NME — Head to NME.COM now to hear snippet from their collaboration album more info

DrownedInSound — Back in June it was revealed that Lou Reed and Metallica were working together on an album, scheduled for release in 2011. There have since been a few more drips of information, but now we can hear the first snippet, as it has apparently leaked onto ... more info

Metal Injection — I don't know why I even thought that the Metallica & Lou Reed collaboration would be bearable. I thought Death Magnetic was alright, but I'm not exactly clamoring to listen to it again. For some reason though, I thought the addition of Lou ... more info

Metalsucks — A thirty second sample of “The View,” one of the songs on Metallica and Lou Reed’s upcoming Lulu, is now available for streaming (below). And while it is, of course, horribly unfair to judge an album based on thirty seconds, I am now fully prep... more info

Guardian Music — Transcender, London"Ecstatic, hypnotic and just plain psychedelic" is the motto for the Transcender festival, the pervasive feeling of the event being that music from anywhere in the world can blow someone's mind. Now in its third year, Transcender b... more info

Guardian Music — (Topic)Twenty-one years ago, June Tabor and Oysterband got together to record what is now recognised as an English folk-rock classic. It wasn't exclusively a folk album, though there were some traditional tracks, but rather an eclectic, powerful rewo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Freedom Rides (more by David Andrako) If you missed it for free in Prospect Park over the summer, Hall Willner's Freedom Rides Project happens again tonight (9/15) at Highline Ballroom, though with a slightly different cast...Hal Willner's Freedom Ri... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThis was one of the most remarkable reunion concerts of the current English folk revival. Twenty-one years on from the release of their classic folk-rock album Freedom and Rain, Oysterband were back on stage with June Tabo... more info

Altsounds — American-based graphic illustrator El Jefe Design was recently commissioned by Lou Reed to create a visually compelling poster for his July 2011 UK and European tour. Exclusively numbered in a limited edition print-run of 500 copies, the rare screen... more info

The Music Fix — Venus in Lars. more info