Obscure Sound — Impressing with an eclectic rock range touting both infectiousness and heartfelt lyrical pursuits, The Cocktail Hour is the new album from Brian Halloran. Crafted largely during the COVID lockdown in 2020, the album stirs in its emotional sincerity �... more info

Stereogum — The early-’80s post-punk band Pylon were a hugely important force in the same Athens, Georgia scene that produced R.E.M. and the B-52’s. Pylon broke up in 1983 and then reunited a few times over the years, but that stopped when guitarist Randy... more info

Consequence Of Sound — The tour comes in celebration of the album's 40th anniversary Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy to Perform R.E.M.’s Mumur on US Tour Scoop Harrison more info

Stereogum — Every once in a while, the scary-intense Oscar-nominated movie star Michael Shannon gets together with his Chicago friend Jason Narducy, from the Bob Mould Band and Split Single, to pay tribute to a classic album. In the past few years, Shannon an... more info

Consequence Of Sound — The double-album reissue includes an 11-song performance filmed at the set of the famed teen drama. R.E.M. Announce Up 25th Anniversary Reissue Including 1999 Party of Five Performance Abby Jones more info

Stereogum — Next up in the R.E.M. reissue pipeline is a 25th anniversary edition of 1998’s Up , due out in November. The bonus material on this one is headlined by a fairly unusual batch of live material: an 11-song performance recorded on the set of Party... more info

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