Next month, Light In The Attic are releasing a Lou Reed tribute album called The Power Of The Heart. We’ve heard contributions from Keith Richards and Rufus Wainwright so far, and today we’re getting a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I Can’t Stand It” courtesy of Angel Olsen and Maxi...

Next month, the California singer-songwriter Shannon Lay will follow up her 2021 album Geist with the new LP Covers, Vol. 1. It’s exactly what it says on the package. On the album, Lay takes on songs from people like the Velvet Underground, Arthur Russell, Vashti Bunyan, and Ty Segall. We’ve already posted Lay’s ver...

The third night of Yo La Tengo’s Hannukah residency at Bowery Ballroom featured another awesome assortment of covers and guests. After an assist from Steve Shelley earlier this week, his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo played much of Tuesday’s show with YLT, including a suitably loud and droning cover of the Velvet Undergrou...

The reunited Black Crowes welcomed a couple legendary local guitarists at their Seattle-area gig last night. As JamBase points out, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil (who recently contributed to our Paul McCartney 80th birthday tribute) and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck (who put down roots in the Pacific Northwest in the ’90s) both ap...

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