For fans of R.E.M.: what to watch, read & play next

A rock star kidnaps a singer to summon a demon; her bandmates race to stop him.

A runaway falls in with a psychedelic band in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district.

Soviet youth smuggle Lou Reed and Bowie records in the simmering pre-Perestroika underground.

A disco owner lures a young breakdancer away from his friends and roots.

Alien musicians are kidnapped, reprogrammed, and rebranded — a sci-fi parable about erasing creative identity.

A Minneapolis musician channels a turbulent home life into performance with his band, the Revolution.

A clumsy radio host rescues a bankrupt station on passion for rock 'n' roll alone.

A Harlem rapper flees to Puerto Rico and finds salvation in reggaeton's hybrid energy.

Music is literally the light keeping the world alive after monsters silence it.

Documentary series dissecting the landmark albums that defined rock history, one record at a time.

Hidden pop-music histories told by the hitmakers themselves, from ABBA to T-Pain.

Three girls from different worlds meet by chance and bond over a shared passion for music.

Three bandmates look back on how Electric Bloom became famous, starting from middle school.

Six twenty-somethings form a pop band called Catwalk.

A student plays guitar alone after school; his music draws in two unexpected companions.

Korean musicians perform impromptu street concerts abroad, music dissolving every barrier in their path.

An 80s-only Guitar Hero entry: shred to retro rock tracks with period-authentic venues.

Play through an AC/DC live concert as a full rock-band experience.

A mediocre space rock band must reach their big gig in this 80s-soaked arcade shooter.

Three friends' last high-school night plays out as a mixtape of alternative-era tracks.

Bullet-hell dodging synced to music so tightly that the soundtrack is the level design.

Form a band, master instruments, and tour the world in this multiplayer rock fantasy.

The world is ending and the streets are scorched — music plays on in the twilight.

Slash's memoir: sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll from one of rock's defining guitarists.

A historical survey tracing rock from its rhythm-and-blues roots through the supergroup era.

Critical essays on Bowie, Lou Reed, the Clash, Iggy Pop, and the alternative rock lineage.

A girl searches for her father and uncovers family secrets kept from her since childhood.

A technical deep-dive into analog subtractive synthesis and electronic sound-design systems.

Kim Gordon's memoir: life as a founding member of Sonic Youth at rock's avant-garde edge.

A practical guide turning a love of music into real playing — written for young musicians.

Badfinger's rise and collapse: creativity, bad luck, and the music industry's crushing toll.