Lou Reed

12 mostly unexpected covers Jarvis Cocker has done on tour

Watch Jarvis perform songs by Black Sabbath, Survivor, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen and more.

amazing live videos of Lou Reed, Run DMC, King Crimson & more to watch while every show is cancelled

Today’s picks for live videos to watch while you’re home and every show is cancelled also include Desaparecidos and Tegan & Sara.

watch 100s of videos from Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremonies (Talking Heads, Prince, Stooges, more)

Plus: The Stooges covering Madonna; REM and Patti Smith covering The Stooges; a Led Zeppelin/Aerosmith team-up; and many more videos from the Rock Hall archives.

Bono shares playlist of 60 songs that changed his life for his 60th birthday

The playlist includes Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Kanye West, Ramones, Patti Smith, Nirvana, Joy Division, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Massive Attack, and more, and Bono is also publishing an open letter to each artist…

watch SNL's tribute to Hal Willner w/ cast members singing Lou Reed's "Perfect Day"

The tribute to Hal featured Adam Sandler, Bill Hader, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, and more.

32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…

here's Joey Cape's (Lagwagon) self-isolation playlist

”This list is the first 20 of my Spotify ‘faves’ playlist. I love all of these songs. I pass time adding to the list and fine-tuning the sequence,” Joey says.

Wes Eisold (Cold Cave) on Genesis P-Orridge, coronavirus & what he's listening to in isolation

Cold Cave also have a new Absolute Body Control cover out, and Wes has a poetry book with Mark Lanegan on the way…

watch Destroyer cover Lou Reed's "Ecstasy" at Brooklyn Steel

“I’m gonna try and read this Lou Reed poem,” Dan Bejar said mid-set at Brooklyn Steel, fumbling with a couple sheets of paper as the rest of Destroyer started playing behind him…

Lenny Kaye, Steve Wynn & more playing Lou Reed birthday tribute in NYC

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, would’ve been 79 on next Monday and the Bowery Electric is throwing a birthday bash on Sunday, March 1 in his honor. They’ve gotten a bunch of very cool guests vocalists to sing at the party…
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