Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - It was dismissed as "career suicide" and a joke, and some fans returned the record thinking it was faulty, but rocker Lou Reed is re-releasing a digitally remastered version of his 1975 album "Metal Machine Music." more info

The Newsroom — Legendary musician and ex-member of Velvet Underground Lou Reed talks about upcoming tour with avant-garde band Metal Machine Trio. more info

Guardian Music — US army's choice of aural bombardment is all wrong, argues Stuart HeritageIf there's one thing the US military enjoys more than keeping our womenfolk in silk stockings during the second world war, it's bombarding its enemies with objectively terrible... more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem, On tourIf ever a group toyed with the idea of built-in obsolescence, it was LCD Soundsystem. Eight years ago, their great debut single, Losing My Edge, described the torments of a hipster who could see his hipness waning. Now having ... more info

Altsounds — Cargo Records (UK) Ltd has picked up the UK distribution rights for Lou Reed’s digitally re-mastered edition of his 1975 classic album “Metal Machine Music.” The album, released on Reed’s Sister Ray label, is of... more info

Guardian Music — (Glitterhouse)Bamako Airport is known by the international abbreviation BKO, and it's here that Malian musicians set off to impress the West, or greet the occasional Western musicians who fly in to check out what has become the most successful music ... more info

Guardian Music — Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music inspired many of our hottest acts, so why is it still seen as a joke?I've said it before and I'll say it again. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Actually, this whole ... more info

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Altsounds — Lou Reed talks to The Times newspaper about the highly anticipated digitally re-mastered release of Metal Machine Music and his forthcoming Metal Machine Trio UK and European concerts with Sarth Calhoun and Ulrich Krieger. Reed embarks on a Europ... more info

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