Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: check out Andrew Bird and Matt Berninger's cover of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day," and also a Nico biopic is coming. Continue reading… more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — We've been seeing music icons disappear during the past few years, with David Bowie, Prince, Lou Reed, Glenn Frey and others leaving Earth to perform at that great gig in the sky. more info

Stereogum — The National/EL VY frontman Matt Berninger stopped by Andrew Bird’s Facebook Live series Live From The Great Room this past August to record a cover of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day.” Two months later, that performance is online for your enjoyment.... more info

Stereogum — Google just launched their new Pixel smartphone, and, of course, the launch of any product comes with lots of ads. Ads often come with music, and in the case of Google Pixel, they come with some pretty good music! One is soundtracked by Lou Reed’s ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Throughout music producer Hal Willner's fascinating career, he's worked on projects with an astonishing group of artists, including expert British song stylist Marianne Faithfull, cosmic jazz composer Sun Ra, songwriter and actor Tom Waits, wri... more info

MSN Music — Lou Reed’s solo albums are about as varied as any single artist’s catalog in American pop. The music he recorded for the RCA and Arista labels in the ’70s and ’80s comprises the lion’s share of the late Long Island legend’s post-Velvet Un... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Toronto's The Scenics were an art-punk/new wave band who formed in 1976, drawing a lot of influence from what was going on in New York at the time (Talking Heads, Ramones, Lou Reed, Television), and released one single and an album before callin... more info

New York Post — If there’s one thing you can say about Metallica, the band definitely knows how to take a punch. The last time Metallica released a new LP was when it came out with 2011’s “Lulu” — a collaboration album with the late Lou Reed that earned th... more info

NME — 'Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection, Vol 1' will feature the albums made by Reed between 1972 and 1982 more info

Uncut — A 6 LP set will be available on Friday, November 18 Lou Reed A 6 LP set will be available on Friday, November 18 The post Lou Reed vinyl box set to be released appeared first on Uncut. more info