Michael Stipe

R.E.M.'s seventh album, ‘Out of Time,‘ turns 30 on March 12. “It was the biggest shot in the arm,“ Michael Stipe says of playing “Losing My Religion“ in front of audiences. “The most powerful feeling that I think I've ever felt."

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from The Weather Station, TV Priest, John Carpenter, Crack Cloud side project Peace Chord, and a compilation from Athens, GA cult band Oh-OK (ft. Michael Stipe's sister, Lynda).

It's the holidays as only Puddles could do, and the special also includes Jack Black, Patton Oswalt and more.

Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Angel Olsen, Beach House, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Jeff Rosenstock, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, Julien Baker, Keith Morris, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, and many more have also lent their support to ”We Need Every Voice.”

Also watch speeches by Michael Stipe, Miley Cyrus, Hillary Clinton, and others from the virtual event...

”Honor Her Wish” also features appearances and performances from Phoebe Bridgers, Margo Price, political figures including Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Elizabeth Warren, and more.

The video also features Cyndi Lauper, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick ZInner, Lenny Kaye and more and was made for National Voter Registration Day and the sixth anniversary of climate change awareness charity Pathways to Paris.

Michael also talked about an upcoming Lou Reed tribute he worked on with the late Hal Willner.

From shoegaze to Madchester, pop and hip hop, Sonic Youth to Cocteau Twins, it's Indie Basement's Top albums of 1990.

We're always looking for new music documentaries to watch. Here are eight, ranging from The Go-Go's to Taylor Swift, to the early days of the '80s Bay Area thrash scene, the '60s/'70s Laurel Canyon folk scene, and more.