"I thought that I heard you laughing" takes on a whole new meaning when "Losing My Religion" is done in a major key. A Vimeo user who goes by Major...
Just yesterday we found out Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back and Destiny's Child are planning the reunion of a lifetime during the Super Bowl h...
1983 was a rare year where many of the finest singles actually ended up at #1 -- tuneful, innovative productions that still sound fresher than most of 2013's pop playlists. Here are 20 noteworthy acts (in no order) that made their first stateside mark in 1983...
Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Terry Richardson and R.E.M. may sound like an odd grouping, but the four joined together for one of the last (if not the ...
While the woman with the golden pipes who plays acoustic and electric guitars is versatile enough to handle ballads and blasters in folk, country and rock, she's a throwback to musicians who also knew how to turn a phrase.
ATHENS, Ga. -- The owner of a Georgia restaurant that inspired the name of rock band R.E.M.'s "Automatic for the People" album says he might have to c...
Michael Stipe is one of the world's most famous musicians. As the lead vocalist for R.E.M., Stipe was an instrumental force in the band's three decade...
R.E.M. is the latest music act to request that its songs not be played in a political context. The band -- which broke up last September after 31 y...
Researchers may have identified several factors that put people at risk for a disorder that makes them kick, yell and punch in their sleep. Smokin...
The unofficial start of summer means it's time to change your closet over and prepare for Con Ed to use and abuse you on a monthly basis for daring to turn your AC on. Here are a few more reasons to consider making a break from New York City.
On the second of two sold-out shows, Radiohead returned to Newark at New Jersey's Prudential Center, and just like they did at Roseland a few months prior, they dazzled the packed audience.
The backlash against Village Voice Media's ownership of Backpage.com continues with a group of high-profile musicians speaking out against the controv...
Since the release of David Samuel's article on Kanye West in the May issue of The Atlantic, we now know that President Obama still believes the hip-ho...
The cops in one southern city were busy this past week cleaning a group of Occupiers from the front steps of City Hall in the middle of the night.
My Top Ten list of the year has very little, if any connection, with what people who still pay attention to the hipster music scene and read the Billboard charts would consider the best records of the year. And to be honest, I don't give a crap.
"This is my last day of work," Michael Stipe says cheerfully, strolling through the Rolling Stone offices after giving one of his final interviews as ...
I can think of few other artists who have changed their sound so radically, so many times. "Gardening At Night," from 1982, doesn't sound anything like "Everybody Hurts," from 1992.
Kirsten Dunst is lending a little thoughtfulness to R.E.M.'s latest (and last) music video, "We All Go Back To Where We Belong." After the long-tim...
After news of R.E.M.'s split in September, fans all over the world slung a stone-washed denim jacket over their shoulders and got into their cars to m...
The Sept. 21 breakup of R.E.M. shook '80s music fans to the core, with many calling the announcement "the end of the world as we know it" in reference...
REM's art is significant because its politics, visions and worldview became part of the social imaginary, part of our collective imagination. They helped millions of us see the world differently.
It may be the end of the world for R.E.M., but they feel fine. (Sorry). The band, which called it quits last week after 31 years in the alternat...
