Here Comes The Flood — Stipe and Smith @ Carnegie Hall 2009-03-11 - photo: Richard Termine Spin reports that the new R.E.M. album Collapse Into Nowfeatures notable guest. Patti Smith sings on Blue and Eddie Vedder lends a hand for It Happened Today. Also on board are Pe... more info

Perez Hilton — Brilliant! The always awesome REM is prepping the release of their 15th studio album, Collapse Into Now, and bandmember Mike Mills revealed that our beloved PEACHES will be contributing to at least one of the tracks, as well as Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedd... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s fifteenth studio album, the twelve-song Jacknife Lee-produced Collapse Into Now, is due in early 2011. SPIN spoke with Mike Mills, who says it’ll have a more “expansive” sound than 2008’s Accelerate. Part of that expansion comes vi... more info

DrownedInSound — Guest stars a-plenty. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Pop Candy — - Milo Ventimiglia is looking to star in a series based on a comic book he co-created. more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M's latest album features Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith and Peaches. The band's fifteenth album, 'Collapse Into Now', features three guest singers alongside... more info

Gigwise — Mike Mills reveals... more info

NME — 'Collapse Into Now' will be released in early 2011 more info

DrownedInSound — The other day The Decemberists confirmed that they were to release a new record. It's called The King Is Dead and will come out on January 17 through Rough Trade. Exciting times. There will be a single - 'Down By The Water' which features R.E.M's Pet... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Neil McCormick profiles The National. I think the National are one of those groups (like REM and Radiohead in their moment) who have stumbled into a zone where the magical confluence between genuinely poetic language and the songcraft of melody,... more info