Stereogum — Broken Social Scene ringleader Kevin Drew is making the rounds to promote his latest solo effort Darlings, and those rounds included a visit to CBC Music to perform a cover of “What’s Good” from Lou Reed’s 1992 album Magic And Loss. What’s ... more info

Pop Candy — Hear Joseph Arthur's interpretation of the Lou Reed song; the album arrives May 13. more info

Pop Candy — Tuesday's headlines also include Letterman, Lou Reed and Chrissie Hynde. more info

Stereogum — Last night, on his Late Show, David Letterman announced his impending retirement, and the former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, randomly enough, was the one who broke the news via Twitter. Mills was there because he and his former bandmate Peter Buck wer... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — a masked Joseph Arthur w/ RNDM (more by Sachyn Mital) Joseph Arthur will pay tribute to one of his friends and influences, Lou Reed, who passed away last year, with a tribute album, Lou, due out on May 13 via... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Critic's Notebook: Lady Gaga and the rest of the music-marketing crowd are the losers at South by Southwest, while the indie showcases, the coolly uncool and the Lou Reed saluters are the winners.AUSTIN, Texas — Here's to bad vibes, colored vomit a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — On Friday night while the youth were out chasing the next revolution and the lemmings were packing the Hype Hotel at South by Southwest, the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin. Texas, hosted a crowd comfortably removed from the chaos who were medit... more info

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Stereogum — Last night Carnegie Hall hosted the 24th annual benefit concert for Tibet House US, a non-profit organization geared toward preserving Tibetan culture. Patti Smith (covering Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”), members of the National with Sufjan Stevens... more info

ContactMusic — Reunited British new wave group Spandau Ballet have added their name to a planned Lou Reed tribute as part of the South-by-Southwest festival in... more info