NME — They cover The Beatles and The McCoys at intimate Athens, Georgia gig more info

Stereogum — The erstwhile R.E.M. drummer made his first public performance since the 2007 R&R HOF induction, last night in Athens. He joined Mike, Peter, and the Minus 5 on "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Hang On Sloopy" and you can watch it. more info

Yahoo! Music — Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME.com -- Frontman to play two shows with members of Red Hot Chili Peppers and REM more info

Here Comes The Flood — R.E.M. have unveiled another video from their forthcoming 2CD/DVD set Live at The Olympia. Video: R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath » remdublin.com more info

The Vinyl Villain — I surprised myself by finding out that I last did this feature in February. I guess therefore that I better explain it for any new readers....The idea is to feature different songs but with the same title. So far the series has featured:-Part 1 - Car... more info

Starpulse — Check out a new behind-the-scenes video from Tokio Hotel, Howie Day's latest, South Africa's Just Jinjer, Wolfmother's latest 'Transmission From The Cosmic Egg', and a live R.E.M.[...] Read more! more info

Altsounds — Got another video for you, to lead up to the Oct 27 release of R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia. AOL has the video for "Man-Sized Wreath" (Live from Dublin). AOL's Spinner.com premiered the video today, and here's what they had to say: "One of t... more info

Guardian Music — Artists including Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Dinosaur Jr, Frank Black and Mercury Rev have chipped in on an album of Mark Mulcahey cover versions that left the bereaved singer misty-eyed"Someone said, 'Hey, what's going on with that record?' I said, ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Katopodis/Getty Jennifer Hudson and the Roots’ ?uestlove will help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the The Wizard of Oz with a special concert in New York’s Central Park on September 29th. More details on the unique show and ticket info... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Big Star served as a Rosetta stone for a whole generation of musicians." -Peter Buck, R.E.M. Rhino is releasing Big Star's 4-disc boxed set which includes 98 tracks spanning from 1968-1975. This power pop band created music that turned artists... more info