Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, David Shariatmadari gets transformed by the music of Lou ReedIf these pages are anything to go by, 16 is an age when people are particularly susceptible to powerful musical experiences. The beauty... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Promotional posters for Metallica and Lou Reed's new album Lulu have been banned from London Underground stations - because officials fear they'll encourage graffiti art. more info

NME — Promos poster for 'Lulu' collaboration apparently 'look too much like graffiti' more info

Gigwise — After album cover 'looks like graffiti'... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Lou Reed and Metallica tease 'Lulu' with a snippet of a new song. more info

Stereogum — When we first learned that Lou Reed and Metallica had gone and made an entire album together, just about everyone asked the same question at the exact same time: How could this possibly sound? We’re still a long way away from a definitive answer, b... more info

The Quietus — Clip online now! more info

NME — Head to NME.COM now to hear snippet from their collaboration album more info

DrownedInSound — Back in June it was revealed that Lou Reed and Metallica were working together on an album, scheduled for release in 2011. There have since been a few more drips of information, but now we can hear the first snippet, as it has apparently leaked onto ... more info

Metal Injection — I don't know why I even thought that the Metallica & Lou Reed collaboration would be bearable. I thought Death Magnetic was alright, but I'm not exactly clamoring to listen to it again. For some reason though, I thought the addition of Lou ... more info