The Red Radio — Lots and lots of reissues to talk about lately. It is nice to see so many albums we love get a proper remastered package complete with extra tracks, exclusives and more. Next up on our radar is the 25th anniversary... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers R.E.M transformed the last date of their Brazilian tour into a celebration of BARACK OBAMA's historic victory in the U.S. presidential election. The group have ... more info

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