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Guardian Music — Now you can hear REM's earliest tapesOn 15 April 1981, a year after they formed, REM visited Drive-In studio in North Carolina to record demo tracks. After a day's work, the result was the Cassette Set, a tape featuring three songs: Sitting Still, Wh... more info

Pop Candy — Greetings, guys! It's a lovely day for blogging, which is why I'll be doing it at The Bean in a few hours. more info

411 Mania — Six tracks from 1981… more info

Guardian Music — Fans increasingly opting to buy albums as downloads, but overall music sales drop more than 11% in third quarterBritish music fans are increasingly opting to buy their albums as digital downloads, but overall sales declined in the third quarter.The m... more info

Starpulse — After R.E.M. ignited the blogosphere on September 21st with the news that they had decided to "call it a day as a band" via a statement on their website, the beloved band have announced that the... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - THE HUMANS, brainchild of actress/singer Toyah Willcox (wife of Robert Fripp) are an innovative, three-piece, contemporary rock band comprising Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin (ex R.E.M.) and Chris Wong. The group brings together three lifet... more info

ContactMusic — Radiohead paid tribute to R E M in New York last night 28 09 11 The Reckoner groups frontman Thom Yorke played the first verse of The One I Love by the US indie group - who announced their split last week - partway through their first set i... more info

NME — Oxford band covered 'The One I Love' at Roseland Ballroom more info

Guardian Music — We run down the most overused repeat offenders, from REM's Everybody Hurts to Blur's Song 2 – but which did we miss?No one expects experimental new music to accompany TV montages of people sobbing in slow motion or wearily sanding floors. But latel... more info