Sweeping The Nation — Welcome to one of the busiest and most quietly epochal years there ever was if only for the emergence of the Spice Girls. First appeared on TV three months before Wannabe's release, lest we forget. At one end of the pop spectrum Oasis were coloni... more info

PopSugar UK — SPOILER ALERT! Plot spoilers for Mother! follow. Darren Aronofsky's Mother! is a hot topic of debate, and it's only just hit cinemas. After early screenings of the film, audiences and critics have been picking apart the ending and debating the film'... more info

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Stereogum — R.E.M.'s Automatic For The People is getting a 25th anniversary reissue. The entire album was remixed and remastered by its original producer (Scott Litt) and engineer (Cliff Norrell), and the deluxe edition contains a ton of previously unreleased ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Newsday and Literary Hub previewed fall's best new books. The Quietus reconsidered R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People 25 years after its release. Signature interviewed Claire Messud about her new novel The Burning Girl. Ann Powers discussed her... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Britpop Now! Yeah! There is a little of that, judiciously selected, in our 1995 roundup but also a reminder that very interesting things were happening just out of that sightline both in the fringes and in dance areas and American lo-fi (Number One C... more info

KEXP Seattle — With so many indie rock legends on one stage, you wouldn’t be faulted for being a little overwhelmed during Filthy Friends’ set at the Mural Stage during Day One of the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. The band boasts — deep breath — ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

Stereogum — Pathway To Paris, a climate change initiative aligned with the Paris Agreement, just announced a concert to fight climate change and Patti Smith, Cat Power, and Michael Stipe will headline. The event takes place 11/5 at New York's Carnegie Hall and B... more info

Stereogum — Even at the height of R.E.M.'s success, guitarist Peter Buck didn't like to take breaks. During his free moments, Buck would play with Warren Zevon in the Hindu Love Gods, gig with Robyn Hitchcock and the Minus 5, and joined the instrumental group Tu... more info