Guardian Music — Poetry reflecting on nationhood, sex and whiskey, written in 1970 after Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground, is to be published for the first time“We are the crystal gaze returned through the density and immensity of a berserk nation.” I... more info

NME — Velvet Underground icon also suggested they sack their managers Lou Reed and MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden MGMT have discussed how they reached out to Lou Reed with the offer of a collaboration, revealing that he turned …Continue reading » The ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC shows include The Zombies, Lou Reed's Birthday Celebration, John Nolan, Tommy Stinson, The Spook School, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — As the guy who made Lulu with Metallica, Lou Reed was maybe not the right person to offer anyone career advice. But it's still pretty funny to learn what he told MGMT. MGMT, whose new album Little Dark Age just came out, recently appeared on Tom ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Anna Burch's Quit the Curse, Bat Fangs' self-titled debut, and Field Music's Open Here are the three new albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Archival recordings include two Lou Reed live recordings (Thinking of Another Place and Waltzing... more info

Stereogum — Weird: The Velvet Underground's second album doesn't feel 50 years old. Granted, Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison are no longer with us, Mo Tucker went tea party, and John Cale... well, he's a still-active 75. But aside from the fact that guitar-bass-d... more info

New York Post — John Cale and Lou Reed co-founded the influential Velvet Underground — discovered by Andy Warhol, who snagged a producer’s credit on the band’s first record, released in 1967. Cale plays the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Nov. 16, 17 and 18. The ... more info

Detroit Free Press — In Anthony DeCurtis' book, influential rocker is a man of mystery and contradictions             more info

Uncut — It's his 18th studio album It's his 18th studio album The post Bob Seger covers Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen on new album, I Knew You When appeared first on Uncut. more info

New York Post — He sang about scoring heroin in Harlem, hung out with Andy Warhol at the Factory and inspired generations of punk bands that went on to rage at CBGB. Lou Reed was as New York as Yankee Stadium, and his best songs continue to inspire. But, as revealed... more info