Uncut — All four studio albums plus their “lost” 1969 album and Nico’s Chelsea Girl All four studio albums plus their “lost” 1969 album and Nico’s Chelsea Girl The post New Velvet Underground box set announced appeared first on Uncut. more info

Stereogum — In 1971, the former Velvet Underground member John Cale recorded a song called "Child's Christmas In Wales," a sort of adaptation of a famous Dylan Thomas poem of the same name. Thomas and Cale are both famous Welshmen. As far as I know, nobody in Su... more info

JamBase — Watch Chris Robinson join The Terrapin All-Stars on a The Velvet Underground cover last night in Fairfax, California. more info

Stereogum — Kevin Morby has been generous with music over the last couple years between City Music and Singing Saw 's one-two punch and a handful of loosies, including last month's Velvet Underground cover with Katie Crutchfield and the one-off "Baltimore." To... more info

New York Times — In two programs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Cale revisited a half-century of hardheaded music and looked boldly into the future. more info

Stereogum — The Velvet Underground's seminal debut The Velvet Underground & Nico turned 50 this year, and to celebrate, former VU member John Cale is hosting two performances at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music in New York. The first show took place last night, and... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, John Cale announced a series of retrospective shows to celebrate The Velvet Underground & Nico's 50th anniversary. Those shows take place next week at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music as part of their Next Wave Festival, and Cale has ... more info

New York Post — John Cale and Lou Reed co-founded the influential Velvet Underground — discovered by Andy Warhol, who snagged a producer’s credit on the band’s first record, released in 1967. Cale plays the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Nov. 16, 17 and 18. The ... more info

Stereogum — Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield and Kevin Morby quietly released a great cover of the Velvet Underground's "After Hours" last night, with Crutchfield stepping in for Moe Tucker and Morby chiming in occasionally. The two artists toured with each other... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Yeah, but is it a Velvet Underground record??” If you’ve spent any time clerking in a record store hanging out online in obsessives fan circles, the matter of the Velvet’s final lp, 1973’s Squeeze, has likely come up. Why? Sans any other V... more info