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MUSIC NEWS-   No surprise, with the word that former "indie rockers" R.E.M ., known to many as "America's Best Rock & Roll Band", have announced today that they're ending their run and will "call it a day" after 30+ years of music making.  Members of the band posted the news on their website, thanking fans for the loyalty and said they have astonished even themselves with their musical accomplishments. "To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody is set to release music from his latest project, Tired Pony on September 28 in the USA (out now in the UK) on Mom + Pop. A actual band and not a solo effort, Tired Pony has quite the rock line up; R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey , Belle and Sebastian’s Richard Colburn (who's toured with Snow Patrol previously), producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee , and frequent Patrol collaborators [...]