Reed’s 1975 album Metal Machine Music, there’s one moment that is undeniably sweeter, more memorable, more perfect than any other. It’s when you turn it off. You’ll never regret that moment. Not today ...

A lion’s share of those covers were of songs from their historic debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). Four songs from that album – “Venus in Furs,” Femme Fatale,” “Sunday Morning,” and “All ...

The late, great Lou Reed’s long, twisty solo career was full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks came in 1982, when Reed got together with the former Richard Hell guitarist Robert Quine and ...

After this cover in 1963, Reed was still enamoured with Dylan’s work in the late 1980s, as he said, “Bob Dylan can turn a phrase, man. Like his last album [Down in the Groove], his choice of songs.

Ben E. King recorded his first solo tracks; Peter Paul & Mary held down two spots in the album charts; Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of two major news magazines; U2's 'Rattle & Hum' ...

It’s slated for release on September 27 by Light in the Attic, in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive. The album’s opening track, the Primitives’ ‘The Ostrich’, is out today, and ...

Natalie Mering, more commonly known as Weyes Blood, once named the Lou Reed album that changed her life, a strange record reliant on sound effects.

The cover song declined in value — not least to the performers, who could now earn some of the real money from composers’ royalties. Yet the all-cover album did not disappear.

Speaking about the cover, Angel Olsen says, “Lou Reed is my earliest influence, my introduction to punk rock. This song was a great opportunity to creatively work with Maxim.” ...

Light In The Attic is releasing a tribute album to Lou Reed. Out in April, The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed takes in 12 covers of the late artist’s work by artists who were friends and ...

Rolling Stone Keith Richards previews the forthcoming Lou Reed tribute album with a cover of his ‘Waiting for the Man’ — watch the video here.