Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Lou Reed released Coney Island Baby. The city is a funny place. Read our Reed Over/Under, which calls out this LP’s title track as one of his most overrated songs: The post Lou Reed Released “Coney Island Baby” 50 Years Ago ... more info

Stereogum — St. Vincent has a wide array of covers up her sleeve: Rihanna, Tool, Lou Reed, Metallica. The past couple nights, she performed Billy Strayhorn’s 1948 jazz standard “Lush Life.” more info

Stereogum — Jeff Tweedy released his solo triple album Twilight Override last month, and last night he stopped by The Late Show to perform a couple of tracks as the musical guest. The Wilco frontman performed album highlights “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter�... more info

Obscure Sound — An immersive single with a nostalgic post-punk and dreamy pop intertwining, “Persona Non Grata” is the latest from Bones in Butter. The Serbian band caught our ears with their album Songs For A Sane Society, and then followed that up with the sim... more info

Stereogum — It can be so hard to succinctly pin down what goes into the “ecstatic black metal” of Los Angeles band Agriculture that sometimes that self-proclaimed label feels incomplete. At the very least, the band itself feels that way about their most r... more info

Obscure Sound — “I Want to Be Your Lover” is an inviting new track from Jacob Milstein, an artist based in Oklahoma City and Nashville. Bird-chirping and gentle acoustics establish a warming introduction, bolstered by the “there were bluebirds on both my shoul... more info

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Lou Reed released Metal Machine Music. “It sounds better on Romilar than any other record I have ever heard” —Lester Bangs. Read our feature on one of rock’s most polarizing albums: The post Lou Reed Released “Metal Mach... more info

Stereogum — I Love People is the wholesome title of Cory Hanson’s forthcoming album, which is the follow-up to the rather raunchily named 2023 LP Western Cum . One of the people Hanson loves is Lou Reed, and today he released an ode to the late Velvet Und... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Mott The Hoople). Moonage daydreamer. Read the Jigsaw Seen in MAGNET on Mick: The post Happy Birthday Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Mott The Hoople) ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 45 years ago today, Lou Reed released Growing Up In Public. You have to be real careful where you sit down in a bar these days. Read our review of the essential The RCA & Arista Albums Collection: The post Lou Reed Released “Growing Up In Public”... more info