Nils Lofgren Celebrates Love, Loss, Friendship Via ‘Blue With Lou’
Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young collaborator, Nils Lofgren's Blue With Lou is a career high that frequently recalls his early work with Grin, while rising to new, majestic heights.
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Meet Ex-rocker Turned Poet, Lou Reed, in ‘Do Angels Need Haircuts?’
Reed's brand of experimental and reactionary art always contained some of his trademarks in tone, syntax, and content.
‘Shot!’ Mick Rock Documentary at Tribeca + After Party (Photos)
Following the world premiere of SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock, attendees were invited to an after party which featured the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and some special guests.
The Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes (take 2)
Lou Reed and friends were miles away from New York City but that didn't matter a bit. These are fine hours of VU at their best.
Laurie Anderson: Heart of a Dog
The companion to the film of the same name, Heart of a Dog is a welcome and beautiful story from an American great.
The Case for the Velvet Underground’s Sterling Morrison
Even as the Velvet Underground has graduated from cult favorite to part of the '60s canon, guitarist Sterling Morrison has largely faded from public view.
Last of the Rock Stars? An Interview With Elliott Murphy
As Elliot Murphy tells PopMatters, the new reimagining of his 1973 debut Aquashow may be the most profound musical adventure of his 40-plus year career yet.
Lou Reed: Uptown Dirt, Downtown Man
Waiting for the Man is a beautiful read, fluid like a long conversation with a friend in your favourite coffee shop.
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground – 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Few bands ever had a year like the Velvet Underground did in 1969. Even fewer have a set that documents a year like that as beautifully as this one.
Tits of Clay’s Memorial for Lou Reed: 27 October 2014 – Mercury Lounge, NYC
Tits of Clay and Hedwig co-creator Stephen Trask paid tribute to the passing of Lou Reed with a performance of Transformer.
Five Observations About the 2015 Rock Hall of Fame Ballot
The just-unveiled ballot for next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction class attempts to honor Generation X as well as continue to rectify past oversights.
Nils Lofgren: Face the Music
Possibly the mother of all box sets, Nils Lofgren’s Face the Music contains 169 tracks, 20 video clips, and a 136-page book, covering a big talent’s long career.