The collection will feature a new documentary about the band, who split in 2011

This has been a great year for R.E.M. super-fans, as the band has begun to really clear their vault of material. We’ve already gotten the vinyl set cataloging both of their MTV Unplugged performances, as well as a massive rarities release, and now the band is taking a look at their stockpile of video. REMTV [...]

For the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons, the merchandising machine behind the show has been going all out with an FXX marathon, Hollywood Bowl concerts, cosmetics, and the release of collectible figures of various guest stars. Today The National Entertainment Collectibles Association and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced the fou...

R.E.M. broke up nearly three years ago, and band members Peter Buck and Mike Mills have kept themselves busy with various smaller projects. But frontman Michael Stipe hasn’t made any music until now. Tom Gilroy, a longtime friend and collaborator of Stipe’s, has directed a new movie called The Cold Lands, and it’s o...

R.E.M. were already set to release their 1991 and 2001 MTV Unplugged sets and a collection of 50 rarities from their I.R.S. Records era this week, but they went ahead and released a 131-track batch of B-sides, non-album tracks and live cuts from their Warner Bros. period too. The surprise anthology, assembled entirely from previously [...]