brent johnson welcomes 2012 with a lost cut from the most important band to call it quits in 2011 …
When R.E.M. broke up last year, the music world lost something rare: a cult band that was also a household name.
The Athens, Ga., alt-rockers often sounded little like a mainstream act — a group with murky vocals, mysterious background voices, tangled-wire guitars, indecipherable lyrics and hooks played by mandolins. They were a band made for college radio, even when Top 40 stations started...
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