I Hate My Hit! 10 Songs Disowned by the People Who Made Them Famous
Nobody made you go around wearing UFO pants and sucking a pacifier after you got smart enough to ... Read More »
Potent Quotables: Stipe Gets Serious
"[I hate] pranks. You're not that funny and you're not 15." --Michael Stipe R.E.M.'s frontman ... Read More »
Potent Quotables: R.E.M. the Rejects?
"Hard as we may try to make something supercool, it's just not going to happen." --Michael Stipe ... Read More »
R.E.M., 'Until the Day Is Done' -- Video Premiere
Social and political commentary abound in R.E.M.'s latest video from 'Accelerate.' Shot during a ... Read More »
R.E.M., 'Man-Sized Wreath' -- Video Premiere
R.E.M. have always had a thing or two to say about the world at large. The alt-rock legends' most ... Read More »
Bad Songs by Good Bands: No. 18
'Stand' --R.E.M. (1988) The beloved Athens, Ga. band really stopped giving it the old college try ... Read More »
Potent Quotables: R.E.M. Fess Up to Slump
"We went from being the greatest band on earth to being old, miserable has-beens." --Peter Buck In ... Read More »
Rock Pix: SXSW Edition
Our decidedly New York Spinner staff has descended on Austin, Texas, and we aren't looking back. ... Read More »
Meanest Love Songs: No. 17
'The One I Love' --R.E.M. (1987) The Kiss-Off: "A simple prop to occupy my time" Oh, Monsieur ... Read More »
Obama Switches Songs, Gets Backed by Arcade Fire
For the next 39-ish weeks, we at Spinner will be following this year's presidential race with one ... Read More »
R.E.M. 'Accelerate' on New Album
R.E.M. have titled their forthcoming album -- the follow-up to 2004's 'Around the Sun' -- ... Read More »
PhotoSynthesis: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe
Previous | Next Philadelphia, 2004: That was when I was doing the interviews for Vote for Change. ... Read More »
The Chum Bucket: Beyonce in Charge + More
Beyonce is the new face of American Express. [SOHH] Even more opportunities to see the Arcade Fire ... Read More »
Count Five: VHS or Beta Singer Craig Pfunder's Top Hooky Rock Songs
Despite the loss of guitarist Zeke Buck prior to the recording of their soon to be released 'Bring ... Read More »
Readers' Sad Songs: No. 8
'Everybody Hurts' R.E.M. (1992) I was mostly numb after my divorce in the early '90s, and I didn't ... Read More »
IFLTS: 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),' R.E.M.
'It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),' R.E.M. From 1987's 'Document' There ... Read More »
