The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame just announced this year’s class of inductees, and it’s mostly a surprising group in how unsurprising it is. There are certainly worthy artists going in this year. Lou Reed, already an inductee thanks to the Velvet Underground, is now heading in as a solo artist. Green Day are [...]

When it comes to musicians soundtracking films, it’s more common for the band to have established itself in the music scene before transitioning to film. In the case of SQÜRL, it’s the opposite. The trio, which consists of renowned director Jim Jarmusch, film producer Carter Logan, and sound engineer Shane Stoneback, discove...

The 45th anniversary reissue of the Velvet Underground’s self-titled album is upon us, and the six-disc Super Deluxe Edition is stacked: Not only does it include the band’s lost fourth LP, presented as a unit for the first time, and two discs of live material from San Francisco’s famous club The Matrix. There&#8...

Among the goodies in the massive 45th anniversary reissue of the Velvet Underground’s self-titled LP are two discs of live material recorded at San Francisco club the Matrix in November 1969. Although the Matrix material has been available since the 1974 release of double-LP 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, the new reissue presents a...

The Velvet Underground’s self-titled third LP is getting a “super deluxe” reissue for its 45th anniversary, and part of the bonus material is an entire unreleased album the band recorded in 1969 to get out of their contract with MGM. As Pitchfork reports, much of the material later ended up on VU swan song Loaded [...]