Peter Buck

Last Night...R.E.M., the National and Modest Mouse @ Red Rocks

The Buck Stops Here

As part of Tuatara, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck heads in new musical directions.

Top 10 Reissues of 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy ... More >>

R.E.M.

Michael Stipe and company’s latest is filled with a renewed sense of vitality.

Visible Man

Former American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel transcends the sadcore label. But don't expect him to jump for joy.

Johnathan Rice

Wednesday, July 2, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

R.E.M.

Accelerate
Warner Bros.

Singles Going Steady

The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year.

Mind Over Matter

Welcome back, Patricio Córdova.

Eels

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant)

R.E.M.

Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)

The Long Winters

Tuesday, June 1, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984

The Eeling Power of Music

The man behind the Eels gets happy. Kind of.

Yorn Again

After an auspicious debut, Pete Yorn releases music for a new Day.

Kelly's Heroes

Kelly Hogan takes great songs by great artists and makes them her own.

R.E.M.

Reveal (Warner Bros.)

Trischka's Treat

The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

Feedback

The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

More Songs of the Century

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

Playlist

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

Playlist

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

LETTERS

Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

ROGER WILCO

THANKS TO JEFF TWEEDY AND WILCO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EMBARRASSED TO LIKE COUNTRY ROCK ANYMORE.

The Decemberists at the Boulder Theater, 2/9/11

Editor's note: Two of our writers were at the Decemberists show last night in Boulder, and so today we present you with two different accounts of the show from two different perspectives. Two for the price of, uh, none, as it were -- well, unless you count the cost your Internet connection. Adam Pe ... More >>

Kate Bush gets approved to use James Joyce soliloquy: Five songs that skipped that step

James Joyce playing "Stairway to Heaven"​The James Joyce estate is well known for its nearly-impossible-to-break hold on the copyright of his works. Case in point, 22 years ago Kate Bush asked to use a soliloquy from Ulysses in one of her songs and was denied. Most people would just give up, b ... More >>

R.E.M. calls it quits after 31 years and fifteen Colorado shows

​After three decades together, the guys in R.E.M. announced today in a statement on the band's website that they're throwing in the towel.

True to form, even R.E.M.'s breakup was boring

​After three decades together, the guys in R.E.M. announced today in a statement on the band's website that they're throwing in the towel.