Cassettes are making sort of a comeback…and last year vinyl outsold CDs for the first time.

Move over, vinyl. Cassette tapes are the new old thing to love.

Everything retro becomes new again. Music cassettes are back.

Watch HAIM at this year’s Grammys…

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This is an excellent (by Rob Sheffield) on R.E.M.’s Out of Time.

How R.E.M. Invented the Nineties With ‘Out of Time’

A look back at the album that changed everything about the band’s story, and presaged the whole decade to come

Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows may look different, but he sounds great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr4iix9-4oU&t=90s

Metallica’s 3rd album, Master of Puppets, is 35 years old!

Metallica Celebrates ‘Master of Puppets’ Anniversary on ‘Colbert’

Band performed “Battery” on The Late Show

The history of R.E.M. as seen through 15 of their videos…

R.E.M.’s 15 Greatest Music Videos

R.E.M. embraced the music video form like few other bands in rock history. Over the course of three decades, the band released over 70 clips, ranging from arty short films to blockbuster videos tha…

Sharon Van Etten has a new release coming soon…

Sharon Van Etten Announces epic Ten Covers Album Featuring Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, and More

Big Red Machine’s take on “A Crime” leads the anniversary edition of Van Etten’s 2010 LP

RIP Bunny Wailer of Bob Marley & the Wailers

Reggae Icon Bunny Wailer -- Founding Member of the Wailers -- Has Died at 73

Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed his death

Stumbled upon this today: Johnny Cash backed by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers doing “Rusty Cage,” originally by Soundgarden.

It’s from Unchained, an album Cash did with Petty & co. Petty said he thought Unchained was the Heartbreakers at their best.

Watch the the White Stripes bash their way through “Hotel Yorba”…

White Stripes Dig Up 2001 ‘Hotel Yorba’ Performance From ‘Jools Holland’

Duo share third performance from first-ever British TV appearance