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 Velvet Underground
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…
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…
Unseen footage of ever-illusive band The Velvet Underground from 50 years ago has been uncovered.
The tape was recently discovered among many untitled and damaged reels from…
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…
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…
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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This week we hit up the ARIAs and Gizzfest, remembered that time Pink Floyd recorded a track with some…
Very little footage of The Velvet Underground exists from prior to the release of their seminal 1967 debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico. It goes without…
Yesterday Rolling Stone premiered a clip of original Velvet Underground members John Cale and Moe Tucker performing I’m Waiting For the Man from the band’s…
50 years ago this week The Velvet Underground released their dingy magnum opus The Velvet Underground and Nico, the ‘Banana Album’ produced and covered by Andy…
The Velvet Underground and Nico embodies a seldom realised idea: that music really can change the world. A financial failure in its time, the loose collection…
One of the odder aspects of the vinyl resurgence of recent years has been the return of the humble movie soundtrack. Throughout 2015 and moving…
