DrownedInSound — Slow-dance grooves and sleep-walk-with-me lullabies. The keyboard-wielding trio have taken just enough inspiration from The Velvet Underground’s slumberdelic blueprint (yet it always feels like they’re more into Maurice Sendak than Warhol), the e... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Twelve acoustic demos recorded in the Fall of 1970 following Lou Reed’s departure from the Velvet Underground. Concerning the set, A History of The Underground notes that while many of the tracks are similar to that of their officially released co... more info

Consequence of Sound — All-star punk-rock OST hits shelves in October. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Walter De Maria, who died Thursday at the age of 77, was best known as a lauded visual artist. But buried within his impressive resume is an experience that helped define the future of avant garde rock. Before they were called the Velvet Underground,... more info

Starpulse — Veteran rocker Lou Reed has praised Kanye West as a "really, really, really talented guy" after turning music critic to review the rapper's new album, Yeezus. The Velvet Underground icon has share... more info

Prefix — The Talkhouse has always been a site for the musicians, letting smart and successful musicians speak on the current music ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/the-velvet-undergrounds-lou-reed-talks-on-kanye-we/74144/ more info

Impose Magazine — Shark? are kicking out the friggin' jams on its inversion of "Roadrunner Roadrunner". Greil Marcus once called The Modern Lovers track of the same name "the most obvious song in the world, and the strangest". Well there's something obvious an... more info

The Independent — Lou Reed has described himself as “bigger and stronger than ever” just weeks after undergoing a liver transplant. The former Velvet Underground frontman, whose wife Laurie Anderson said last week was  “dying” of liver failure, credits a mix... more info

Starpulse — Veteran rocker Lou Reed is plotting his stage comeback after undergoing a liver transplant, declaring: "I am bigger and stronger... than ever." The former Velvet Underground singer scrapped a stri... more info

Starpulse — Veteran rocker Lou Reed is recovering after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant. The former Velvet Underground singer had the operation in April, his musician wife Laurie Anderson revealed i... more info