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John Cale To Perform The Velvet Underground & Nico Live

3671 days ago
The Quietus — Cale marks 50th anniversary of the classic's album release with plans to perform it in full twice more next year more info

John Cale to play Velvet Underground and Nico live

3672 days ago
BBC News - UK — John Cale will play the legendary Velvet Underground and Nico album live in Liverpool and New York next year for its 50th anniversary. more info

Nico Biopic On The Way

3672 days ago
Stereogum — Christa Päffgen, the woman better known as Nico, had a fascinating life and career. She starred in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, fell in with Andy Warhol’s Factory crew, played a vital role in the first Velvet Underground album, recorded “These Day... more info

Australia's Beef Jerk released their debut LP on Trouble in Mind (listen), touring U.S. in November

3675 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — Around for a few years now, Sydney Australia's Beef Jerk make punky, jangly, sneering rock, descended from the Velvet Underground but spiked with a massive hit of early-'80s The Fall... Continue reading… more info

Read a list of David Bowie's favourite vinyl records

3684 days ago
NME — Featuring Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett and more more info

Willie “Loco” Alexander :: Gin

3686 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Following a stint in the Glass Menagerie, Willie “Loco” Alexander did time in the Velvet Underground after the exit of Sterling Morrison in 1971. But this isn’t about the Velvets, this is about Alexander’s crystalline slice ... more info

Listen to The xx’s playlist of album #3 inspirations

3686 days ago
Nialler9 — Good stuff. The xx are back in the studio they told us on Facebook and with a handwritten note today. For those of us interested in knowing what new music from the xx might sound like, have a listen to this 29-track Spotify playlist featuring m... more info

Music doc 'Danny Says' looks at man behind the Doors, Bowie and Iggy Pop

3697 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Between 1965 and 1975, Danny Fields hung out with the Velvet Underground at Andy Warhol’s Factory, caused a nationwide controversy by publicizing John Lennon’s “bigger than Jesus” quote in a teen magazine, was the press agen... more info

Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta playing Velvet Underground tribute in Philly; Britta Phillips playing Le Poisson Rouge

3709 days ago
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

Transmissions Podcast :: What’s Left in the Velvet Underground Archives?

3712 days ago
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

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