Lou Reed's sonically confrontational 1975 work 'Metal Machine Music' is receiving a tribute album featuring members of Dinosaur Jr, Unrest and more.

The pandemic project for Sarah Shook, who leads the band the Disarmers, was a self-played, self-produced, self-engineered solo album under the name Mightmare, due Oct. 14.

Lou Reed’s Album Sales Surge Following Death. ... In terms of digital songs, Reed sold 17,000 downloads last week — up from 2,000 the week previous (a gain of 590 percent).

Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, and Joan Jett also contributed to the project. Lou Reed Tribute Album Announced with Keith Richards’ Cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man”: Stream Eddie Fu ...

“I don’t have a personality of my own,” Reed said in 1972. “I just pick up on other people’s.” He’d come to London for a change of pace, to “get out of the New York thing”, but ...

B efore co-founding the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was a staff songwriter for other artists at Pickwick Records. Now, his mid-1960s songs, performed by assorted artists on the label (with ...

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was more than an hour of feedback and noise with no noticeable structure. A new tribute album called Metal Machine Muzak interprets the spirit behind that work.

No. 12: “Ennui” is a track from Lou Reed’s 1974 album “Sally Can’t Dance.” The song is a laid-back, jazzy track that features a smooth saxophone solo and Reed’s trademark deadpan vocals.

It was the second Lou Reed album of 1972 — released 50 years ago this week — and ... The early 1970s were a golden age for pop music, but few albums from that time have been as avidly studied ...

The album takes its name from his mumbled introductions to the songs on the reel-to-reel tape recording. “Words and music: Lou Reed,” he says, establishing his authorial rights.