R.E.M.

What Are The Ingredients In This Nasty Soup We Call “Modern Rock”?

Idolator | by Al Shipley | Fri, Apr 24

Fri, Apr 24 Key bands: R.E.M., The Replacements, XTC, The Pixies
By the time Billboard began publishing a Modern Rock singles chart in 1988, there was already a clutch of American bands getting consistent radio play. And for the first few years of the chart, jangle ruled the roost.

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source: PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Big Star released two albums in the early ‘70s, neither of which set sales records. Yet in the 35 years that have ensued, artists like R.E.M., Wilco, The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, The Bangles and Steve Wynn have ent...

Published Thu, May 7

AllMusic’s Favorite Pop/Rock Reissues of 2008 external link

source: The Allmusic

R.E.M. - Murmur (Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition) The Replacements - Let It Be (Deluxe Edition) The Replacements - Tim (Expanded Edition) Squeeze - Argybargy (Deluxe Edition) Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition) Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968

Published Fri, Dec 19

What are the top American records? external link

source: USA Today

R.E.M., The Replacements, The Pixies, Modern Lovers and Patti Smith are just a few of the artists I was happy to see on Blender's countdown of the "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time." While the list does contain many...

Published Wed, Oct 15