Mjsbigblog — *Watch This Space for Updates* Here we go! The last performance episode of the season. Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze face off in the Final 2… Ryan descends the staircase after the cold opening. Welcome to the Nokia Theater LA Live! TOnight the ... more info

MTV.com News — While both got positive comments, Crystal appeared to outshine Lee.By Gil Kaufman Lee Dewyze, Ryan Seacrest And Crystal Bowersox on "American Idol" on Tuesday Photo: Michael Becker/ Fox After more than 40 shows, hundreds of contenders, almo... more info

MTV.com News — Simon Cowell calls the R.E.M. tune 'a brilliant choice of song' for DeWyze.By Eric Ditzian Lee DeWyze performs on "Idol" on May 25 Photo: Fox After a tepid opening performance that left the "American Idol" judges less than impressed, Lee De... more info

Allmusic Blog — 1991 may have been the Year Punk Broke but 1992 was the year the '90s truly began. Nevermind Nirvana, there was an explosion of alt-rock classics, beginning with a clutch of grunge classics from Seattle -- the aftershocks of Nirvana's success being P... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #31 - Buck Hill Here's the Playlist: King Of The Surf Guitar, Dick Dale, King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale And His Del-Tones Miserlou, Agent Orange, Living In Darkness Summer Fun, The Barracudas,... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Read this extract from a piece written by ctel on Friday 29th May 2009 as part of the month-plus long series of guest postings:-R.E.M. – Country Feedback (Live) (2006): My little son has cancer. We are in hospital on the ward. He has just come back... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - R.E.M. has announced a July 13 release of an expanded 25th Anniversary 2CD and digital edition of the band's 1985 album, Fables Of The Reconstruction (out via Capitol / I.R.S.). The new edition will feature a digitally... more info

Undercover, Australia — Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry recorded the original album in London in the winter of 1985. more info

NME — 'Fables Of The Reconstruction (25th Anniversary Edition)' is due out in July more info

Pitchfork — In 2008, R.E.M. reissued Murmur, their debut album, and it scored a 10.0 from us. Last year, they did the same for sophomore effort Reckoning, and it got another 10.0. And on July 13, they'll drop a deluxe edition of album number three, 1985's Fables... more info