LargeHeartedBoy — The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side impresses immediately with its cover. The middle of the cover is actual black velvet, surrounded by Andy Warhol's portraits of the band members. Less critical than... more info

MTV.com News — Influential rock musician was scheduled to play at SXSW this week.By Gil Kaufman Alex Chilton Photo: Frank Mullen/ Wireimage Cult rock icon Alex Chilton, leader of the influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star, died on Wednesday in a New O... more info

Spinner.com — On the heels of their debut album, 'The Big Black & the Blue,' which was released in January, Swedish sister duo Klara and Johanna Soderberg are getting ready to bring their folksy harmonies to America for the first time. Though only 17 and 19 respec... more info

Swedesplease — ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Modular – Femme Fatale Listening to Modular’s music is like a journey back to a time when lounge and space-age pop were present on almost every soundtrack and TV show. This track is their own rendition of the great song Femme... more info

MTV.com News — 'We don't know if our new album is crap or not,' Andrew Van Wyngarden says.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Rya Backer MGMT's Andrew Van Wyngarden Photo: MTV News MGMT didn't set out to make the stereotypical sophomore album, but, in... more info

Guardian Music — The Harley, SheffieldThere shouldn't be many comparisons between a twentysomething girl from Cardiff and a German Warhol actor whose heroin-addled life ended with a tumble from a bicycle. But young Welsh singer Cate Le Bon is uncannily reminiscent o... more info

Spinner.com — Most times that Brian Borcherdt is on stage he's got a strange gizmo in his hands. Best known as frontman for dance party improvisers Holy F---, he's made career out of playing scavenged analog gear and random noisemaking machines. But last night a... more info

Pitchfork — Beck's Record Club is arguably the best reason to make sure you're regularly checking the man's website. Record Club is a project wherein Beck rounds up a few of his friends, famous and otherwise, and records a cover version of an entire album in one... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonMost rock musicians suffer from cultural cringe in the face of more highbrow art forms. They plaster over insecurity with ostentation; they splash out on orchestras, then don't know quite what to do with them; they can't do... more info

Rolling Stone — Along with CBGB, Max’s Kansas City was one of the most famed venues of New York City’s 1970s punk era. The nightclub on Park Avenue South featured performances by the Velvet Underground, the Ramones and Iggy Pop and served as a home away from hom... more info