Stereogum — R.E.M. is no more, but the insanely influential band still has a few things left to share with us. As Consequence Of Sound points out, R.E.M. will release a new greatest-hits compilation called Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–... more info

Guardian Music — Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills called it quits, but Queen are soldiering on … with a little help from some stand-insReactions to the REM splitDave Simpson heralds the end of an eraREM: the band that taught alternative rock how to grow old... more info

DrownedInSound — Some songs. From this week. In a Spotify playlist. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Culture Bully — A cut from New Adventures in Hi-Fi as performed by the band and Thom Yorke at the '98 Tibetan Freedom Concert. more info

Impose Magazine — The more attention I attempt to pay to the front page music makers, the less I seem to "get" the game. Like Kreayshawn whining about her 15 minutes of interest in a feature piece for Complex or the mindless, omnipresent and forgetable Calvin Harris/R... more info

Guardian Music — Some will say that REM's breakup is long overdue – but we should remember the great contributions they made to rock musicThere were, predictably, those who observed that REM's split had come a decade and a half too late, that the US rock band shoul... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Alternative Trendsetters.  Rock N Roll Legends.  American Icons. January 1980 - September 2011 Here are the 111 Best Songs By R.E.M.: Country Feedback (Out of Time) These Days (Life's Rich Pageant)  Losing My Religion (Out of Time) Harborc... more info

CNN Showbiz — In 1980, in the pre-Internet, pre-download days when R.E.M. formed in Athens, Georgia, there was no alternative. There was no Americana. There was no grunge. more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s been real, R.E.M. If you’ve been wondering if anything ever came of Atoms For Peace, the Thom Yorke/Flea collaboration that debuted at Coachella in 2010, Yorke recently divulged that the group is about to finish recording an album, the relea... more info

Pop Candy — Yesterday's breakup of R.E.M. leaves many of us not feeling fine, as it marks the end of an era. more info