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

Aquarium Drunkard — In their twenty-plus year career, Athens, GA’s Five Eight has amassed quite an impressive share of critical adoration and a loyal (and vocal) fan base. Despite a short stint opening for REM and a proclamation by none other than USA Today that they ... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M. commissioned a different director to make a video for each Collapse Into Now track. So far we’ve seen treatments for “Überlin,” “Mine Smell Like Honey,” “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter,” and “Walk It Back.” Here’s ... more info