reed and john cale provided the cool and nico was around a while for the beauty, but the velvet underground picture is so must more interesting when you consider that this sweet-voiced woman occasionally took the mic to sing a simple ditty. still, where summarizations of their catalog are ...
Genre: Rock Label: Interscope / Polydor Reviewed: November 24, 2014 The Velvet Underground’s six-disc deluxe edition, including long-sought-after live material from 1969, offers a complete portrait of a period when the Velvets’ populist ambitions were being matched by their exceedingly prolific ...
This year it’s Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground (selected by a poll on the KDUR website). “It really helps people dig into the back catalog of these artists – you’re not just hearing their most well-known songs,” said Bryant Liggett, KDUR station manager and DGO music ...
. Now established as a ‘cello-rock’ genre in its own right, on the edge of the spidery shadows cast by Siouxsie, Marilyn Manson and, more recently, Smoke Fairies, Rasputina’s music remains defined by the swoop and scrape of sharp, spindly strings. Creager’s vocals remain effectively ...
On this particular night in Cleveland, it was just the Velvet Underground, the small audience and “Sweet Sister Ray.” Throughout the song, Reed steps up to the mic from time to time to sing a few verses. The lyrics may be off-the-cuff (Reed was known for his ability to generate ...