Features Music Iconography, toxicology and dark ideology: 50 years of The Velvet Underground and Nico 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…
Music News 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…
News 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…
Enmore Audio Features Tone lord: the tale of legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson by Dave Stano The legendary guitarist and producer Mick Ronson was best known for his work alongside David Bowie in the 1970s. But Ronson was much more than…
Enmore Audio Features 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…
Features 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…
News 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…
Features 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…
Books News 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…
News Vinyl 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…
News 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…
News 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…
News Watch rare footage The Velvet Underground rehearsing ‘Sunday Morning’ in an apartment in 1966 by Happy 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…
