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

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