Guardian Music — Whether or not their later stuff really is that bad, REM were once unbeatable, says Alexis PetridisA month or so ago, the comedian Stewart Lee gave a fascinating interview to the online magazine the Quietus about his favourite albums, during which ta... more info

ContactMusic — Courtney Love has penned a song about R. E. M. star Michael Stipe. The Hole frontwoman and her late husband Kurt Cobain became friends with Stipe in the early 1990s, and after years of working on a track about the singer, Love has finally finished it... more info

Guardian Music — Trio of executives who work as a team to secure the finest pop talent and develop their brands globallyLabel executives: CEO Warner Music Europe, CEO Warner Music UK, ­chairman of Atlantic Records UKOur panel felt these three executives merited a si... more info

E! Online — The end of the world isn't here yet, and we're already over "It's the End of the World (As We Know It)." So, here's an alternative playlist for the... more info

Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest film and musicWas there something in the water last week? Were readers just feeling in a recitative mood? Because a fair number of people seemed inspired to cite lyrics on the comments threads beneath our Beast... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - The R.E.M. frontman has revealed he tried to reach out to the troubled singer before his death... more info

Gigwise — He wanted to turn singer's life around... more info

NME — Singer says he tried to get Cobain to record with him more info

Pop Candy — Last night I watched a bunch of R.E.M. videos with Michael Stipe. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Imagine Green On Red hitting it off together with Creedence Clearwater Revival. It's still early days for these guys, it's only their debut album, and it's still a bit too rough around the wrong edges, but there's definitely potential here... if you... more info