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Peter Gabriel Podcast Previews Covers LP

6146 days ago

Stereogum — We've spoken about Scratch My Back , Peter Gabriel's anticipated Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection featuring reinterpretations of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic Fields, Bon Iver, Elbow, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Regina Spektor,... more info

First sight: Daisy Dares You

6152 days ago

Guardian Music — Who are they?They are a she: 16-year-old singer-songwriter Daisy Coburn from Dunmow, Essex, who's threatening to move into the tween-angst slot vacated by Avril Lavigne. She's been tipped by the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which isn't bad going for someo... more info

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Fugs' Tuli Kupferberg benefit show w/ Lou Reed, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, more ++ Velvet Underground 'reunion' audio

6153 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Velvet Underground - live from the New York Public Library (MP3) Lou Reed, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others will play a benefit concert for Tuli Kupferberg, the Beat poet and original member of the Fugs, at St. Ann's... more info

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James Blunt is the decade's biggest seller - and that's a beautiful thing

6160 days ago

Guardian Music — How can you not love a man with a nightclub called Everybody's Beautiful in his basement in Ibiza?As another set of end of decade statistics gets released there's another angry mob ready to aim a heavy boot at the door of popular culture. Sadly they'... more info

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Happy Holidays from Lou Reed & Andy Warhol

6165 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Before achieving fame and glory as a leading Pop artist, Andy Warhol was a successful commercial artist who contributed illustrations to women's magazines and designed windows and promotional materials for department stores. Among his clients was Tif... more info

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Readers recommend: Songs about fresh starts

6173 days ago

Guardian Music — Last week we asked for songs with great intros. To herald the coming of 2010, we want songs about new beginningsSo that was a large one then, as the ??? said to the ??? (I'm a Guardian hack, my double entendres are neither gender nor orientation spec... more info

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OS/OHW Wednesday ~ A Tribe Called Quest

6174 days ago

MVSW — Here’s some old school fo ya: A Tribe Called Quest ~ “Can I Kick It” It’s the Tribe Y’all. From back in 1991. Samples: Lou Reed ~ “Walk on the Wild Side“ Baby Huey ~ “Hard Times“ Dr. Buzzards’ Original Savannah Band ~ “Sun S... more info

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Lou Reed Releases Useless iPhone App

6177 days ago

Undercover, Australia — Lou Reed has released an iPhone app and youâ€™ll never guess what it does. more info

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Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll

6180 days ago

Guardian Music — If rock'n'roll is the sound of life beginning afresh, why are we so obsessed with ranking it in end-of-year lists? Philip Larkin has the answerAlong with half the pop-loving population of Britain, I tuned in to listen to Morrissey on Desert Island Di... more info

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