Even as a teenager before he found fame with The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was discovering excellent music from a variety of genres.

“I was like, ‘Actually, that could be cool if I didn’t really make music ... I kind of want to make a Lou Reed record, to be honest. That would definitely be a pretty big swing.” ...

What’s the best Velvet Underground? There’s no bad answer to that question; any of the band’s five studio LPs, other than the post-Lou Reed record Squeeze could qualify, and even that one has some ...

Sean Kitching talks to Glenn Mercer and Bill Million about the debut Feelies album which was released 45 years ago today ...

Move over Leyton, there's officially a new cool kid on the block. The Sunday Times has christened Penge one of the trendiest ...

Haynes’ career got the big boost from both critics and audiences alike at the Sundance Film Festival and later the Berlin Film Festival (he served as jury president at the fest’s 75th iteration held ...

Gloriously unruly compendium of Scottish writer’s profiles, appreciation pieces, interviews and reviews is a rare whale of a ...

The Village Voice covers this year's iteration of the always star-studded benefit concert for Tibet House at Carnegie Hall.

The Brat hitmaker has long been a disciple of the Velvet Underground polymath...and is now considering a more guitar-led approach for her next record ...

As the Dublin Bowie Festival ’25 kicks off, the Jones boy’s trusty lieutenants Mark Plati and Gail Ann Dorsey tell us about joining his band; the massive gigs and albums which followed; close ...

Poignant melodies abound in Ashes To Ashes but the line that is arguably the most moving is: “I never done good things/I ...