R.E.M. News

Remember when Arcade Fire won that Album of the Year Grammy in 2011, and Twitter saw it as striking some heroic blow for alternative music? Finally an underground band could win at an awards show that had previously given nominations to the White Stripes, Radiohead, Beck, and R.E.M.! Hey, don't get us wrong, we were happy for our chiming Canadian ... (more)

A trestle in Athens, GA that appeared on the back cover of R.E.M.'s 1983 album, "Murmur," is facing an uncertain future.

The videoconferencing program has many uses, including artistic inspiration. Some artists have even found Skype to be a creative outlet.

For years, the famed " Murmur Trestle " in Athens, Ga., has attracted R.E.M. fans from around the globe.

Above, check out a video for "After it's Gone," a song written by Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood and featuring a group called the Downtown 13 - a crew that includes other Athens luminaries like Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Widespread Panic's John Bell.

The partially demolished 1880s railroad trestle pictured on R.E.M.'s first full-length album, "Murmur," released in 1983, could soon come down, reports the Wall Street Journal.

ATHENS, Ga. - In a verdant park tucked away in this southern college town sits a partially demolished railroad trestle.

Kevin Langston, the state deputy director of tourism, recently took his teenage son on the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau's music history tour, which includes the clubs and DIY venues where bands like R.E.M., Pylon and the B-52s got their starts.

About 500 people were able to get in to Colts Owner Jim Irsay’s private Super Bowl party at the Indiana State Museum, where two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stephen Stills and John Mellencamp preformed.

GET MORE SERIOUS: Just days after People for a Better Athens posted a misleading visual perspective of how a Walmart that could be the anchor tenant for a proposed mixed-use development near downtown Athens would supposedly loom over Oconee Street, a newer group of opponents to Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises' plans for the old Armstrong & Dobbs ... (more)

There's a new music label--myKaZoo Music-- and its premiere release is Nature Jams by Farmer Jason and Buddies, a collection of kidsongs that encourages children to get outside and discover what nature has to offer.

Action News 5 - Memphis, TennesseeFormer R.E.M. musician says he's concerned about Athens project, but not anti-development ATLANTA - Former R.E.M. guitarist Mike Mills says a group of Georgia musicians are not opposed to development, but they have concerns about plans for a large commercial project planned in Athens.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Chris Pickering is kind of a big deal in his native Australia, and has now set up shop in Nashville to share his beguiling blend of gap-bridging pop, rock, country and folk.

The other day on the blogs we asked for your favourite live DVDs . Now, based on your suggestions and our own faves, we've compiled a list of the top 20.

SINCE its inception in 2006, Lacoste's Holiday Collector Series has seen a succession of vastly different yet equally creative individuals bring their unique design aesthetics to the iconic L.12.12 polo shirt.

ATHENS, Ga. -- The Drive-By Truckers' lead singer Patterson Hood snaps his fingers when asked how long it took him to write, record and launch a video in support of an effort to block a planned Walmart on the edge of downtown Athens.

The 1980s might conjure up images of leg warmers, parachute pants, moonwalking, Flock of Seagulls haircuts and any number of John Hughes movies.

London, Feb 1 : 'Everybody Hurts' by American band REM was voted as the saddest song ever, beating Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind', in a poll.

Rain stopped play when Australia were 134 for two in 14.4 overs during the first T20 International against India at the ANZ Stadium here Wednesday.

Relatives of the woman who was killed in a Toronto bus crash last August have launched a $4.25-million lawsuit against the Toronto Transit Commission, two drivers and a trucking company.The claim was filed Tuesday on behalf of 43-year-old Jadranka Petrova's husband, son and daughter.