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John Cale: Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood – review

4541 days ago
Guardian Music(Double six)Always the most avant-garde member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale's first new album since 2005 features pianos being hit by fists, screaming synthesisers and violas, insistent beats and Chic-style funk guitar motifs. There are nods ... more info

Jarvis Cocker on radio: this isn't hardcore

4542 days ago
Guardian MusicJarvis Cocker set out to make a BBC 6music show that was hangover friendly – and ended up with three languid hours of music, stories and leftfield requestsIt is shortly after five on a Sunday afternoon. Outside the streets are rain-slicked and autu... more info

John Cale: 'I don't want to end up in Pseud's Corner'

4543 days ago
Guardian MusicThe former Velvet Underground man on his love of hip-hop, why tangerines are more tempting than drugs, and why he doesn't feel bad about taking his anger out on pianos … or chickensHi John, how are you? I'm good. What are we supposed to be doing(1)... more info

'We played to no applause. Just silences'

4544 days ago
Guardian MusicAs John Cale prepares to release his new album, we head to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music writing – for this 1971 Rolling Stone interview with Cale and former Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico• Read an interview... more info

Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, The Fresh & Onlys on ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ tribute

4544 days ago
The Bay BridgedTy Segall, Thee Oh Sees, and The Fresh & Onlys are among those that recorded cover tracks for an upcoming The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th anniversary tribute. If anyone could do justice to Lou Reed and company’s iconic 1967 debut, it would be th... more info

Throbbing Gristle releasing Nico tribute; Thee Oh Sees & more on Velvet Underground tribute; Antony has a new LP & video

4545 days ago
Brooklyn VeganChisIndustrial vets Throbbing Gristle are finally getting around to completing their "reinterpretation" of Nico's Desertshore, an idea of member Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, who has since passed away. The record, finished by Chris Carter and Cosey ... more info

Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees contribute to Velvet Underground covers album

4549 days ago
Consequence of SoundThe Fresh & Onlys and White Fence also contribute. more info

The Velvet Underground: 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' To Be Reissued In Multiple Formats

4549 days ago
PrefixCan you believe that it’s been 45 years since The Velvet Underground released their seminal debut album The Velvet ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/the-velvet-underground-nico-to-be-reissued-in-mult/69364/ more info

How to invent shoegaze without trying

4550 days ago
Guardian MusicA week after joking at a party that he was in a band, Rudy Tambala found himself at the start of a journey that produced some of the 80s' most extraordinary musicThe way Rudy Tambala tells it, his band AR Kane should never really have existed. Surely... more info

Keep It To Yourself: Banana Polemic

4551 days ago
PopdoseThe first Velvet Underground Album only sold 5,000 copies, but everyone that bought it filed a lawsuit. Welcome back to Stately KI2Y Manor!  Mrs. Keepit and I have finished our summer additions to the old pile (new trout pond, a velodrome, more s... more info

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