Big Apple Music Scene — The Coney Island Mermaid Parade might be one of the few last vestiges of “old” New York’s theatricality. Which is to say, every year it’s okay to dress up like a drag queen fish, hang out with the Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed (pictured abo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Roc Da Mic Right said... cypress hill-the uprising mixtape dub floyd & wally sparks-the hip hop doctrine 2 official boondocks mixtape (disc 1 and 2) de la soul-stakes is high system of a down-system of a down wu-tang clan-enter the wutang 36 chambers... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: Dean & Britta Album: 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests Release Date: July 27Label: Double Feature Tracklist: Disc 1: 01 Silver Factory Theme 02 I'll Keep It With Mine (Scott Hardkiss Remix) 03 Not a Young Man Anymore (M... more info

Guardian Music — Christina Aguilera's album is disappointingly predictable. Is she just the latest artist to suffer from record label intervention?In his review, Alexis Petridis called Christina Aguilera's Bi-On-Ic "occasionally brilliant and brave, occasionally teet... more info

Songs:Illinois — OK, that should get me some hits. This song by Marshmallow Staircase is available on their new limited edition LP Terror De Lune. This might not be what you’d expect from me here at Songs:Illinois but like every red blooded American I’ve got a ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — It's been said that LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" bears a close melodic resemblance to the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat". You can really hear the connection here, as scuzzy psych rockers Wooden Shjips cover the This Is Happening cut... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... Eminem-The Recovery Mixtape http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com jixx said... Ramones - Acid Eaters Ramones - Adios Amigos! http://spinadisc.blogspot.com S R Management said... O.K., here's the deal. The staff is on vacation so what better... more info

ContactMusic — DAMON ALBARN wants to recruit VELVET UNDERGROUND rocker LOU REED to join him on the Glastonbury stage this summer (10).The Blur frontman is set to headline the famed... more info

Guardian Music — Growing up in Macclesfield in the early 80s, I attended the same school as the late Joy Division singer. But my passion for their music soon became an infatuationMacclesfield, 1980, a few months after Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, had ... more info

Guardian Music — The singer's field recordings for the National Trust are the most radical, forward-thinking music of the yearRock and pop music, and assorted mutant sub-genres, is so everyday, so available, so not as special as it once was before it became so much a... more info