L.A. Times - Entertainment — If you know the name Nico at all, it's from a brief moment in time in the 1960s when she collaborated with Lou Reed on the iconic "The Velvet Underground & Nico" album and was anointed by the media as the epitome of hipster cool. But Nico's creative ... more info

Obscure Sound — “Folding laundry time is dreaming time, I’m going for the gold,” are the lyrics that open the engrossing “Laundry Day”, a new track from Nashville act Sundaes. The vocal presence is quite reminiscent of Lou Reed, with the emerging flicker o... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub recommended funny novels by women (including one of my favorite books, Alina Bronsky's The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine). My Week Beats Your Year: Encounters With Lou Reed, a collection of interviews with the legend, will... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Lou Reed tried to sell us on a Harlem heroin score being cool, even if he was feeling “more dead than alive.” Tina Harvey went to the same dealer, but she was just jonesing. Gone is the jangly swagger of the Velvets uptown jaunt – she a... more info

Consequence of Sound — She also shares what it's like being watched by Lou Reed and how she sees solo performance like a standup comic. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Michael Ondaatje discussed his new novel Warlight with Publishers Weekly. Rolling Stone reviewed the new collection of Lou Reed's poetry, Do Angels Need Haircuts?. May's best eBook deals. Stream a new Innocence Mission song. A docuseries based on Mic... more info

Guardian Music — In an extract from his book on Lou Reed’s classic album Transformer, musician Ezra Furman explores how Reed built up different versions of himself – and violently tore them downLou Reed created selves that he would grow to hate and even... more info

Stereogum — Music fans can often be territorial. "That's an understatement, my friend!" Michael Imperioli -- the actor/writer/director best-known for his role as The Sopranos' perennial fuckup Christopher Moltisanti -- cackles over the phone when I make this sta... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Eric Andersen hailed from the same Greenwich Village folk scene as Bob Dylan (who has covered his music and toured with him), went on the Festival Express Tour with the Grateful Dead (who have collaborated with him), and he's now releasing a car... more info

NME — The clip finds Barnett going to space Courtney Barnett – Lou Reed, 'Perfect Day': “Every time I hear it just kills me a little bit. I got into Loud Reed fairly recently, just from meeting other musicians and them introducing me to stuff.” ... more info