411 Mania — R.E.M. celebrating 25 years since this landmark album... more info

NME — REM guitarist reveals he's been recording with the band in Portland more info

Guardian Music — Indie fans have sweated over his first dance album, but on this performance The Boxer is a joyous nod to the spirit of Bloc PartyKele Okereke is having a maraca moment. Dancing around the stage in a string vest and a wide grin, the erstwhile Bloc Par... more info

Stereogum — Quite an assemblage of fancy names for this new project from Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, called Tired Pony, with members including R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Belle & Sebastian’s Richard Colburn, along with an extensive cameo list (M. Ward, Tom S... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Tired Pony is a new super-group consisting of Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, and Belle & Sebastian’s Richard Colburn. A pretty impressive lineup, full of three pretty different bands in their own right. The band will re... more info

Pitchfork — Tired Pony is a new supergroup, led by Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody and featuring Peter Buck from R.E.M. and Richard Colburn of Belle and Sebastian. If the band's actual lineup didn't have enough starpower already, debut album The Place We Ra... more info

Pop Candy — I like how today's Pop Five addresses songs named after real people. (Personal favorite: R.E.M.'s Wendell Gee, which has a kickin' banjo sol ... more info

Topix — The nation's top librarian has decreed that 2Pac , R.E.M. and Willie Nelson do indeed rock. more info

NME — Acts among those selected to have their recordings preserved more info

Allmusic Blog — Recordings by Tupac Shakur, R.E.M. and Willie Nelson — as well as the 1959 cast recording of Gypsy — have been inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. Gathered through online submissions from the public and members ... more info