Guardian Music — Menace and mystery surround this female Jesus and Mary Chain, whose vocals cut like honey-coated razor bladesHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Tashaki (vocals) and Miyaki (guitars).The background: Today's column is brought to you from a poolside in T... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, David Shariatmadari gets transformed by the music of Lou ReedIf these pages are anything to go by, 16 is an age when people are particularly susceptible to powerful musical experiences. The beauty... more info

NME — Velvet Underground, Suicide and Julian Cope also feature on US duo's mixtape more info

Stereogum — MGMT have curated the latest in the series of LateNightTales compilations, and their edition features tons of indie-canon stuff like the Velvet Underground and Suicide. The band themselves only contribute one track to the comp, a slightly sunny but m... more info

Chicago Tribune — Kurt Cobain and the riot grrrls would approveLike the Velvet Underground and Big Star, the Raincoats were one of those bands who were better at inspiring future generations of bands than selling records. more info

NME — Band also say release will come with a special strobe light toy more info

Guardian Music — Listen to the former Velvet Underground man's new EPJohn Cale is back with some typically off-kilter pop. His first release on Domino imprint Double Six is this five-track EP, which ranges from skew-whiff beats to dirty guitar riffs. Domino describes... more info

Guardian Music — When PJ Harvey won the Mercury for the second time, it was a victory for her intelligent, soulful music, and an album that resonates with our war-torn timesAmid the cheers and applause and flashbulbs that met the announcement of the 2011 Mercury pr... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The strangest news item I read today involves a new collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica. It seems the former Velvet Underground frontman has teamed up with Lars Ulrich and the gang to record an album of songs based on writings by the German ... more info

Guardian Music — Former Velvet Underground singer's team-up with metal giants now has a title, Lulu, and a Halloween release dateLou Reed's forthcoming Metallica collaboration is "the best the best thing I ever did", he claimed this week. The former Velvet Undergroun... more info