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Stuart Berman's favourite articles by Stuart Berman from 2025 Welcome to stübermania, where I normally dig into my box of dust-covered interview cassettes from the 1990s and 2000s (and crusty mp3 files from the 2010s) to present bygone conversations with your favourite alterna/indie semi-stars and the occasional classic-rock icon. (Check who’s been featured so far here.) However, for the remainder of 2025, I’ll be pushing pause on regular programming to feed the year-in-review content beast:My favourite albums of 2025My Top 100 songs of 202525 favourite cover songs from 202525 favourite concert moments from 2025The stübermania 2025 review concludes with the most self-indulgent of all lists: a round-up of features that I was especially stoked to write this past year. My first published piece of 2025 was my interview with Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos for Stereogum’s We’ve Got a File on You feature. Among the many topics discussed: Chappell Roan,
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
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