Topic: REM

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto and Molly Gordon as Claire in "The Bear" (Chuck Hodes/FX)

Inside The Bear's memorable needle drops

Annie Zaleski
R.E.M. (Sandra Lee Phipps)

REM's underground "Chronic Town" at 40

Annie Zaleski
R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilhiemer)

REM's Stipe: "Lyric writing is not easy"

Annie Zaleski
Michael Stipe of REM performs at Las Ventas Bullring on October 1, 2008 in Madrid, Spain (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

REM's much-maligned "Shiny Happy People"

Annie Zaleski
Depressed woman in bed with hand on forehead (Getty/ Martin Dimitrov)

While you were sleeping

Kamila Kourbanova - Massive Science
(AP)

The 20 best debut album lead-off tracks

Annie Zaleski
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-85p1.html'>Melissa King</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Larry Schwartz - Alternet
Mike Mills, in "R.E.M. by MTV" (MTV)

Mike Mills on R.E.M. and MTV

Annie Zaleski
Michael Stipe (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

"Queerness is a state of mind"

Erin Keane
(REUTERS/Chip East)

Sarah Gray
The Smiths, The Pixies (Rough Trade/Tom Sheehan/Elektra Entertainment)

The death of college radio

Garrett Martin

Pop anniversary madness

Eric R. Danton