L.A. Times - Entertainment — When former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck launched the Todos Santos Music Festival in 2011, his goals were simple. He wanted to play informally with some musical pals and raise money to fund educational opportunities, medical care and other assistance ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dee Snider (second from left) and his other Celebrity Apprentice contestants Donald Trump hasn't had much luck getting permission to use pop songs on his presidential campaign, having been denied by Neil Young, R.E.M., Steven Tyler and more. But he..... more info

Stereogum — There are two certainties in this world: Everyone is listening to Adele, and Donald Trump is playing music at his rallies that its creators don’t want him to be playing. (See: Neil Young, R.E.M., and even Aerosmith. Why can’t Trump just use that ... more info

Stereogum — Nicolas Godin, one half of the french electro-lounge duo Air, released a solo album in September titled Contrepoint, inspired by the masterwork of Johann Sebastian Bach. He’s now the subject of a short documentary by La Blogothèque, who have previ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Leading up to the release of Deerhunter’s seventh long player, Fading Frontier, Bradford Cox revealed a “concept map,” drawing together some influences on the group’s latest work. Amongst the musical clues are influences as disparate as Lauri... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — More details have arisen on the Kurt Cobain solo album that Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen is putting together from the recordings he unearthed while making the documentary. The long-awaited collection of tracks, titled Montage of Heck: The... more info

Stereogum — Sweet-and-tart power-poppers Dressy Bessy have just announced that they’ll be releasing a new album called KINGSIZED, their first since 2008’s Holler And Stomp. The upcoming record features a ton of people on guest duty (mostly instrumental), inc... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s Peter Buck just announced the release of his new album, Warzone Earth, which he is calling his best solo work to date. Buck made the following statement via R.E.M.’s official website: I’ve just had an exciting couple of weeks working w... more info

Perez Hilton — Well, so much for The Donald sticking with this one! Less than a week after buying out NBC's stake in the Miss Universe pageant, Donald Trump has cut the pageant group loose, selling it off to WME-IMG on Monday morning. [ Related: See Why R.E.M. Hate... more info

Perez Hilton — Consider this one Donald Trump mess that's officially been cleaned up! The "Presidential candidate" was recently involved in a scandal surrounding his Miss Universe pageant, after earlier this summer he made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigran... more info