Stereogum — Weezer's frontman says the hit song was attempt to ape Velvet Underground that turned into "almost a complete rip-off" of "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)." Wonder if Lars will sue. More raditude (will Rivers work with Matt Sharp again?) at RS . more info

Music is Art — Listen ♥ I’ll Be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground & Nico [1967] Images ♥ Chris Craymer Share & Enjoy: more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Velvet Underground were captured on 45 rpm mono singles, all of which failed to chart and are highly collectable these days. A replica box set containing the original four, two canceled and a radio promo disc can never replace the real thing. T... more info

Guardian Music — The Troxy, LondonYou would never have guessed from tonight's performance that Wilco had recently lost a former member, Jay Bennett, who died in May this year. If the audience was subdued until a series of guitar solos and instrumental workouts toward... more info

Totally Fuzzy — loaded said...ROLLINS BAND- Do It- Life Time- Hard Volume- The End of Silence- Weight- Come in and Burnhttp://superfuzz.66ghz.com Matheus said...EDDY CURRENT SUPRESSION RING-Primary Colours A fantastic australian band!http://www.jesvscristvs.blogspot... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Voyageur Press will publish the forthcoming book, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: An Illustrated History of A Walk on the Wild Side from rock journalist , Jim DeRogatis (Chicago Sun-Times, co-host of syndicated radio program Sound Opinions) on S... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Whats that? You want more Beck? More from his record club project covering the velvet underground??? Sigh, well……sure!!! This time it’s just Beck strumming away on the ol’ acoustic, doing his best Lou Reed impression. He does “The Black Ang... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said...The Quantic Soul OrchestraKyoto Jazz MassiveTokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - 16 albumsTindersticks - 2 albumsMonte la RueMark Ronson - 2 albumshttp://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.comasgard said...McCartney Lifts Lid On Lennon Squabbles htt... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Yeah, you know the deal by now. Beck has covered the next track off of the velvet underground & nico’s classic album. Yes, it is awesome as well. This time it is the chil “I’ll Be Your Mirror”. Beck and friends really nail this cover down. Th... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Zakk said...Day 55 (one week to go) of our summerseries on sixties music with all the UK No. 1 hits from 1968. Plus an extensive flashback to the first great three day festival tha took place two years before Woodstock, The Monterey event. We have a ... more info