ContactMusic — R E M bassist Mike Mills doesnt care about sales figures for the bands last four albums The Orange Crush rocker said sales werent particularly important to him as it was never the aim of the band - who announced their split in September - i... more info

Guardian Music — Maggoty realises how much fun Uncut could be if it ditched the blokeyness. Meanwhile, Word magazine seems to have been the victim of an anarchist art prankThere are some sentences you just don't often come across. For example: "Have you observed the ... more info

411 Mania — Nirvana and The Strokes may not have happened without them... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Tablet explores the literary legacy of Philip Roth. USA Today interviews the members of R.E.M. about the band's breakup. Yesterday's update to the list of online "best books of 2011" lists included Kirkus Reviews' fiction lists, Readings' best book c... more info

Pop Candy — Hello, all! Thanks for sittin' pretty while I recovered yesterday -- today we have tons to cover, so let's get this shindig started: more info

Time — Less than two months after announcing their breakup, R.E.M. is releasing a greatest-hits collection. We annotated the 40-song tracklist and made a few edits. more info

USA Today Music — The band's new retrospective collection, which includes three new songs, is another chance to say goodbye. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — R.E.M.'s 40-song career retrospective Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982 - 2011 is in stores this week. With the holidays approaching, box sets are becoming more plentiful. This week's highlight is the Who's Quadrophenia- The Direc... more info

Time — R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills spoke to TIME about why he never wanted to sing lead and what he thinks is the band's best song. more info

NME — Snow Patrol, REM and Ed Sheeran all have new stuff out more info