Totally Fuzzy — After witnessing this week-end's Pitchfork festival, where the future of Rock - according to some currently in the hands of Indie Rock bands, the best of which to me sounded like The Velvet Underground on an off day, how's that for a future?... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — At the end of June Beady Eye's website launched a new page to host all of the band's mixes. To mark the page going live Andy gave us the mix he played at the recent Pretty Green gig in New York. The mix, 'Eastbound And Down', can be heard HERE!To mar... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonAs Lou Reed takes the stage, a male voice rings out: "I love you Lou!" Reed frowns. He cuts a slightly frail and tremulous figure these days, older than his 69 years, but advancing age certainly hasn't made his countenance a... more info

Guardian Music — The former Roxy Music synth twiddler's fingerprints are all over hits by U2, Coldplay and David Bowie, but he's most fascinated by musicians who 'don't completely understand their territory'I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking," says Brian Eno as he sim... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Many fans will already know that Andy, as well as playing guitar for Beady Eye, also enjoys getting behind the decks and doing DJ sets. Recently he performed at Pretty Green's first club night and also created a mix especially for the release of Bead... more info

Guardian Music — Noise-rock pioneers collaborate on project inspired by German playwright in what Reed called a 'marriage made in heaven'Two noise-rock pioneers of different generations have come together in one unlikely collaboration, with Metallica's announcement t... more info

Metalsucks — I haven’t yet done the research, but as of this writing my hypothesis on the Velvet Underground is that the vaunted ’60s art-rock act is one of America’s earliest hipster bands, kinda faux-daring (drugs) and pseudo-cutting edge (violinist) but ... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about a meeting of the minds. In a collaboration that could either be really great, or really terrible (or just literally the sum of their parts), Metallica announced on their official site that they have just wrapped recording sessions with the... more info

ContactMusic — Metallica have recorded an album with Lou Reed. The unlikely pairing of the metal band and the avant-garde former Velvet Underground frontman has resulted in a ten track disc which Lou describes as "a marriage made in heaven. "The album was rec... more info

NME — Metal legends confirm they have just finished full LP with the former Velvet Underground man more info