Words: Derek RobertsonFrom the outside, Rotterdam might not seem like a hotbed of underground culture and creativity. But the Dutch city has a long history of nurturing mavericks and misfits artists defiantly pleasing no-one but themselves. Lewsberg, a four-piece whose arty, lo-fi college rock rumble has drawn comparisons to The Velvet Undergrou...

The Avant-Garde filmmaker also worked with Patti Smith, Andy Warhol and many moreJonas MekasJonas Mekas, the influential Avant-Garde filmmaker who worked with a host of artists and musicians during the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 96-years-old. The Lithuanian-American filmmaker, whose pioneering work captured the underground art and music s...

Step into Lou Reed and co's New York at this great new exhibition on the classic bandNico and The Velvet UndergroundEarlier this month, a new exhibition dedicated to The Velvet Underground opened in the city that made them – New York. Step into the space in Greenwich Village and you’ll be transported back into the &#8217...

Susanna Nicchiarelli was first drawn to that voice. A low alto, lightly accented, dipping in and out of key, it could have been a man's voice; after all, the singer's name was Nico. "I remember being somehow attracted to this voice. It has something," Nicchiarelli told me. "It said something. It spoke to me, in…

On Monday night at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, there was a benefit concert called Above Ground, with proceeds going to the organization MusiCares. The show was set up by Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison, and they covered two albums in full, Adam & the Ants' Kings Of The Wild Frontier and the Velvet…