Take us through a recent workday. I woke up, looked at my emails, responded to some and sent some off. Most of them are around trying to book future guests for Song Exploder; either I’m getting ...

R.E.M. may be broken up (cue "Everybody Hurts") but they've been in the public eye a lot this year due to reissuing their 1992 classic Automatic For The People. Their latest appearance is on the ...

Getting the band back together: Original R.E.M. members Mike Mills, Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Michael Stipe appear in new Netflix series "Song Exploder," debuting Oct. 2 (Photo by Ron Galella, ...

Among the first instruments you hear in Losing My Religion, the 1991 smash hit by R.E.M., is a mandolin. Played by guitarist Peter Buck, the minimalist melody moves through the song virtually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Later this month, Damon Albarn's insanely popular cartoon-pop project Gorillaz will return with the new album Humanz. Albarn has ...

Former staff writer Randall Roberts covered Los Angeles music culture for the Los Angeles Times. He had served various roles since arriving at The Times in 2010, including music editor and pop music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R.E.M. may be broken up (cue "Everybody Hurts") but they've been in the public eye a lot this year due to reissuing their 1992 ...

Later this month, Damon Albarn's insanely popular cartoon-pop project Gorillaz will return with the new album Humanz. Albarn has already shared a generous handful of tracks from the guest-heavy LP… By ...