Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)After five increasingly ambitious and intricate albums, concluding with 2009's prog-folk-rock opera The Hazards of Love, the Decemberists have gone back to their beginnings for The King Is Dead, with leader Colin Meloy forsaking epic sto... more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M's new album "sounds really classic" and will be "beautiful and heartbreaking" according to the band.The group recorded 'Collapse Into Now' - their 15th album - in Germany and America over the last year and guitarist Peter Buck is confident it's... more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M. star MICHAEL STIPE nearly lost his life at the age of 14 when he was stranded on a mountaintop and hypothermia set in.The rocker reveals he got lost on a Boy Scout trip and the cold and wet weather made him seriously ill. He tells the New York... more info

Totally Fuzzy — indiescene said... My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) @320 Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) @320 http://indiescene.blogs.sapo.pt thanks Chris said... Tough Love- Heavy Hitting (2006) Hard Rock from Wellington, New Zealand. http://smalltakeover.bl... more info

Stereogum — Sharon Van Etten is, according to Pitchfork, working on recording the followup to Epic with The National’s Aaron Dessner. That’s good news. The album sessions have to fit in between her tour for Epic, which included a stop at the Bowery Ballroom ... more info

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We All Want Someone To Shout For — “Oh My Heart” is the latest song from R.E.M. and I’m really impressed with it. Sounds like there is a lot of heart and compassion that went into it’s recording. It’s taken from there new album, Collapse Into Now, due out on March 8th via Wa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Global Rock Team said... Foreigner - Head Games (1979) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com VoodooSeb said... - Rainbow - Heritage While The Light Lasts - Osaka, Japan (Dec 9, 1976) (Bootleg Download) - R.E.M - Collapse Into Now (sortie prevue le 7 Ma... more info

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Guardian Music — A year ago, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy retreated to a house in the woods of northern Oregon. He tells Laura Barton about the effect it has had on him, his family and his musicA short drive north out of Portland, Oregon leads you up towards the St ... more info