R.E.M. I.R.S. R.E.M.'s world as they knew it ended in autumn 1987, when the release of their breakout fifth album propelled them from the obscurity of America's burgeoning alternative underground to ...

R.E.M. didn’t quite know what to make of their 1987 LP Document – which turns 30 this week – shortly before it came out. They were six years and five albums into their career by that point, but they’d ...

“Scott Walker’s foray into orchestral pop music is brought to life with fascinating avant-garde arrangements. While his chart-topping fame with the Walker Brothers was not to be directly repeated, his ...