By Jake Brooks 3/31/08 10:22pm

The Week in Music: R.E.M.’s Make-Up Sex? Moby Is–Gasp!–Manhattan; White and the Black Keys

R.E.M. releases its 14th album, Accelerate, today. According to most accounts, it’s a return to their Athens, Ga. roots. Spin writes rather breathlessly, “They haven’t sounded this surprised with themselves since 1998′s Up, haven’t made an album this consistent since 1992′s Automatic for the People, and haven’t redlined so engagingly since 1986′s Life’s Rich Pageant.” Read More