Transformer: Lou Reed 'bigger and stronger than ever' after liver transplant
Lou Reed has described himself as “bigger and stronger than ever” just weeks after undergoing a liver transplant. The former Velvet Underground frontman, who...
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Lou Reed: 'I am stronger than ever after liver transplant'
Veteran rocker Lou Reed is plotting his stage comeback after undergoing a liver transplant, declaring: "I am bigger and stronger... than ever." The former Velvet Undergr...
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Lou Reed recovering after liver transplant
Veteran rocker Lou Reed is recovering after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant. The former Velvet Underground singer had the operation in April, his musician wife...
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The 411 Music Top Five 05.21.13: The Top 5 Songs About Drugs
From Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and Cypress Hill's "I Wanna Get High" to Velvet Underground's "Heroin" and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 5 songs about d...
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Video: Foxygen – “San Francisco” (performing tonight with Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
Last month, LA-based Foxygen (made up of Jonathan Rado and Sam France) released a video that doubles as a time machine back to San Francisco circa 1973. The duo spends th...
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Live Video: John Cale
It’s not every day a musical legend walks through your door. At age 70, with some 50 years in the music industry as a performer, composer, and producer, John Cale h...
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Jonas Mekas: scenes from an extraordinary life
His films captured John Lennon in bed, the Velvet Underground deafening a roomful of psychiatrists, and New York during the high point of the last real avant garde. Adria...
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Review: John Cale rocks Regency
Velvet Underground legend showcases new album, older cuts during San Francisco outing
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From Ai Weiwei to Anish Kapoor: the art world's love affair with pop
Top British artists are going Gangnam Style in support of Ai Weiwei. Alex Needham on what happens when artists dabble in pop musicOn Thursday evening, a group of artists ...
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Shorties (The Best Velvet Underground Songs, The Longlist for the 2012 Impac Dublin Literary Award, and more)
Paste lists the 20 best Velvet Underground songs. The longlist for the 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been named. Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes con...
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The Velvet Underground
Readers give their opinion on the legendary albumThe Velvet Underground & Nico is, it's fairly uncontroversial to say, an iconic album – thanks in large part to the...
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Sleeve notes: Paul McCartney, Massive Attack and the Mercury Prize
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles 2. Mercury prize 2012: who...
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Album Review: Castle Face and Friends – The Velvet Underground
Peel back slowly.
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New Music: Thee Oh Sees – “European Son” (The Velvet Underground cover)
Grab your earplugs and Motrin.
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