Alex Maiolo: If you grew up an awkward, artistic weirdo in the southern United States, this was a week of celebration.

R.E.M. didn’t stick around, flogging it out of habit, or an addiction to fame, until they turned into a punchline… The band that showed a generation how it’s done checked out gracefully, leaving us proud of who we’d chosen to hitch our carts to.

↩︎ Louder Than War

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