Keith Richards’ cover of the Velvet Underground’s iconic “I’m Waiting for the Man” leads the upcoming collection The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, due April 19 on CD/digital and the next ...
At the dawn of the 1980s, Lou Reed, the longtime chronicler of the underside of New York City since his days in the Velvet Underground, became a changed man. After a decade of personal excesses, ...
As part of the celebration around the late Lou Reed’s 80 th birthday, an album of his earliest demos — comprising a number of Velvet Underground classics recorded in 1965, along with several songs ...
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Lou Reed’s 1982 solo album, a strangely alluring ...
Reed died in 2013. A new collection, recorded in 1965, captures the earliest-known versions of some of the Velvet Underground's best known songs, including "Heroin" and "Pale Blue Eyes." This is FRESH ...
Before The Velvet Underground, c. January/February 1965, there was The Primitives. Left to right: Tony Conrad, Walter De Maria, Lou Reed, John CaleThe Lou Reed Archive, Music Division, The New York ...
The brilliant discontents of Lou Reed. A new biography examines the enigma of the musician. To write about Lou Reed is to fight with Lou Reed. It is difficult to say, however, who started what, and ...
Saint John’s Eve is a big deal in my hometown of Porto, in Portugal. The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s ...
What is the song you were obsessed with as a teenager? By Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Christina Djossa, Amy Pearl, Sara Curtis, Julia Botero, Hans Buetow, Jen Poyant, Lynn Levy ...
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