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Andy Warhol's Champagne: Well, It's Better Than Soup Cans

5471 days ago
Big Apple Music SceneDid you ever read Andy Warhol’s Diaries? They are like, fascinatingly boring. “Today I popped a pimple, hung out with Mick Jagger. Lou Reed stopped by and whined about his girlfriend. I think he needs to get a life.” Seriously, it is like an ex... more info

Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson & John Zorn booed in Montreal

5490 days ago
Brooklyn VeganLou Reed, Laurie Anderson & John Zorn @ the Stone in 2008 (wallyg) Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn faced a furious crowd on Friday night, playing cacophonous music to a cacophony of boos at the Montreal International Jazz... more info

Lou Reed and Bob Dylan were booed at festivals last weekend. Is it fair to expect some hits, or should audiences cut them more slack?

5492 days ago
Guardian MusicLou Reed played a free-jazz set; Bob Dylan rendered his best tunes unrecognisable. Should we admire their quest to be creative, or deplore their refusal to please the crowds? more info

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Lou Reed's Free Jazz Gets Hostile Reception in Montreal

5494 days ago
All About JazzThere must have been something in the water this past weekend--first LCD Soundsytem were subjected to a spate of bottle throwing in London, and now comes a report that Lou Reed received a less than kind welcome at a show for the Montreal Internationa... more info

Laurie Anderson: the story behind Homeland

5494 days ago
Guardian MusicThe New York experimentalist talks about the making of her security-conscious new album, Homeland, and how her husband Lou Reed helped add the finishing touchesOn the album cover, featuring a portrait of herself as her male alter ego, Fenway Bergamot... more info

Lou Reed booed in Canada for free-improv set

5494 days ago
Guardian MusicVelvet Underground legend infuriates fans with a 'fearless night of non-rock'. Still, at least it wasn't his concert for caninesLou Reed, Laurie Anderson and John Zorn faced a furious crowd on Friday night, playing cacophonous music to a cacophony of... more info

News in Brief: Velvet Underground, Brian Eno and Ben Frost, Hives, P.S.1

5499 days ago
Pitchfork-- The Quine Tapes is a six-LP live box set that documents the Velvet Underground onstage in 1969. VU super-fan and future Lou Reed guitarist Robert Quine recorded the shows, and the set includes posters, handbills, and rare photos. It's coming soo... more info

Gary Kemp: My teen crush on David Bowie

5500 days ago
Guardian MusicZiggy Stardust wore nail varnish and platforms, and he changed Gary Kemp's life for ever. The Spandau Ballet guitarist recalls his love affair with glamThe first time I fell in love it was with a man. It happened one Thursday evening in the bedroom... more info

Video: The Best of Glastonbury

5501 days ago
PitchforkGlastonbury is still quite possibly the best music festival in the world not only because it attracts the biggest of the big but because the biggest of the big often do things at Glastonbury that they probably won't do anywhere else. Like a surprise ... more info

Music Weekly at Glastonbury

5503 days ago
Guardian MusicAs the first cider hangover starts to fade, the Music Weekly team pull themselves together to deliver our second Worthy Farm podcast.We promised you guests last night and we didn't let you down. Tim Jonze met up with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of... more info

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