The indie rock supergroup featuring Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Buck’s Minus 5 bandmate (and Young Fresh Fellows founder) Scott McCaughey, and Fastbacks member/Minus 5 contributor Kurt Bloch, have announced their second full-length album, Emerald Valley and a May tour.
Joseph Arthur and onetime R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck are old friends and have now made a record together under the name Arthur Buck which will be out June 15 via New West...
Lots of R.E.M. songs were played, Colin Meloy, James Mercer and Scott himself (who's on the road to recovery after a stroke in November).
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Scott McCaughey, frontman of The Minus 5 and The Young Fresh Fellows, who has sadly suffered a stroke.
Following the sad news of Tom Petty's death, Coldplay performed "Free Fallin'" with REM's Peter Buck at their show Monday in Portland, and Nada Surf's Matthew Caws offered up a solo take on "Learning to Fly."
They ended the night with a cover of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel."
Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) and Peter Buck's (R.E.M.) new band Filthy Friends have announced their debut album. It's called Invitation and it comes out on August 25 via Kill Rock Stars. The announcement is accompanied by the release of new single "The Arrival"...
Filthy Friends, the indie rock supergroup with members of Sleater-Kinney, REM, and more, put out a new 7" on Record Store Day, and they're playing the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle, the Project Pabst in Portland, and more shows...
Alejandro Escovedo's tour with The Minus 5 hit NYC last week for a run of shows at City Winery. Following those, they hit Bay Shore, NY's Boulton Center on Sunday night...