Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said... The best of Scandinavian punk (1977-1983) / Sélection de punk Scandinave (1977-1983) : -Kjøtt - Primitv (1980) -Hetjsakt - Tusen ögon och en natt (1983) -Traste och Superstararna - Pengar (1978) -Travolta kids - Veckans brott (197... more info

Pitchfork — -- The cooler-than-you husband/wife team of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are curating the Vivid Live Festival, which comes to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia May 27 - June 21. The program includes Reed's Metal Machine Trio and Anderson's ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Anthology Film Archives "Return to the Pleasure Dome", a benefit concert event for Anthology Film Archives with a Life Achievement Honor for Kenneth Anger Featuring Technicolor Skull (Kenneth Anger and Brian Butler), Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, The Virgin... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — Lou Reed is back with experimental music of the 1970s. more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonWith a minimum of 15 hominid players onstage tonight, Gorillaz have miraculously de-evolved from a virtual pop concept into a monster live band. The last time Gorillaz played out in Manchester five years ago it was as a much smaller... more info

The Music Fix — as he talks Metal Machine Music to 6 Music more info

Altsounds — BBC 6 Music Radio has posted an exclusive 15-minute podcast with Lou Reed, who talks extensively about the forthcoming digitally re-mastered release of his seminal 1975 album “Metal Machine Music”. Digitally re-mastered by Reed, ... more info

Stereogum — Treasure is the reverb-soaked one-man band of young London resident Hari Ashurst, a guy who cites “Fleetwood Mac, J Dilla, Beach Boys, Lou Reed, Highlife, Cosmic forces, Afro-beat, Field recordings,” etc., as influences while mentioning he wants ... more info

Pitchfork — Director Francis Ford Coppola publishes a quarterly magazine called Zoetrope: All-Story that features art, short fiction, and one-act plays. For the upcoming summer issue, PJ Harvey will act as the mag's guest designer, a post previously held by Tom ... more info

The Telegraph — Lou Reed performs with Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun as the Metal Machine Trio. more info