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  • Backspacer is Pearl Jam's first studio album since the musicians became free agents, finally fulfilling a seven-album contract with Sony. That process took 15 years. The band is now on its own, striking distribution deals with major corporations, a turnaround for the once very anti-corporate band.
  • On Thursday morning, Mike Mills said that it would take "a comet" for R.E.M. to get back together. But on Thursday night, R.E.M. got back together to perform the band's unexpected 1991 hit at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
  • Megan Huntsman is accused of killing the children after giving birth to them between 1996 and 2006. She was arrested after her estranged husband discovered one body while cleaning out the garage.
  • The special counsel's office has proposed that a federal judge set Jan. 2, 2024 as the start of former President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
  • If you're curious about starting a resistance training routine and not sure where to begin, start with these expert-recommended movements.
  • We're meeting up with the 2013 Austin Music Awards Best Indie Band at the KUTX studios. You can download their performance of "This Place" from this Sense Of Place episode.
  • The band's typical brand of intensely loose guitar rock shines on its latest album, Human Performance.
  • Britain's Guillemots are a young band that fuses unique sonic textures with catchy, uplifting music. The end result is completely modern-sounding pop: The band challenges the listener while also paying homage to a rich songwriting history.
  • A product of Portland, Oregon's thriving open-mic scene, Justin Ringle leads Horse Feathers, a folk-pop band that exudes quiet intensity in a session at WXPN. The strings and accordions on the band's third album, Thistled Spring, sound remarkably lush, while Ringle's stories remain chilling and poignant.
  • District Attorney Paul Howard announces assault and battery charges Tuesday after the release of a video showing officers using stun guns on two black young adults and yanking them from their car.
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