Chorus.fm — Johnny Marr has announced some new tour dates. 30 MAY VELVET UNDERGROUND – TORONTO, CA 31 MAY GRAMERCY THEATRE – NEW YORK, USA 02 JUNE AUGUST HALL – SAN FRANCISCO, USA 05 JUNE TERAGRAM BALLROOM – LOS ANGELES, USA 06 JUNE TERAGRAM BALLROOM –... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union) It’s easy to understand why Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally don’t like people saying their albums all sound the same. Who wants to be told they’ve spent a decade running on the spot? And, of course, their albums do... more info

Guardian Music — The director and star of a drama about the latter years of the cult singer talk about her unusual life and how she battled against her beautyAccording to the director of a daring new movie about Nico, the most notable aspects of the late singerâ€�... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — “Beggars Banquet.” “Electric Ladyland.” “Wheels of Fire.” Rock fans know the important albums from 1968 that helped set the table — along with the opening that year of the Forum in Inglewood and Madison Squa... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “Beggars Banquet.” “Electric Ladyland.” “Wheels of Fire.” Rock fans know the important albums from 1968 that helped set the table — along with the opening that year of the Forum in Inglewood and Madison Squa... more info

Stereogum — On Monday night at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, there was a benefit concert called Above Ground, with proceeds going to the organization MusiCares. The show was set up by Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, and they covered two albums in full, Ad... more info

NME — Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Billy Idol, and Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction also performed at the benefit Courtney Love made a live appearance at the Above Ground benefit show in Los Angeles on Monday (April 16) alongside Slipknot’s Corey �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week: FACS rise from the ashes of Disappears, Stereolab's Tim Gane is back with his current group Cavern of Anti-Matter, Haley Bonar drops the "Bonar" and readies a Record Store Day Single, plus the new Dutch Velvet Underground and the retu... more info

NME — "I strive to build a world where the Velvet Underground would be more popular than the Rolling Stones" Ed Sheeran, Julian Casablancas The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has lamented the current state of modern popular music, arguing in a ... more info

Rolling Stone — A collection of unpublished Lou Reed poems will be released this spring as Do Angels Need Haircuts? The book will be accompanied by a 1971 recording of the Velvet Underground singer reciting the works at New York'sThis article originally appeare... more info