Perez Hilton — In case you haven't been paying attention, Donald Trump has NOT been making friends on his quest to become president! In fact, he's pretty much pissing off every single person who stands in his way! Well now it seems we can add R.E.M. to his growing ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock band R.E.M. lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for using its hit song "It's the End of the World" at a rally, with former frontman Michael Stipe slamming politicians for their "moronic charade" of a... more info

The Independent — You’d think right wing politicians would have learned not to use liberal band’s music without fear of reprisal by now, but Donald Trump got quite an earful last night after walking out on stage to R.E.M’s ‘It’s the End of the World as We K... more info

Stereogum — What is it with Republican presidential candidates and using very non-Republican musicians’ songs without permission? First Donald Trump announced his campaign with Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World,” then Mike Huckabee trotted Kim Da... more info

Stereogum — Line & Circle are a five-piece from Ohio who are currently located in LA. They are deeply influenced by R.E.M. and make swirled shoegaze that flirts with the urgency of post-punk but doesn’t always get there. They’ve shared a song of their new al... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M. are not exactly the kind of band whose music lends itself to dance remixes. And if someone was going to put together an R.E.M. EDM remix, you’d think it would be one of the band’s sillier songs, like “Stand” or “Shiny Happy People.�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Rhett Miller at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller is releasing a new solo album called The Traveler on May 12 via ATO. For the recording, he was backed by Black Prairie (aka most... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Baseball Project, which features Young Fresh Fellows' Scott McCaughey, The Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn and REM's Mike Mills, have a Record Store Day 12" coming out that's a split with one of McCaughey's other bands, The Minus 5... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — St. Vincent won "Best Alternative Music Album" at the Grammys tonight (before the telecast)! Past winners of that award include U2, REM, Tom Waits, Beck, Nirvana, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Bon Iver, Gotye,.... more info

Stereogum — Last year the comedy-and-music benefit compilation 2776 enlisted a host of celebrity guests to help raise money for OneKid OneWorld, an organization that works to promote education in Kenya and El Salvador. Today, the group debuted two new videos fro... more info