My Morning Jacket weren’t the only band to honor the fallen Lou Reed from the stage last night. During their set at Baltimore’s First Mariner Arena, Pearl Jam took on the Velvet Underground’s copping-drugs opus “I’m Waiting For The Man.” With its circular rhythmic charge and its convers...

This past weekend, Neil Young held his two annual all-star Bridge School Benefit shows in Mountain View, California. And before the second of those shows last night, we learned that Lou Reed had died. Over the years, My Morning Jacket, who played the Bridge School shows, have covered the Velvet Underground’s space-folk hymn “...

"I've lost my school-yard buddy" the multi-instrumentalist says    

Lou Reed has died at age 71 according to Rolling Stone. The Velvet Underground leader and influential solo artist underwent a liver transplant earlier this year, but a cause of death has not been released. More on this story as it develops…

A three-disc bumper version of the album featuring outtakes, unreleased studio tracks and live material will be released on December 2