Fresh off their appearance on "Saturday Night Live" last weekend, Panic At the Disco will take over on XM Radio's modern rock/alt channel, Ethel, this Sunday for a special edition of the show "Offsite."

The band will play some of their favorite bands and songs, and talk about their new album "Pretty. Odd." (MP3 album here). "Pretty. Odd." debuted in the U.S. at #2, selling 139,000 copies in its first week. While speaking to MTV, the band's co-founder Ryan Ross explained that the album "sounded like a film score" and that the new songs have "a more positive outlook to them."

The hour-long "Offsite" show will air this Sunday, April 13th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on Ethel (ch 47).

In what can only be described as one of the most amazing and revealing glimpses ever at the recent Pulitzer Prize-winner, the May issue of Vanity Fair magazine assembled an incredible two-page spread entitled "Inside Dylan's Brain."

Vanity Fair contributor Duff McDonald constructed a fascinating and insightful portrait of Bob Dylan based entirely on his weekly XM show, "Theme Time Radio Hour." He assembled together everything that Dylan has played from the two years worth of shows, from the artists, to the poets, movies, TV shows, history lessons and even Dylan's one-liners.

Even if you're not a Dylan fan, or an XM subscriber, I highly recommend reading this article and for a bonus check out the large version of the picture shown above.

[Vanity Fair]

REM is really pulling out all the stops when it comes to promoting their 14th studio album Accelerate. The band will be headlining XM's "Offsite" with an hour of song performances from their new album, plus an in-depth interview with Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck. 

They pulled a bit of an April Fools prank on Wednesday when REM "interrupted" six XM channels (Flight 26, XMU, Fred, Ethel, Lucy, and Squizz) around 5:15pm ET with a sneak preview of performances from the "Offsite" special.

Recorded in the band's hometown of Athens, GA, "REM Offsite" will air this Sunday, April 6th at 10pm ET on Ethel (ch 47). Offsite, which features conversations with and performances by current artists recorded on location across the country, airs weekly on Ethel.