NME — Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute band to play tri-city festival more info

NME — The Strokes frontman pays tribute to the late Velvet Underground icon in the new issue of NME more info

NME — Pizza-themed Velvet Underground covers band will perform in capital on May 21 more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It's been six years since a proper Beck release.  Although there hasn't been an officially slated album, Beck has been rather busy over the past half decade putting out more material in just six years than he did in his previous 10 years.  ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mykki Blanco at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) This Friday (2/7) at The Paper Box in Brooklyn, Creators Connect will present the multimedia 'Creation Is Love II" which features performances from rapper Mykki Blanco, Macaulay Culkin's pizza-th... more info

Impose Magazine — When speaking to Gabe Fulvimar, who records under the moniker Gap Dream, about his song­writing process or his creative choices, he often breaks into fits of mischievous giggling, like he can't believe he gets to do music as a job and, more amaz... more info

Impose Magazine — On Friday, December 13th, Baby's All Right had Macaulay Culkin's pizza-tinged Velvet Underground cover band called The Pizza Underground. The concert featured free pizza and a line down the block to get inside. See more images from this pos... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — LitReactor explains the importance of reading out loud for both readers and writers. Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker remembers Lou Reed at the Observer. 27 online year-end "best books of 2013" lists were added to the master aggregation at Large... more info

411 Mania — Moe Tucker offers her thoughts on the icon's death... more info

Impose Magazine — The second Velvet Underground album, White Light/White Heat, marked a stylistic shift from the muted nihilism that defined the band on Velvet Underground and Nico toward a more abrasive, shambling sound; a sound that better matched songwriter Lou Re... more info