Impose Magazine — On March 8, Parts & Labor will celebrate the release of Constant Future (their new LP on Jagjaguwar) with a tour kick-off show at Monster Island Basement in Brooklyn before heading to SXSW.  Starting today, you can pre-order the album from InSound ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offAlexis Jordan Good Girl At just 14, Alexis Jordan made her name in the US on America's Got Talent, warbling her way through Whitney's I Have Nothing. Four years later and s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Only Good Song said... The Coal Porters - EP Roulette - (1998) Thanks Fuzzy! http://onlygoodsong.blogspot.com Rushbo... said... Fuzzyfuzzyfuzzy.... SPINAL TAP - Classic Albums (a spoof radio show featuring unique interviews with the band) REM - Live... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... E.L.O. covers, plus the Decemberists cover REM http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com gregor said... nme's c81 jeff tweedy/jay bennett at old towne school of folk music richard buckner and alejandro escovedo live at mccabe’s 1.21.00 why? l... more info

Stereogum — The band visited the KCRW show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” yesterday to do some songs from The King Is Dead as well as this cover from R.E.M. The original appears on 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant. “Cuyahoga” refers to the Cuyahoga River in Ohio,... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Decemberists stopped by KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic to play a session. During it, they covered R.E.M.’s “Cuyahoga”, and an mp3 download of this performance has made it’s way out there. Fans of R.E.M. should be proud of this. [mp3]: ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — R.E.M. released the single Stand in 1989.It reached #48 in the UK, although it did considerably better in the USA, reaching #46.As a follow-up in their home country, the record label decided to release the opening track of the hugely popular Green LP... more info

Pop Candy — Each day we edge closer to the March 8 release of Collapse Into Now, the new record from R.E.M. (Whee!) The band's latest promotion: An opportunity ... more info

CNN Showbiz — Last September, R.E.M. wrapped up the final session for their new album, "Collapse Into Now," in Nashville. more info

The Vinyl Villain — GOM OR BOFSundays are a day for quiet reflection. An oasis of tranquillity before a week of turbulence. Not last week.Drew at Across The Kitchen Table had a teeth-grindingly awful post on MES on Sunday and if that weren't bad enough TVV compounds it ... more info