Brooklyn Vegan — Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta are playing a tribute to the Velvet Underground at Philadelphia's Gershman Y on December 15. It's to mark the 50th anniversary of The Velvet Underground's Philadelphia live debut. Continue reading… more info

Aquarium Drunkard — With the release of the Complete Matrix Tapes last year, you might be wondering: What exactly is left in the Velvet Underground archives? On this, the seventh episode of AD’s Transmissions podcast, we invite Aquarium Drunkard’s VU expert Tyler Wi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It very much recalls the type of proto-punk that RFTT helped pioneer, and some songs hearken back to an era even earlier than that, with hints of The Stooges ("Muckraker," "You Be You") and The Velvet Underground ("How Can I Tell You")... Continue re... more info

JamBase — Former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson continues to cover The Velvet Underground classic "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" at his solo shows. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Can’s influence cannot be overstated. Highly impacted by the improvisational side of The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa’s Mothers and Sly Stone, the group incorporated repetitive grooves that brought to mind African percussion and American ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Including Bird originals and covers of The Velvet Underground and Woody Guthrie. more info

NME — The pizza themed Velvet Underground covers band is giving away an album more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Suicide was supposed to headline the upcoming Desert Daze festival in Joshua Tree. The fest was going to be the NYC duo’s first L.A.-area show in 16 years. The billing almost didn’t seem real, in part because Suicide had long become ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Suicide was supposed to headline the upcoming Desert Daze festival in Joshua Tree. The fest was going to be the NYC duo’s first L.A.-area show in 16 years. The billing almost didn’t seem real, in part because Suicide had long become ... more info

Uncut — He shot the Velvet Underground, Dylan and more photo by Catherine McGann/Getty Images He shot the Velvet Underground, Dylan and more The post Billy Name, photographer of Andy Warhol’s Factory, dies aged 76 appeared first on Uncut. more info