Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lou Barlow visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance. In the Guardian, Zadie Smith examines the appeal of essay writing to novelists. Perfect essays abound in this world – almost every one of Joan Didion's fits the...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The XX are a brand new young band from South London. It’s definitely rock music, but with lots of male-female vocal turns. I hear a little Velvet Underground (the melodic stuff) in there, and also some Cure. But they’re distinct, delivering the songs in intimate voices and adding electronics. Their new self-titled [...]
the echo and echoplex (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
[ December 8, 2009; 8:30 pm to 11:55 pm. ] The French Semester || Listen A sweet and smile-inducing blend of Guided By Voices’ ragged melodic charm with the hushed pop wits of the third Velvet Underground record, the French Semester’s Good Friends Only I Could See churns out one harmonious and guitar-jangled rock/pop gem after another—“Remembering Right Now” being the...
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
One of the surprise debuts of last year had to be Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... , a talk show featuring Costello pulling off the rare triple threat: host, performer and bandleader. Equal parts interview and jam session, the Sundance series relies upon Costello putting the artists at ease, getting even the prickliest of artists to open up and speak warmly about their influences. But, as Martin Mull...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Bookish links from around the Web: Happy (belated) birthday, Margaret Atwood. The author turned 70 yesterday Colum McCann has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards for his novel Let the Great World Spin. Also at last night’s gala in New York, Dave Eggers picked up the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Three members of the pioneering band are to share a stage for the first time in more than a decade, discussing their 'music and legacy' at the New York Public Library Three members of the Velvet Underground are to reunite next month – for a chat. Lou Reed, drummer Maureen "Moe" Tucker and bassist Doug Yule will share a stage for the first time in more than a decade, at an event organised...
Earvolution (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By: David SchultzGiven the bad blood that runs through the veins of the surviving members of the Velvet Underground when it comes to playing together, the December 8 gathering of Lou Reed, Doug Yule and Maureen Tucker at the New York Public Library will likely be the closest we ever get to a VU reunion. The three will participate in a round table of sorts with Rolling Stone's David Fricke to
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
W NEW YORK: Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make a rare joint public appearance on December 8 at the New York Public Library.
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
British pop-singer Leona Lewis has recorded the theme song for director James Cameron’s long-awaited sci-fi epic Avatar. The song, titled “I See You,” will play over the film’s end credits. Lewis just released Echo, her sophomore album and follow-up to 2007’s international smash Spirit. [Independent.co.uk.] Ian Brown is apparently urging British educators to show the films...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Warren Haynes has never hid his appreciation of the music of Deep Purple, so he must’ve been as happy as a kid in a candy store last night when he sat-in with the English rockers at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. According to a report from our friends at Here Comes The Flood, Haynes added his unique brand of sizzling guitar to the Black Night encore . Haynes had formed a friendship with...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
On December 8th, former Velvets Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, and Doug Yule will find themselves sitting in the same room at the New York Public Library as part of an event promoting The Velvet...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Maroons 5 have announced they’ll be performing a New Year’s Eve show at Las Vegas’ the Pearl that will also feature a set from actor Jason Segal, who promises to perform “Dracula’s Lament” from Forgetting Sarah Marshall and more original tunes. Jennifer Hudson has been cast to play Nelson Mandela’s wife Winnie in a film about [...]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It’s not often that the three remaining members of the Velvet Underground get together, especially as the relationship between John Cale and Lou Reed regularly goes through rough patches. But they will reunite for an appearance at the New York Public Library on Dec. 8, where they will discuss their careers with journalist David Fricke. The discussion will be part of the Live from the NYPL series,...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on December 8 at the New York Public Library.
Hypetrak (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Famous musician Lou Reed held a special signing at Parisian boutique colette yesterday in promotion of his new book The Velvet Underground – New York Art. The book features a wealth of images from legendary The Velvet Underground whom Reed co-founded. Many fans were in attendance eagerly anticipating Lou’s arrival with some brief coverage of [...]
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