The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City.
First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and
John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although
experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited
by many critics as one of the most important and influential groups ... read more

Erin K

* Erin K & Tash: two lovely ladies originally from Texas and Amsterdam who came together in London when they bonded over a love of bands such as The Velvet Underground...
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Ensemble Labyrint: The Factory - Sounds like Warhol

Composer and musician David Dramm is the driving force behind Ensemble Labyrint, a rotating group of musicians and visual artists, who are invited to join forces on the...
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Absolute Radio 60s and 70s prepare for launch

New digital stations to be fronted by Pete Mitchell and Richard SkinnerAbsolute Radio is to turn the dial back to the 1960s and 1970s with two new digital radio stations ...
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Veronica Falls: Veronica Falls – review

(Bella Union)It's easy enough to pick Veronica Falls' musical antecedents – they are children of mid-80s indiepop, the branch of the family that traced its descent ...
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Metallica and Lou Reed promise 'sex' and 'murder' in second trailer for 'Lulu' – video

Metal titans and former Velvet Underground man have revealed a new 97 second clip
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THE THURSDAY CORRESPONDENT

Some Fantastic PlaceOn Friday 6th August 2010 JC wrote a piece on the Dundee band The View’s single Superstar Tradesman and included in the article was a track whic...
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Old music: The Beatle-ettes – Only Seventeen

The Beatles spawned a legion of US copyists and chancers. Here's one that got the recipe gloriously right …While Beatlemania in Britain was confined to mooning over...
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My favourite album: Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Andrew Pulver explains how he fell for the dark charms of a figure who used to be a joke to himI'd be lying if I sai...
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Transformer by Lou Reed

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...
Posted 22 September 2011 5.47pm — Comment on this

Listen to MGMT cover Bauhaus for 'Late Night Tales' compilation - audio

Velvet Underground, Suicide and Julian Cope also feature on US duo's mixtape
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MGMT – “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” (Bauhaus Cover)

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. T...
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Raincoats to finally make Chicago debut

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 generatio...
Posted 15 September 2011 5.08am — Comment on this

A Discussion of Lou Reeds Bizarre New Collaboration with Metallica

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 ...
Posted 1 September 2011 10.30pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Velvet Underground songs in the past year.

  • I'm Waiting for the Man  208 plays
  • Sweet jane  86 plays
  • Sunday Morning Coming Down  79 plays
  • Rock and roll  7 plays
  • Who loves the sun  4 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Velvet Underground over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 251 plays
  2. Absolute Classic Rock 132 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 8 plays

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