Up, up and away! Epic art-rock set from outsider heroes...

The breakthrough fourth album, reissued with a trove of demos...In 1986, REM’s elevation to umpty-million-selling ubiquity, dominant influence and stadium marquees appeared other than inevitable. The Georgia quartet had released, in breakneck succession, two critically adored albums (1983’s Murmur, 1984’s Reckoning) and a third (1985’s Fables Of The Reconstruction) which was a much more expansive but nonetheless nervy and flawed record.

Singer's second album has now outsold Eminem's 'Recovery'

Aberdeen City Council to debate proposal to commemorate late singer

Singer also labels Michael Buble as 'meaningless'

Looming deadlines mean my blogging has been sketchy this week, but I have at least kept a longer-than-usual log of the records played in the past few days. As you’ll see, a good few interesting new arrivals here, too.

'Signed D.C' and 'I've Been Loving You Too Long' are doing the rounds on the web

Security guards at Middlesbrough show were told to frisk punters for meat

Singer's third album is scheduled to be released on September 12

'Alsatian Cousin' singer's injuries will not affect European tour dates