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Meet Ex-rocker Turned Poet, Lou Reed, in ‘Do Angels Need Haircuts?’

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.

Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith and Patti Smith Pay Tribute to Nico’s Haunting Poetry

Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith and Patti Smith Pay Tribute to Nico’s Haunting Poetry

The works of the German art rock singer, who died in 1988, are reinterpreted through this ambient-sounding collaboration with Patti Smith.
The Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes (take 2)

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.
British Sea Power: Sea of Brass

British Sea Power: Sea of Brass

British Sea Power finds a way forward while pining for the past.
Ultimate Painting: Green Lanes

Ultimate Painting: Green Lanes

The London songwriting duo's latest is unhurried and casual, going forth leisurely seeking various ways to perfect their syncopated jangle melodies.

‘How Do You Think It Feels?’: The Lasting Effects of Prolonged Lou Reed Exposure

Psychic Ills: One Track Mind

Cate Le Bon: Cyrk II

Elizabeth Cook: Gospel Plow EP

Counterbalance No. 78: Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer’

Glen Campbell: Meet Glen Campbell (Expanded Edition)

On Making that Holiday Music List and Checking It Twice