USA Today Music — Alt-rock heroes will also release limited edition, five-track EP on Record Store Day. more info

USA Today Music — The classic 1988 gets the deluxe treatment, thanks to Rhino. more info

DrownedInSound — With a lineage of musical talent that includes REM, Neutral Milk Hotel and The B52s among its number, the city of Athens, Georgia has a history to be proud of. One of its more recent exports are Tunabunny, a four-piece whose lo-fi, post-punk stylings... more info

Consequence of Sound — Just another day in Portland. more info

Consequence of Sound — Hear Michael Stipe's first recording since the end of R.E.M. more info

Consequence of Sound — Recorded last weekend in Baja. more info

NME - Radar — “New York felt like my home before I moved there,” Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage tells Radar from a diner somewhere in Philadelphia, in between bites of his vegan Philly cheese steak. The band are currently on tour in the States to support the ... more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M.'s doomsday anthem It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) has been given a big sales boost thanks to last week's (21Dec12)... more info

411 Mania — Go figure… more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring Black Sabbath, R.E.M. and more. more info