Here's an oddly plausible scenario for you: After the Postal Service reunion runs its course, Ben Gibbard does an Audioslave thing with the non-Stipe members of R.E.M. This is a little too easy to…   Read Story »

Way back in March, we reported that the former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck was working on a new solo album, and in a post on the R.E.M. website, Buck announced that the thing would be out today. He…   Read Story »

As previously reported, former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has been working on a solo album, and now we've got our first taste of it. As it turns out, Buck's solo song "10 Million BC" couldn't…   Read Story »

Hands up: Who had Peter Buck as the first R.E.M. member to go solo after last year's breakup? It's true! As Michael Stipe hangs with Muppets and Mike Mills perfects his golf swing, guitarist Buck has…   Read Story »

The Decemberists have announced a release date and title to their Hazards Of Love follow-up. It's called The King Is Dead, was recorded in a barn outside Portland, and it'll be out in mid-January.…   Read Story »

Quite an assemblage of fancy names for this new project from Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, called Tired Pony, with members including R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn,…   Read Story »

The erstwhile R.E.M. drummer made his first public performance since the 2007 R&R HOF induction, last night in Athens. He joined Mike, Peter, and the Minus 5 on "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and…   Read Story »

R.E.M. formed in Athens, Georgia almost three decades ago.   Read Story »

This month sees solo release number five from former Grant-Lee Buffalo frontman and Gilmore Girls' resident town troubadour Grant-Lee Phillips. Although Phillips takes credit for nearly every aspect…   Read Story »

Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing…   Read Story »