Allmusic Blog — We've assembled some choice musical selections from season 2 of The Bear including R.E.M., Wilco, and very unexpected deep cuts from Tangerine Dream, Brian Wilson, Italian superstar Mina, and the best song from National Lampoon's Vacation. more info

Stereogum — A few weeks back, Mykki Blanco shared a new single called “Family Ties,” which featured none other than Michael Stipe. Today, they’re back with a new single and the promise of a new album in the fall, the follow-up to last year’s Broken He... more info

Stereogum — Next month, the endlessly prolific country-rock road dogs Drive-By Truckers will release their new album Welcome 2 Club XIII. The band spent three days recording the album live in Athens, Georgia last summer, and it’s got people like Margo Price... more info

Stereogum — Today is Earth Day, and Brian Eno takes the occasion seriously. Eno founded a climate-crisis charity called EarthPercent last year, and now he’s teamed up with Bandcamp and with dozens of prominent artists for a whole huge series of releases tha... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Onwards with our overview of the decade just passing, and today we alight on the year we were confidently repeatedly told that Jessie J was inevitably going to be an enormous international star. She did have a Billboard top ten album in 2014, but whe... more info

Consequence of Sound — "Any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer before that point wasn’t looking very hard," Stipe says in a new interview. Michael Stipe is “proud” of never hiding his sexuality wrengraves more info

DJmag — They're up against the likes of The Neptunes and R.E.M. more info

USA Today Music — R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe explained why he's no longer on Instagram and admires Greta Thunberg during a wide-ranging chat in New York Friday.             more info

Stereogum — This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.'s Monster , which was originally released in September of 1994 and found the band putting a harder edge on its jangly pop-rock sound. To celebrate the anniversary of the album's release, today the band ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Including previously unreleased demos, live performances, and new liner notes featuring interviews with the band. R.E.M. release Monster 25th anniversary box set: Stream Robin Bacior more info