In a 2023 New York Times article, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe opened up about his long-in-the-works solo album. Well, fans ...

NEW YORK - Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn't sound like a typical R.E.M. album. "Up," the band's 11th album, which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging ...

“I want this to be as good as that, and that’s near impossible.” ...

It's not often that a band's most commercially successful album bisects a career as cleanly as R.E.M.'s Out of Time does. That monster release, celebrating its 30th anniversary this week, took an ...

Athens, Georgia, took a leap of faith that a folkish, baroque album with hip-hop, mandolins, and shiny, happy bubblegum pop ...

That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

Like Murmur, Reckoning was co-produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, and recorded at Reflection Sound studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. The album featured melodic alt-rock tunes showcasing ...

R.E.M.’s later-era albums don’t often get the respect they deserve. Sure, we love the classic ’80s stuff — especially “Lifes Rich Pageant,” which makes our desert-island shortlist. And we certainly ...

"Reckoning," which received widespread critical acclaim, featured the single "Don't go Back to Rockville." The album would go on to achieve gold status in the United States. Good morning. I'm Leila ...

It happened a year ago, when all four founding members of R.E.M. got on stage together at the 40 Watt. Could it happen again?

NEW YORK — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn't sound like a typical R.E.M. album. “Up,” the band's 11th album which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging ...