Stereogum — The Velvet Underground's seminal debut The Velvet Underground & Nico turned 50 this year, and to celebrate, former VU member John Cale is hosting two performances at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music in New York. The first show took place last night, and... more info

JamBase — Watch Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile perform songs from their collaborative album ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ during a session at The Current in Minneapolis. more info

JamBase — Watch host Matt Sweeney discuss playing guitar with Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. more info

KEXP Seattle — Categorization systems are important for us as humans. It’s how we make sense of this sometimes nonsensical world we live in. Which is why as soon as radio delivered us a bevy of different styles of music, we immediately had to put everyone into... more info

Chorus.fm — Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile performed “Over Everything” and “Continental Breakfast” on Colbert last night. more info

JamBase — Watch guitarists Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile play a pair of tunes during their visit to ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.’ more info

Stereogum — Last month, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile got together to release the dazed, casual, delightful collaborative album Lotta Sea Lice . Barnett and Vile are touring together now, and last night, they were musical guests on Stephen Colbert's Late Show.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BBC Culture, Book Riot, and The Millions recommended November's best books. Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett discussed their album Lotta Sea Lice with Paste. Hazlitt profiled the songwriter behind the singer Meat Loaf. Powell’s interviewed autho... more info

Chorus.fm — The notable artists on your television this week include: Dave Grohl (Kimmel; 10/31), Weezer (Colbert; 10/30), Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile (Colbert; 11/2), and Demi Lovato (Ellen; 10/30). more info

Stereogum — Steve Gunn already has an impressive track record between his sizable solo catalog, his work with contemporary Kurt Vile, and his casual roadside run-ins with Michael Chapman. And now he's adding to that extensive discography with a new album from Gu... more info