L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer Lou Reed will join the increasingly impressive lineup for the Escape to Plastic Beach tour, which star-studded concept band Gorillaz is bringing to the Gibson Amphitheatre on Wednesday night. The former Velvet Underground singer will join Gori... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Matthew Eisman My Morning Jacket ...ran through its most recent studio album, Evil Urges, in its entirety and later returned for a nine-song encore....[mixing] unreleased original songs with a range of covers that included: The Velvet Under... more info

NME — Drummer declares she's not 'crazy about Sarah Palin, Bush' more info

Pop Candy — Good morning! I hope you're all feeling well -- the more I step out of the apartment and into the world, the more I realize my flu is really ... more info

Guardian Music — The former Velvet Underground drummer gives her first interview since footage of her at a Tea Party rally went viral. And she doesn't have a nice message for her liberal critics ...When footage surfaced earlier this month showing former Velvet Underg... more info

Totally Fuzzy — R3000 said... Scratch Pet Land - "Solo Soli iiiii" (2009) http://themoreyouthinkaboutit.blogspot.com olegelagin said... Black Oak Arkansas ~ 1973 ~ High On The Hog the Bees ~ 2004 ~ Free The Bees Bread ~ 1972a ~ Baby I'm - A Want You Bread ~ 1972b ~... more info

Guardian Music — Pop's visceral ability to trigger memory makes it an obvious tool for historical storytellers. But those memories don't always tally with what really went on"Emotional history" is how the film-maker Adam Curtis describes his Strange Death of Politica... more info

Guardian Music — (Memphis Industries)Frankie Rose is the binding agent of Brooklyn's indie pop microscene, having played with Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls and Crystal Stilts. She's given up drumming for singing now, but she's still hanging round with the same crowd: t... more info

Guardian Music — (Stones Throw)In a previous life, LA soul songwriter Aloe Blacc was known as E Nathaniel Dawkins and employed by Ernst & Young, a period that inspired the striking credit-crunch anthem that opens this album, I Need a Dollar. Having experienced life... more info

Guardian Music — 'I don't care if a Velvet's joined the Tea Party'I'm not sure whether the news team that was sent to cover the Tea Party rally in Tifton, Georgia, realised they were talking to the drummer of perhaps the greatest US rock'n'roll band of all time. In f... more info