Undercover, Australia — Lou Reed has directed a documentary about his 99-year old relative Red Shirley. more info

Pop Candy — Hello, everybody! How's your Wednesday? Believe it or not, I went out last night instead of staying home for Lost. A friend and I had dinner (try artichokes with carrot ice cream if you ever get the chance) and took a stab at a tricky pub quiz, which... more info

Guardian Music — Avant-garde composer's forthcoming LP to feature contributions from Four Tet, Antony Hegarty and Lou Reed. Presumably JLS were not available ...Laurie Anderson has announced her first studio album in a decade, featuring songs from her Homeland stage ... more info

Guardian Music — Former Velvet Underground frontman to unveil documentary about 99-year-old cousin at Swiss film festivalLou Reed has turned film director, shooting a documentary about his 99-year-old relative. Red Shirley, which also features original music by Reed,... more info

Allmusic Blog — In addition to poetry, music, production, and photography, Lou Reed has added another artistic notch to his resume: film. The former Velvet Underground frontman recently directed and scored Red Shirley, a documentary about his 100 year-old cousin, Sh... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Noah GreenbergSinger, performance-artist, and (thanks to "O Superman") super-unlikely hitmaker Laurie Anderson is decades deep in the game, but she hasn't released a studio album in 10 years. That changes June 15, when Nonesuch releases Home... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker LOU REED has made his debut as a documentarian with a new film about his cousin.The Velvet Underground founder turned the camera on Shirley Novick as she... more info

The Playlist — Eternally cool rock legend Lou Reed will be unspooling his directorial debut "Red Shirley" at the upcoming Visions De Reel film festival in Switzerland.The documentary film isn't about music, but rather focuses on Reed's 100-year-old cousin and is an... more info

Guardian Music — O2, LondonIt is risky enough to break an eight-year silence with an album of cover versions, as Peter Gabriel has just done with Scratch My Back. To then debut it in its entirety at a venue the size of the O2 seems downright obtuse. But you don't hav... more info

Guardian Music — Session drummer Clem Cattini had his first number one hit 50 years ago; today he's featured on Paul Weller's new singleSipping tea and offering biscuits in the upstairs sitting room of his small house in a north London cul-de-sac, there's little to s... more info