Seven wildly different songs that inspired Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy
Influences way beyond the ‘alt-country’ world.
REM
The Story Behind The Song: How the Pixies went “pop” with ‘Here Comes Your Man’
“We thought it was cooler not to do it than to do it”.
The 1996 album Michael Stipe called his greatest work: “Absolutely my favourite”
“We were in this hyper-adrenalised state…”
Peter Buck meets Johnny Marr: The moment when two indie guitar heroes finally crossed Rickenbackers
The beloved arpeggiators of REM and The Smiths.
Is the “terrible” song Michael Stipe adored in his childhood to blame for REM’s worst track?
Blame awful children’s music.
“You can see the sun shining”: When Bono named the perfect summer band in 1998
The highlight of the alternative scene.
