOL in US dollars). Check it out at Lacoste.com (via Gold... more info

Pop Candy — OK, I am completely obsessed with this "Beat the Intro" game. The challenge: How fast can you recognize the first notes of an R.E.M. song? If you land in the top 50, your name and score will be recorded on... more info