Salon and The Quietus interview Michael Stipe about R.E.M. calling it a day. Pitchfork reviews the group’s latest great hits collection, Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982 – 2011, which includes the beautiful new tune “We All Go Back To Where We Belong.”

Listen/Download Caribou’s Nightmare Before Christmas ATP Mix.

Aquarium Drunkard has a download of Deerhunter covering Pylon.

Surgeons In Heat have a new video for “The Price.”

Watch what might be the last Sonic Youth show ever here. (via Pitchfork). In related news, Thurston Moore is coming to Austin on February 11th to play St. Davids Church. His latest album, Demolished Thoughts is one of my favorites of the year.

Watch EMA’s Take Away Show at Stereogum. Her album, Past Life Martyred Saints has been in heavy rotation since CMJ.

Pitchfork has some great sounding live videos of Feist. Don’t sleep on her latest either.

Tom Waits debuts a video for “Satisfied” from his recently released (and fantastic) album, Bad As Me. Head over to his website to watch the video.

Sharon Van Etten will release new album, Tramp on February 7th. Her first on Jagjaguwar.

The LA Times talks to David Lynch about his new album, Crazy Clown Time.

Watch St. Vincent Cover the Pop Group on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” at Pitchfork.

Good Read: The Tweaker | The real genius of Steve Jobs

The New York Times checks in on college radio and it’s movement online.

NPR has a first listen of R.E.M.’s ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011′

Cass McCombs has a new album out today called Humor Risk. It’s on sale digitally at Amazon for $3.99.

NPR has a live Zola Jesus set for download and her session with World Cafe. Zola Jesus hits the Mohawk in Austin on Saturday.

Stereogum has a session with Active Child.

Listen to the new R.E.M. song “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” at Pitchfork.

Gorilla vs. Bear and Aquarium Drunkard share Halloween mixes.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks covered R.E.M.’s “Radio Free Europe” when they played Atlanta earlier this month.

The band found themselves playing in Milwaukee after the Brewers battled their way into the next round of the playoffs thanks to a clutch hit by Tony Plush. Playing what Malkmus referred to as a “fan appreciation night” you can check out videos from the Milwaukee show here.

The audio of this recording isn’t the best, but Vic makes the song his own at the end. Powerful stuff.

MP3: Vic Chesnutt – “Everybody Hurts” (R.E.M. cover)

Megafaun’s Phil Cook will release Hungry Mother Blues on May 10 via Trekky Records. You can still download his previous 8-song release for free here. Check out the beautiful artwork of the forthcoming record here and download a track from the record below:
MP3: Phil Cook & His Feat – “Ballad Of A Hungry Mother”

Kanye West and Kid Cudi headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Thursday, June 30th during Summerfest. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 26th at 10:00AM and include Summerfest admission

Pitchfork has new videos from R.E.M., Menomena, Cloud Nothings, Deerhoof, and The National.

James Blake has announced his US tour dates, including a stop at Schubas on Sunday, May 15th. I cannot wait to see Blake next week at SXSW.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are at the High Noon Saloon with Maria Taylor supporting on Friday, May 27th. Tickets are $15.

Only one week left to donate to Eric & Magill’s campaign on Kickstarter to get their album pressed on vinyl. This release will be the third for our Ten Atoms imprint.

One of the best albums I’ve heard this year comes from J Mascis, whose new solo record Several Shades of Why, arrives next week on Sub Pop. You don’t have to wait that long to hear it though, Spin has the whole thing streaming.

I’m off to Austin today for SXSW. There’s still time to RSVP for our Backyard BBQ on Friday, March 18th. We couldn’t be more excited about hosting a bunch of our favorite artists.