Aquarium Drunkard — This week on the show, return guests Jason Stern and Don Fleming of the Lou Reed Archive join us to discuss Lou's 2007 ambient album Hudson River Wind Meditations, recently reissued by Light in the Attic, and share a bevy of Lou stories and insights.... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Welcome back to Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions with Jason P. Woodbury. We're kicking off our 2024 season with two very special guests: Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, discussing their love of and tribute to R.E.M.’s Murmur. Plus: Lou Reed, Sunn... more info

JamBase — David Bowie, who was born on this date 77 years ago, wrote a song after mistakenly thinking he met The Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed. more info

Consequence Of Sound — The singer-songwriter celebrates the album's 30th anniversary and previews the accompanying tour. Rosanne Cash on The Wheel, Singing with The National, and Covering Lou Reed Consequence Staff more info

Stereogum — Snail Mail and Thurston Moore teamed up to cover Lou Reed in a new Fender advertisement. Lindsey Jordan, Moore, and the rest of Snail Mail were filmed playing their take on Reed’s Transformer track “Satellite Of Love.” Instruments highlighte... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Right at the start of his phenomenal new biography, Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes makes a confession: “If you’re looking for some neat totalizing statement or psychological profile to explain Reed, to fix him like a butterfly specim... more info

Consequence Of Sound — How the film views queerness through the lens of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Margaret Cho on How Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine Is an Alternative to “Gay Tragedy” Storytelling Consequence Staff more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Transformer, released in late 1972, gave Lou Reed a dose of the success that had eluded him in the Velvet Underground days. He almost immediately brought that momentum to a halt with Berlin, which hit record stores 50 years ago this week. To dig de... more info

New York Post — Dozens of previously unreleased songs by Velvet Underground founding member Lou Reed were recently discovered on a cassette tape at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. The tunes, dating from 1975, are on one side of a cassette labeled “The Ph... more info

Consequence of Sound — Moz has ruined the covers of records by David Bowie, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop. Morrissey is signing other artists’ albums and selling them for $300 at shows Ben Kaye more info