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Adam Ritchie: Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd photos from 1965/66 at Artisan, London

4751 days ago

Here Comes The Flood — Adam Ritchie has an exhibition at Artisan, London, showing his photos of The Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd. The photographs capture the energy and colour of their legendary earliest appearances in New York and London. Some have been shown at t... more info

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Straight and narrow: how pop lost its gay edge

4753 days ago

Guardian Music — From the blues to the Beatles, from the Who to Nirvana, the biggest acts in pop have been hugely shaped by gay culture. Why has that spirit now disappeared?Nicky Wire laughs. "I'm not sure where we got the slogan from," he says, of the T-shirt the M... more info

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The Game - The Game Scraps Aussie Gig After Falling Ill

4759 days ago

ContactMusic — Rapper The Game was forced to scrap a show in Australia on Wednesday 22Feb12 after he was struck down with a mystery illness The former G-Unit star was set to play at the Velvet Underground venue in Cairns as part of his Game Red Tour 2012 trek but h... more info

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Kurt Vile – review

4760 days ago

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonNow that every MacBook is an Abbey Road studio you can destroy with one fumbled Frappuccino, it can seem as though 87% of Americans have become frazzled troubadours knocking out no-fi fuzz-folk albums in the hope of bagging the ultimate U... more info

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Andy Warhol was much more than an icon of modern cool

4760 days ago

Guardian Music — 25 years after his death, a new online film reduces Warhol to trashy cypher – but his art was subtle and profoundAndy Warhol died a quarter of a century ago today, on 22 February, 1987. He is in no danger of being forgotten. But what, exactly, is h... more info

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The Kills Cover The Velvet Underground’s “Pale Blue Eyes”

4767 days ago

Stereogum — As one of the B-sides to their great “The Last Goodbye” single, the Kills have taken on a big one: The beyond-classic Velvet Underground stunner “Pale Blue Eyes.” The wastrel-rock duo give the track a nicely bluesy read, and you can hear the ... more info

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John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006

4798 days ago

Here Comes The Flood — Big Beat is releasing John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 on February 27. as a producer, you've got to be a catalyst, an ally, a co-conspirator. sometimes you need to introduce conflict.' - john cale in his autobi... more info

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The Velvets sue the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts: hands off of the banana

4800 days ago

Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground have sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to stop using the iconic banana for commercial purposes such iPad covers and such. From Pitchfork: The Velvet Underground today sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for th... more info

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