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Your chance to review The Velvet Underground & Nico

4446 days ago

Guardian Music — Share with us your thoughts on the Velvet Underground's 1967 debut albumHeroin, prostitution, sado-masochism … not generally go-to subjects for songwriters of the 60s. But then the Velvet Underground were never overly preoccupied with crowd-pleasin... more info

The Velvet Underground & Nico Super Deluxe: exclusive album stream

4447 days ago

Guardian Music — Be among the first to listen to this rough mix of the Velvet Underground's debut album – and let us know your thoughtsWhat's the best thing you've ever picked up at a car boot sale? Some cheap vinyl? A musty-smelling jumper? A stained paperback wit... more info

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Hear the Velvet's I'll Be Your Mirror

4450 days ago

Guardian Music — Our third and final unreleased Velvets track is this alternate mix of the Nico-sung classic I'll Be Your MirrorThe Velvets may be known for documenting the seedy underbelly of the 60s, all junkies, violence and sex fiends. But Lou Reed had more than ... more info

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The Velvet Underground: Heroin (live)

4452 days ago

Guardian Music — It's 1966, a ballroom in Ohio, and the Velvet Underground are about to expound on the joys of opiatesOne of the strangest things about the Velvet Underground's reunion gig at Wembley Arena in June 1993 was the reaction of the crowd when the encores c... more info

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Paul Banks - Banks (album stream)

4459 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Identity’s a tricky thing in the annals of rock music. Whether David Bowie’s chameleonic mindfucks in the ‘70s, Dylan going electric, or Lou Reed’s perpetual metamorphoses, rock thrives on persistent flux in self-presentation. Where does P... more info

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Metric played Radio City Music Hall and Lou Reed joined for the encore (pics, setlist, video)

4481 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jonathan McPhail Metric @ Radio City Music Hall, 9/23/2012 Metric played what is surely their most luxe NYC show on Sunday night (9/23) when the Toronto band headlined Radio City Music Hall in support of their new album,... more info

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'We played to no applause. Just silences'

4481 days ago

Guardian Music — As John Cale prepares to release his new album, we head to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music writing – for this 1971 Rolling Stone interview with Cale and former Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico• Read an interview... more info

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Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, The Fresh & Onlys on ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ tribute

4482 days ago

The Bay Bridged — Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, and The Fresh & Onlys are among those that recorded cover tracks for an upcoming The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th anniversary tribute. If anyone could do justice to Lou Reed and company’s iconic 1967 debut, it would be th... more info

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Lou Reed, Metric: Watch: Lou Reed Joins Metric Onstage In New York

4482 days ago

Prefix — Metric's latest album, the fantastic Synthetica, features the infamous Lou Reed on its song "The Wanderlust," and last ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-lou-reed-joins-metric-onstage-in-new-york/69552/ more info

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