Lou Reed recalled how David Bowie enhanced 'Satellite of Love', and how his voice was the one thing that transformed it into ...

Lou Reed hated a lot of bands, and one of those he had the greatest disdain for came in the form of British art rockers, Roxy Music. Read here.

These low-rated albums from the 1970s aren't beloved by many, but I actually enjoy them; even if just for novelty.

The only Lou Reed bio you need to read Will Hermes’s biography, ‘Lou Reed: The King of New York,’ perfectly captures the rock star’s balance of person and poseur ...

Haynes and leading man Christian Bale also got all dolled up for a 1998 Village Voice photoshoot promoting the film. Photographer Robin Holland captured Bale’s painted nails, flamboyant eye looks, and ...

It’s always been somewhat obvious that Lou Reed’s sneering persona and transgressive antics were cover for a sensitive soul. This is a man who escaped the stultifying suburbs of 1950s Long ...

Lou Reed changed his mind about Transformer, the album that made him a big noise and rebooted that autobiography, more times than he changed shirts.

Music Lou Reed’s earliest transformation With ‘Words & Music: May 1965,’ some of the rock legend’s best-known songs are heard in their earliest forms. Far removed from the noise and ...

Recently, author Neil Gaiman posted on Mastodon a link to a blog titled “The 20 Best Lou Reed Songs of All Time” with this comment: “the first time I’ve read an article that I could swear ...

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.

The Canonization of Lou Reed In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory.

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.