Normally at Monkey See, we don't talk much about sports, which is another world entirely from pop culture. But yesterday's perfect game pitched by White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle wasn't just a rare ...

Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M.’s ...

Scott McCaughey‘s The Minus 5 have announced September tour dates in support of their upcoming album, Oar On, Penelope! (out May 30 via Yep Roc). They’ll be out with another of Scott’s bands, The ...

Temptation is to frame the Baseball Project by the bands its members played in, a list that includes R.E.M., the Dream Syndicate, the Young Fresh Fellows and the Filthy Friends. But the project formed ...

The Dream Syndicate‘s Steve Wynn will release a memoir, I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, and new solo album, Make it Right, on August 30. “I wrote and recorded these songs in tandem with working ...