Lou Reed

Lou Reed's writing on Tai Chi & more compiled in new book with foreword by Laurie Anderson

‘The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi’ is due March 14 via HarperOne, and features conversations with fellow artists and tai chi practitioners Iggy Pop, Tony Visconti, Julian Schnabel, and Hal Willner.

Indie Basement: Best Reissues, Box Sets & Compilations of 2022

Featuring: Pavement, Neu!, Bowie, John Hughes, Lou Reed, Flaming Lips, Broadcast, and more.

The Dirty Nil members list their favorite albums and movies of 2022

Featuring Militarie Gun, Kendrick Lamar, Billy Strings, Candy, Alvvays, and more…

Rhett Miller tells us about the inspirations behind new album 'The Misfit'

Rhett Miller came up through the ’90s alt-country scene, but his new album ‘The Misfit‘ comes from a decidedly different place, embracing synthesizers, his love of Tom Petty, and more.

25 of our favorite covers by Sharon Van Etten

Featuring The Velvet Underground, Karen Dalton, Nine Inch Nails, Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty, Daniel Johnston, and more…

The Birth of Punk exhibit showing at the Seaport through August

The Birth of Punk is at free pop-up exhibit at 25 Fulton at The Seaport that runs through the end of August…

Listen to Lou Reed's previously unreleased 1965 demo "Men of Good Fortune"

The song is presumed to have been inspired by the same traditional English and Scottish Child Ballads that informed Simon & Garfunkel’s ”Scarborough Fair” and Bob Dylan’s ”Girl from the North Country,” and it’s an entirely different song than Lou Reed’s ‘Berlin’ track of the same name…

Listen to a rare demo of Velvet Underground's "Heroin" from the Lou Reed Archive Series

‘Words & Music, May 1965‘ is the first album from the Archive Series and comes out August 26 via Light in the Attic.

Our favorite songs of the week (playlist)

This week’s playlist includes new music by Pharrell Williams (ft. Tyler The Creator & 21 Savage), Soccer Mommy, Shygirl, For Your Health, awakebutstillinbed, Bonny Light Horseman, and more.

Lou Reed Archive Series announced; earliest demos released on new LP 'Words & Music, May 1965'

This first release in the Lou Reed Archive Series features the earliest-known recordings of “Heroin,” “I’m Waiting for the Man,” and “Pale Blue Eyes.”
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