The Velvet Underground

Remembrance Rock 

RIP ‘Country’ Joe McDonald

March 11, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments "Country" Joe McDonald, 1967, Barry "The Fish" Melton, Country Joe and The Fish, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, Grace Slick, RIP, San Francisco, The Velvet Underground

So long and thanks for all ‘The Fish’

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Rock 

Ain’t It Peculiar?: 40 Years of The Velvet Underground’s VU

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Melody Esme 1 Comment 1985, 40th Anniversary, Doug Yule, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Squeeze, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Verve Records, VU

Looking back on the New York City icons’ ‘lost’ LP

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Uncategorized 

Lou Reed’s Pickwick Records Era Officially Anthologized

August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments John Cale, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Pickwick Records, Terry Philips, The Ostrich, The Primitives, The Velvet Underground, Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65

Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 out October 4th on Light In the Attic Records 

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Pop Rock 

A John Cale Listening Guide

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 4 Comments blackAcetate, Fear, HoboSapiens, John Cale, Lou Reed, Music for a New Society, Paris 1919, POPtical Illusion, Slow Dazzle, The Academy in Peril, The Velvet Underground, Vintage Violence

Looking back at the best titles from the Velvet Underground co-founder’s solo career

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Glam Rock 

(They) Were the Mystery Girls: New York Dolls’ Too Much Too Soon at 50

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Arthur Kane, Bo Diddley, David Johansen, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, New York City, New York Dolls, Sylvain Mizrahi, Sylvain Sylvain, The Coasters, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the band’s super fun second album

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Glam Rock 

Lou Reed’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal and the Excellence of Excess

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1974, David Lee Roth, Dick Wagner, Heroin, Lou Reed, RCA Records, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock 'n' Roll Animal, Steve Hunter, Sweet Jane, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat

Remembering an album that gave the Velvet Underground a glam makeover

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock New Wave Rock 

The Feelies Honor The Velvet Underground with New Live Album

October 24, 2023October 25, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bar-None Records, Bill Million, Brenda Sauter, Dave Weckerman, Glenn Mercer, Jersey City, New Jersey, Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of The Velvet Underground, Stan Demeski, The Feelies, The Velvet Underground

Frontman Glenn Mercer talks Some Kinda Love

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Art Pop Pop Rock 

Femme Fatale: Nico at 85

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1979, 85th Birthday, Andy Warhol, Chelsea Girl, Jim Morrison, La Dolce Vita, Nico, Sid Vicious, The End, The Marble Index, The Velvet Underground

What a 1979 interview reveals about her life as a songwriter

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

LISTEN: The Feelies Share Cover of The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man”

September 11, 2023September 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Bar-None Records, Bill Million, Brenda Sauter, Dave Weckerman, Glenn Mercer, John Cale, Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of The Velvet Underground, Stan Demeski, Sterling Morrison, The Feelies, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

New live album of VU tunes, Some Kinda Love, out October 13th

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 45: June 2023

June 28, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, David Bowie, Dean Wareham, Famous Quotes, Guns 'N' Roses, Jim Sullivan, Love Spit Love, Luna, Pretty In Pink, Reeves Gabrels, Richard Butler, Robert Smith, Sheryl Crow, Squeeze, The Cure, The Damned, The Psychedelic Furs, The Velvet Underground, Tin Machine

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

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Art Pop Electronic Indie Rock 

Stereolab Switches On in Boston

October 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Andy Ramsay, Cocteau Twins, Joseph Watson, Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab, The Modern Lovers, The Velvet Underground, Tim Gane, Xavier Muñoz Guimer

The experimental pop greats return to Beantown for the first time since COVID

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Alternative Rock Experimental Psychedelics Rock 

Spiritualized Floats Back Into Boston

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Desiree Gillespie, Everything Was Beautiful, J. Spaceman, Jason Pierce, Jenna Byrd, Royale Club, Sha'Leah Nikole Stubblefield, Spacemen 3, The Velvet Underground

Jason Pierce and company compensate stage presence for dazzling visuals

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Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Chrissie Hynde (Refuses To) Play The Hits!

June 27, 2022February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Chrissie Hynde, Concerts, Cyndi Lauper, Lou Reed, Pretenders, The Pretenders, The Velvet Underground

What happens after a legendary artist wants to retire their most popular material from concert setlists

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Classical Experimental Pop Post-Punk 

John Cale: 80 and Ageless

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Brian Eno, Fear, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Nico, Paris 1919, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Now in his eighth decade on Earth, the Velvet Underground viola master remains an explorer ever on the lookout for challenge

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Art Pop Experimental Pop Rock 

Venus In Furs: The Feminine Divinity of The Velvet Underground and Nico

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1967, 55th Anniversary, Andy Warhol, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

55 years after it’s release, we honor the majesty of Andy Warhol’s greatest work of art

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