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Artist: The Velvet Underground

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The Velvet Underground – ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’: Why It Mattered

by Riley Fitzgerald

The Velvet Underground and Nico embodied the ultimate album ideal: how the creative influence of five musicians could inform the next twenty years of music. The…

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‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ pays tribute to an album that redefined rock

by Dan Shaw

I’ll Be Your Mirror is a star-studded homage to the seminal The Velvet Underground & Nico. Just like the 1967 version, it points toward new…

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A ‘Velvet Underground & Nico’ tribute album is on the way with all our favourite artists

by Pandora Craufurd-Gormly

Even better, this Velvet Underground tribute features Iggy Pop, Kurt Vile, St. Vincent, Courtney Barnett and more. We can hardly wait for this stunning musical…

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Unseen colour footage of the Velvet Underground in 1969 has been uncovered

by Charlie Young

Unseen colour footage of The Velvet Underground performing at the Dallas Peace Moratorium in 1969 has surfaced. Unseen footage of ever-illusive band The Velvet Underground from…

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Tone lord: the tale of legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson

by Dave Stano

Mick Ronson, producer and guitarist for David Bowie is one of 70s music’s most important figures. We take a look at his influence on glam…

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Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love

by Max Mahood

Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…

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10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock

by Luke Saunders

For the most part, art-rock is an undocumented musical niche. A small fragment under the oversized umbrella of rock, that exists as a translucent concept…

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Want to know what Lou Reed listened to? Check out this playlist made before he died

by Happy

In 2013 the world said goodbye to beloved musical icon, Lou Reed. Throughout his long career, he released 22 solo albums and five studio albums…

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The 25 Best ’60s Songs to stick it to the man

by Luke Saunders

A monumental decade of social and political upheaval, the 1960s saw the Civil Rights Movement, The Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassinations of both Martin…

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I’ll Be Your Mirror, Olive, Again and more: Happy’s Weekend Reading

by Dan Shaw

Time to dive into another five of the best new reads for this weekend. The comprehensive collection of Lou Reed‘s lyrics is contained within the…

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Velvet Underground’s complete Matrix Tapes are finally coming to vinyl

by Sarah Gillard

A collection of live recordings by The Velvet Underground, captured at the Matrix in San Francisco in 1969, is coming to vinyl for the first…

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A new Velvet Underground documentary is on the way

by Charlie Young

Footage from Todd Hayne’s documentary on The Velvet Underground will be screened this week at Cannes Film Festival. After being announced almost two years ago…

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Julian Casablancas, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lee Renaldo and more share favourite Velvet Underground tracks

by Happy

Julian Casablancas, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lee Renaldo, The National, TV On The Radio and more have curated TIDAL playlists featuring their favourite Velvet Underground tracks…

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