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    

It’s nicely framed that Lou Reed began the ’70s out there alone working as a typist after leaving the Velvet Underground, and by the end of that decade he was a firmly immortalized rock star. Genesis Publications have now released a massive photo collection of photos by Mick Rock, who captured Lou Reed’s misadventur...