Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Eno will release his new album The Ship on April 29 via Warp. This is his first solo record since 2012's LUX and, while there hasn't been any music released yet, Warp describes it like this:Originally conceived from... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — No other rock n roll band was recorded live in the ’60s as frequently as The Velvet Underground, thanks to characters such as ‘The Professor’ in Boston, and future guitar legend Robert Quine. The Velvets incited such fervor and dedication among... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We mentioned that Julian Casablancas was featured on the soundtrack for HBO's Vinyl. Now his contribution has been released, and it's a cover of the Velvet Underground classic "Run Run Run." You can listen to the fuzzy, faithful cover... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When John Cale released Music for a New Society in 1982, he was coming off a  decade-and-a-half hot streak. First as a member of the Velvet Underground, then as a solo artist and producer of key records by Nico, the Stooges, Squeeze, Patti Smith, an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis French duo The Limiñanas are set to return with their new album, Malamore, out April 15 via Because Music. Lionel and Marie Limiñanas stick to what they know -- The Velvet Underground, Serge Gainsbourg, JAMC fuzz, '60s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Like he did last year, Waka Flocka will celebrate 4/20 at NYC's Webster Hall. Tickets for what will surely be a smokin' holiday party go on sale Friday (1/8) at 10 AM. He has a few other... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a lifetime since Gwen Stefani was chanting “B-A-N-A-N-A-S,” even longer still since the Velvet Underground and Nico drew on Warhol’s interpretation of the tropical fruit as a muse. But this year it felt as though there was a resurge... more info

Stereogum — Over the course of his long career, the former Velvet Underground member John Cale has recorded a few different versions of his song “Close Watch”; different versions of it have appeared on his 1975 album Helen Of Troy and his 1982 album Music Fo... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Velvet Underground, "Loaded: Re-loaded 45th Anniversary Edition" (Rhino/Warner Music). The fourth album by the Velvet Underground is the most polarizing of the lot and far removed from the classic grit of "Venus in Furs," the mesmerizing freakout "Si... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It’s a big couple of weeks for Velvet Underground fanatics, with Rhino’s six-disc Re-Loaded box set and the four-disc Complete Matrix Tapes both hitting shelves, immersing listeners in the band’s latter days. What we’ve got here today doesn�... more info