Aaron Judge hit the first home run of his MLB career the day after Alex Rodriguez retired. Now, the two are tied on the Yankees’ all-time home run list. Judge hit his 351st ...

Reed’s 1975 album Metal Machine Music, there’s one moment that is undeniably sweeter, more memorable, more perfect than any other. It’s when you turn it off. You’ll never regret that moment. Not today ...

Lou Reed was always a songwriting master, but he owed his inspiration to writers like Delmore Schwartz, who inspired him during his college days at Syracuse.

Lou Reed has written his fair share of great tunes, but he still holds one of his classics far above anything else he's ever done. Read about it here.

A lion’s share of those covers were of songs from their historic debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). Four songs from that album – “Venus in Furs,” Femme Fatale,” “Sunday Morning,” and “All ...

Music Reissues Weekly: Why Don’t You Smile Now - Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 Important collection focusing on the future Velvet Underground man’s period as a music business employee ...

Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins packs a lot into his new book about Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's nearly 50-album discography.

Keith Richards has shared a cover of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's 'I'm Waiting for the Man' as part of an upcoming tribute LP.

‘Lou Reed: The King of New York’ | Photo: Courtesy Will Hermes admits he’s on a fool’s errand with the opening quote of the preface to his 529-page biography of Lou Reed. The mercurial genius most ...

In Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes is one of the few Reed biographers to find a full person standing in this blast radius of discomfort.

Since his death ten years ago, Lou Reed’s living presence has only grown. The great rock-poet presided over the marriage of Brill Building pop and the European avant-garde, and left American ...

Lou Reed: The King of New York Will Hermes. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 (560p) ISBN 978-0-374-19339-3 ...