It wasn’t even two weeks ago that we named Document R.E.M.s very best album ever, and what do you know: Today, the band announces an expanded re-release of that very album. Yes, the 1987 LP is ostensibly being reissued to celebrate its 25th anniversary, but you gotta admit, the timing is a little suspicious, no? [...]

Last week, we ranked the work of Pearl Jam, from worst to best, as part of our new regular feature Counting Down. This week, we’re taking on the catalog of R.E.M. Make your case for Monster in the comments! While it is doubtless an oversimplification, the pantheonic 30-year run of R.E.M can essentially be broken [...]

Guitarist's first solo material surfaces online…

The 'Sister Lovers' show will happen at London's Barbican on May 28

On this day in 1980, R.E.M. played their first ever gig when they appeared at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Athens, Georgia