Consequence of Sound — 30 Days, 30 Songs also promises contributions from R.E.M., My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Aimee Mann, and more. more info

Mjsbigblog — VIDEO: Watch The Voice 11 hopeful Aaron Gibson cover REM's "Losing My Religion" for his blind audition in front of the coaches. The post Aaron Gibson The Voice 11 Audition – Losing My Religion VIDEO appeared first on mjsbigblog. more info

NME — Manning began a hunger strike last week more info

Popdose — This Tampa native turned New York resident offers up her sophomore effort, this five song E.P., Living In My Head.  Sultry voiced, sonically powerful and interesting with its wide spectrum, this isn’t some quickly thrown together release as a tide... more info

Stereogum — Chelsea Manning, a transgender solider in the US Army, was imprisoned after leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. She has been held at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and asserts that she has been treated inhumanely d... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Eimear McBride explained how she wrote her debut novel A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing at the Guardian. Stereogum reconsidered R.E.M.'s album New Adventures In Hi-Fi 20 years after its release. Ebooks on sale for $1.99 today: Flight by Sherman... more info

Gigwise — Foo Fighter head honcho Dave Grohl has a new challenge to tackle. This is not a musical one and one that every son cannot ever debate. Why you ask? Well this is because this is a book written by his mother and it looks at the way parents take to rais... more info

Stereogum — You can more or less divide R.E.M.’s career into three chapters. There’s the five-album run beginning with 1983’s Murmur and ending with 1987’s Document, the near-unimpeachable stretch on I.R.S. Records when R.E.M. established their immediate... more info

Stereogum — St. Lenox is Andy Choi, a New York lawyer and Juilliard-trained concert violinist whose extremely distinct music is equal parts jarring and charming. Choi’s voice is one of the most striking instruments in music today, a harsh and commanding howl t... more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring interviews with the women who musical madrés of Dr. Dre, Michael Stipe, Mike D, HAIM, and others. more info