Guardian Music — It might be more than 30 years old, but krautrock, Germany's experimental music from the 1970s, still has a freshness that sixth-generation British indie bands can't matchIt began out of nothing, was given a joke name, and became the pop influence du... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker LOU REED has made his debut as a documentarian with a new film about his cousin.The Velvet Underground founder turned the camera on Shirley Novick as she... more info

Stereogum — So far Beck and a rotating cast have tackled Skip Spence, Leonard Cohen, and the Velvet Underground. When St. Vincent Tweeted about collaborating with Mr. Hansen, Os Mutantes, and Liars on an upcoming Record Club, I’m assuming nobody thought theyâ... more info

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