Stereogum — Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn are two of the guests on the most recent installment of The Best Show, and as Pitchfork points out, both musicians took some time to perform. Vile covered Lou Reed's "Sword Of Domocles" and Gunn broke into John Mayer's "Your ... more info

Stereogum — Willie J Healey is a 22-year-old from Oxford whose hearty, lackadaisical rock songs drink from Foxygen's cocktail of retro influences -- Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen -- while also resembling modern weirdos like Mac DeMarco and Ariel Pink. Like DeMarco... more info

Metal Injection — "I had to like sort of comfort him through this very difficult month when the record came out and it just got fucking slammed." The post Lars Ulrich Says Lou Reed Was Really Bummed Out That People Didn't Like Lulu appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metalsucks — Ulrich on Reed: "[I] had to like sort of comfort him through this very difficult month when the record came out and it just got fucking slammed." The post Lars Ulrich Says Lou Reed was “Really Saddened” by Backlash Against Lulu appeared first on ... more info

New York Times — From performances for “six people in a loft” to “O Superman,” MTV fame, and her time with Lou Reed, the artist reflects on her many years in New York. more info

New York Times — Mick Rock, the British photographer with the cool name and starry portfolio (Blondie, Lou Reed, David Bowie) is the subject of a new documentary. more info

JamBase — Watch Yonder Mountain String Band bring last year's Strings & Sol to a close with help from a handful of the event's performers. more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus: Prince, Lou Reed, Spoon, Danny Brown, and even the Space Jam soundtrack. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — These events are in celebration of The New York Public Library acquiring Lou Reed's archives. Continue reading… more info

Uncut — She was joined by Hal Willner, Julian Schnabel and more Lou Reed She was joined by Hal Willner, Julian Schnabel and more The post Watch Laurie Anderson and friends perform Lou Reed’s The Raven appeared first on Uncut. more info