Weezer have just dropped a surprise covers album, The Teal Album, including renditions of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)," "Billie Jean," "Mr. Blue Sky," and of course, "Africa." Frontman Rivers Cuomo has previously performed live covers of R.E.M.’s "Losing My Religion," the Smashing Pumpkins’ "Today," Oasis' "Champagne Supernova," and Pix...

This episode focuses on all the material from the box set from the 1990’sThe band discuss their work through the 1990'sR.E.M. have released part two of their ‘R.E.M. At The BBC Podcast’ series and NME has the first exclusive listen. The podcast is based on the box set collection the band released earlier this year, which fe...

Track will feature on the forthcoming BBC sessionsMichael Stipe and Thom YorkeR.E.M. have shared an unreleased version of ‘E-Bow The Letter’ featuring Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke. The track originally featured Patti Smith on the band’s 1996 album New Adventures In Hi-Fi, but they recorded a live version of th...

Revisit the 'Green' classicREM in 2003R.E.M. have shared a blistering version of their classic track ‘Orange Crush’ from their upcoming album ‘At The BBC’ album. Hear it on NME first below. Taken from the band’s legendary 1988 sixth album ‘Green’, the newly released version of...

The collection will span over 30 years R.E.M. Credit: Morena Brengola / GettyR.E.M are to release a new collection of “rare and unreleased live and studio recordings” from across archives at the BBC. Spanning over 30 years, the box set collection will include 8 CDs, a DVD and will include a John Peel Session (1998), Drivetime...