Guardian Music — To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview-cum-confrontation between the late Lester Bangs and his hero Lou Reed. Originally titled Lou Ree... more info

Altsounds — * Erin K & Tash: two lovely ladies originally from Texas and Amsterdam who came together in London when they bonded over a love of bands such as The Velvet Underground and Joni Mitchell. They are both now based in London full time and together ... more info

Guardian Music — Beatles sleave featuring faces of music executives in place of the band's worth around £70,000, says music magazineA Beatles sleeve featuring the faces of music executives in place of the band has been declared the world's most valuable record cover... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin "We got our name from the Velvet Underground song "The Black Angels Death Song." As far as touring with bands with "black" in their names- The Black Keys and Black Rebel Motercycle Club being the... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The influential 'lost' album is officially released 44 years late because of the persistence of Brian Wilson."The Velvet Underground's first album only sold 10,000 copies," Brian Eno's famous quote posits, "but everyone who bought it formed a band." ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Composer and musician David Dramm is the driving force behind Ensemble Labyrint, a rotating group of musicians and visual artists, who are invited to join forces on the ensemble's website. Their first project is called The Factory - Sounds like War... more info

Guardian Music — New digital stations to be fronted by Pete Mitchell and Richard SkinnerAbsolute Radio is to turn the dial back to the 1960s and 1970s with two new digital radio stations fronted by Pete Mitchell and Richard Skinner.Absolute Radio 60s will launch on 2... more info

Stereogum — Velvet Underground figurehead John Cale’s new video for “Catastrofuk” is a pretty freaky scene (basically, The Alice In Wonderland tea party scene + the moon!) which coincides with the controlled chaos of the track. The director is Eden Cale, h... more info

ContactMusic — Lou Reed has been named the Most Overrated Lyricist in a new online poll The former Velvet Underground frontman who has penned classic tunes like Walk on the Wild Side and Perfect Day beat Interpols Paul Banks and Serj Tankian of System of a Down in.... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)It's easy enough to pick Veronica Falls' musical antecedents – they are children of mid-80s indiepop, the branch of the family that traced its descent from the Velvet Underground's third album. Guitars are frantically down-strummed, th... more info