Scott McCaughey

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.

This week, check out new holiday music from Sujfan Stevens, CJ Ramone, The Minus 5 & Ben Gibbard, Lucius, Eric Clapton, and Canadian metal viking Thor delivers ’Christmas in Valhalla.’

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.

Alejandro Escovedo’s new album was produced by The Minus 5’s Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey. They’ll be backing him, too.

The song will also appear on Filthy Friends’ debut album, which comes out in 2017.

Jenny Lewis’ new band played on the floor.

Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller is releasing a new solo album called The Traveler on May 12 via ATO. For the recording, he was backed (aka most of The Decemberists except Colin Meloy), and the record also features guitar work from R…

The Baseball Project — the high-concept rock band formed (Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) — released their third album, titled 3rd, back in March…