Few bands break up as gracefully as R.E.M. The alt-rock band called it quits in September 2011, writing on their website, “We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of ...

They helped create the soundtrack of the '80s.

R.E.M. released its 14th studio album, Accelerate on March 31, 2008 in Europe and then on April 1 in North America. As its title implies, this record possesses great urgency. Songs such as "Living ...

On August 24, 1982, R.E.M. released their debut EP, “Chronic Town.” Even today, it’s difficult to categorize the five-song release: Bookended by the ringing, yearning “Wolves, Lower” and the ...

Litt finally got that second chance in revisiting and improving the sound of Monster. For the album's 25th anniversary deluxe edition reissue, which was recently released, he did a new remix that ...

R.E.M. backstage at Merlyn's Club in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1981. From left, standing: Peter Buck, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry. In the foreground, Mike Mills. (Hank Grebe) Review by John Williams R.E ...

Will R.E.M. get together again? It's been a year since the four founding members of the Athens-based band reunited on stage for a song, "Pretty Persuasion", at the 40-Watt with Michael Shannon and ...

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