Founding member of The Velvet Underground died on Sunday (October 27), aged 71.    

After the news of Lou Reed’s death circulated on Sunday, a whole lot of bands worked one of his songs into their setlists over the next few weeks. We’re only seeing the footage now, but past Reed collaborators the Killers played a hometown show in Las Vegas, at the Life Is Beautiful Festival, on Sunday [...]

Band cover The Velvet Underground's 'Pale Blue Eyes' at Life Is Beautiful festival    

The most marvelous art tends to inspire the most marvelous prose, and such has been the case in the past 24 hours as news of Lou Reed’s death has spread. Among those paying tribute to the Velvet Underground founder is Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff, who penned a heartfelt obit for Gawker entitled “A Reason [...]

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...