Over the years, REM struggled with the overexposure of Shiny Happy People, arguably their least representative song, in the popular culture canon. In recent years, however, Stipe has come to terms ...

REM have announced the sale of a digital live EP ahead of the release of a full concert album later this year. The band digitally launch the four-track Reckoning Songs From The Olympia on July 7 and ...

Michael Stipe has spoken about releasing his first new music since REM split in 2011. The singer-songwriter has recorded new material for his friend Tom Gilroy's film The Cold Lands. Stipe worked on a ...

Every REM album since 1994's disappointing Monster has been described by one critic or another as a 'return to form'. Personally, I'm not convinced that the band are capable of making another album as ...

In the wake of the news that REM have called it quits, DiS reviews editor Andrzej Lukowski shares his thoughts on the band he fell in love with at the age of 15 and charts their glorious decline ...