Lou Reed

New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

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Rock 

Nils Lofgren Goes Fishing

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments and Eric Clapton, Andy Newmark, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Cindy Mizelle, Crosby, David Bowie, Full Circle, Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Keb' Mo', Kevin McCormick, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Melissa Etheridge, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren, Nils Lofgren Band, Sly Stone, Steely Dan, Stills and Nash, Tom Lofgren, Weathered, Whitney Houston

An exclusive chat with the guitar innovator for Crazy Horse and E Street about his killer new live album

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Records Remembrance 

Amarcord Hal Willner: His Five Greatest Albums

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 1 Comment Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gavin Friday, Hal Willner, Kurt Weill, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Nino Rota, Saturday Night Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall

The beloved SNL composer’s production work runs as deep as his love for music

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Rock 

My Mind’s Amiss, I’ve Lost the Kiss: Lou Reed’s Ecstasy at 20

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, Ecstasy, Laurie Anderson, Like A Possum, Lou Reed, Lulu, Metallica, New York, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground

For any other artist, Lou’s final proper song cycle would’ve been a great last album

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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Indie Rock 

IN CONCERT: Don’t Sleep On Nap Eyes

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn Bowl, Coronavirus, Dan Bejar, Destroyer, Lou Reed, Mark Zuckerberg, Nap Eyes, Nigel Chapman, Ryley Walker

Opening for Destroyer at Brooklyn Bowl, the band gets to the point of the groove amidst Coronavirus fears

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New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Peter Gabriel at 70–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 13, 2020February 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Genesis, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Scratch, So. Up, Us

Celebrating 7 decades of life and a half century of music with a stroll through the catalog of the Godfather of Global Pop

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes: December 2019

December 24, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Lee Roth, George Clinton, Gregg Allman, Lou Reed, Robert Fripp, Steve Wynn, The Dream Syndicate, Van Halen

Which heroes of funk, punk and rock ‘n’ roll said what

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Indie Rock Power Pop 

Ezra Furman Wants To Be Yr Girlfriend

August 20, 2019August 22, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Bella Union, Cyndi Lauper, Ezra Furman, Lou Reed, The Harpoons, Twelve Nudes

The Skinny on the former Harpoon’s Twelve Nudes

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Rock 

Here’s to the TRULY Forgotten Woodstock

August 19, 2019August 20, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, Bethel '94, Bethel Woods, Dave Pirner, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Victoria Williams, Winona Ryder, Woodstock, Woodstock 94

Talking Bethel ’94 with Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Records 

Bad Music For Bad People: A Listicle Not for the Always Woke, Ever Timid or Politically Correct

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Anti-Nowhere League, Body Count, Charles Manson, Dead Boys, Fear, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Slayer, Sparks, Starz, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Only Ones, The Rotters, Tiger Lillies

The title is copped from the name of a great 1984 Cramps compilation album, and that’s kind of what this story is about

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Rock 

On Lou Reed’s The Bells

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Don Cherry, Lou Reed

Do they still ring 40 years later?

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Rock 

Nils Lofgren Gets Blue With Lou

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Ezrin, Bruce Springsteen, Grin, Lou Reed, Nils Lofgren

Everyman rocker and guitar giant explains how He found common ground with the Late Great Lou Reed

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Pop 

The Night Could Last Forever

March 31, 2019April 11, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground

On their eponymous third album, The Velvet Underground inched closer to pure pop pulchritude while laying a new template for the future sound of college radio

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