Stereogum — Last fall, Courtney Love teased a new solo album on TikTok, saying it was “the longest record that’s ever been written in the history of rock, so it better fuckin’ be good, no filler.” It would be the first since 2010’s Nobody’s Daught... more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info

Stereogum — Well, this is cool! When R.E.M. released their classic album Automatic For The People in 1992, they were not exactly in the business of writing straightforward, heart-swelling power ballads. Their single “Everybody Hurts” might be the most s... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy 70th birthday Mitch Easter (Let’s Active, R.E.M., Pavement). The Dr. Dre of Jangle. (His words, not ours, though we think he was joking.) Photo for MAGNET by Lenny Gonzales. Read our classic feature: The post Happy 70th Birthday Mitch Easter ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Fiona Apple released When The Pawn … Thank dog for ellipses. Read our MAGNET Feedback with Robyn Hitchcock on Apple, Syd Barrett, Byrds, Decemberists, Bob Dylan, Feist, Kinks, Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch, John Lennon, Nick L... more info

Stereogum — Politics is about coalition-building, which is how you end up with musical artists from different contexts like Michael Stipe, Jon Bon Jovi, and the War & Treaty performing a song together onstage. At a rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Sunday ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 35 years ago today, the Smithereens released 11. We think of you much more than we’d ever be willing to say. Read our appreciation of Pat DiNizio and how Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, Baseball Project, R.E.M., Filthy Friends) was technically the first ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, the Smithereens released God Save The Smithereens. Truth combined with fiction. Read our appreciation of Pat DiNizio and how Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, Baseball Project, R.E.M., Filthy Friends) was technically the first singer of t... more info

Stereogum — There’s a new supergroup in town. Meet the Silverlites, made up of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, the Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and Mad Season, and singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur who was first discovered by Peter ... more info

Stereogum — Former R.E.M. leader Michael Stipe has been famously reticent to return to the limelight on any kind of consistent basis, but he’s going all out for the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. Last week, Stipe and Jason Isbell played a Harris/Walz ... more info