The Velvet Underground sounded like nothing else that came out in 1967. It's easy to hear why: Unlike so many other classic albums that came out that year, the Velvet Underground's debut felt like ...

Trine Dyrholm as Christa Päffgen in "Nico, 1988." (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures) “I only did three songs with them,” sighs an exasperated Christa Päffgen during one of the many frustrating radio ...

The Velvet Underground were one of the most important rock bands ever, releasing classic albums like their self-titled and White Light/White Heat.

Between Led Zeppelin’s eight studio albums, a live record, Coda, various concert bootlegs, and the early BBC Sessions, fans of Jimmy Page and the Zep have plenty of material for their listening ...

'The Velvet Underground & Nico' turns 50: Classic track-by-track review of one of the greatest albums ever made. By William Goodman For the budding music nerd, The Velvet Underground & Nico, released ...

Nico, best remembered for her brief stint with the Velvet Underground and her association with artist Andy Warhol, is the subject of an upcoming biopic. Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli will ...

There is no argument against 1967 as an epochal year in music. Landmarks like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Are You Experienced?, High Priestess of Soul, Disraeli Gears, I’ve Never Loved A ...

Charli XCX received the Hitmaker of the Year Award at Variety‘s eighth annual Hitmakers Brunch last night (12/7), and during her acceptance speech, she chose to point out that the definition of a “hit ...

The enigmatic one-time singer for the Velvet Underground and dark chanteuse of the post-punk in the late-‘70s and ‘80s died 29 years ago after falling from her bicycle in Ibiza. But on Saturday night, ...

Trine Dyrholm plays German singer and songwriter Nico in Nico, 1988. Director Susanna Nicchiarelli encountered Nico's work the same way most people do: when a friend made her listen to The Velvet ...

THE original rock outsider, Lou Reed was never one to mince his words. “I write a song called Heroin and it’s like I murdered the Pope or something,” the abrasive New Yorker once complained. Please ...

No matter how well-intentioned our parents were, the ’60s was an era of social upheaval when kids were bombarded daily with the unexpected and unimaginable. For instance, the time my pal David and I ...