Last night REM guitarist Peter Buck played Athens’ 40 Watt Club, and the hometown fans were treated to something special: Former R.E.M. bandmates Mike Mills and Bill Berry joined Buck for a performance of “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” from 1984′s Reckoning. Michael Stipe was reportedly in the cr...

The rarities include collaborations with Neil Young and Radiohead    

Yesterday we posted lyrics for upcoming Jay-Z single “Holy Grail” which features a few lines from Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Well, today he’s released lyrics for another track from Magna Carta Holy Grail called “Heaven” that features “that&#82...

'The idea of not reforming is kind of attractive to us,' says bassist    

“To me, Conor Oberst resembles Patti Smith a great deal,” R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe told me in an interview back in 2008. “As a performer, as a magnet. He’s just got that thing that she’s got.” The “thing” Stipe refers to has both captivated legions of followe...