JamBase — By: Wesley Hodges Dead Confederate spent a good deal of time on the road before finally recording and putting out this full-length debut and it was worth the wait. Already receiving critical acclaim at last year's CMJ Festival and being personall... more info

XFM.co.uk — The R.E.M. frontguy has styled his own shirt for the French clothing brand, working with a "two tone photographic image" of a crowd. Details here... more info

Undercover, Australia — R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe has designed a limited edition polo shirt for French label Lacoste. more info

ContactMusic — R.E.M. star MICHAEL STIPE has designed a new polo shirt for Lacoste. His clever creation recreates a live concert photo taken of the audience at an R.E.M. show. He ... more info

Pitchfork — In what's become an annual holiday tradition, the folks at France's Lacoste invite a non-designer to mock up a spin on the company's iconic polo shirt (you know, with the crocodile). This year, R.E.M. frontguy Michael Stipe became the third to take o... more info

Stereogum — R.E.M.'s frontman has designed a collector's edition polo for the holidays. The shirt, which depicts a crowd at a stadium concert, comes in three colors and costs 150€ (which converts to LOL in US dollars). Check it out at Lacoste.com (via Gold... more info

Pop Candy — OK, I am completely obsessed with this "Beat the Intro" game. The challenge: How fast can you recognize the first notes of an R.E.M. song? If you land in the top 50, your name and score will be recorded on... more info

Paste Magazine — Robin Hitchcock announces new record with The Venus 3, Colin Me Robyn Hitchcock recently revealed to Paste that his new album, Goodnight Oslo, will be released by Yep Roc on Feb. 17. It was recorded with The Venus 3: Peter Buck and Bill Re... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Thomas said... THIS WEEKS TOP 5 SONGS FROM SWAP'S ITUNES - Elvis Presley (live), Bruce Springsteen (live), REM (live), Jeff Tweedy (live), The Whigs, and more. And just a side note: the live... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

Stereogum — In case you didn't hear, Barack Obama won last night. If this came as great news, you likely found yourself laughing at that will.i.am hologram, checking out Fox News to see how depressed they were, and then wandering the East Village and slapping h... more info