When downtown rock and roll legend Lou Reed and heavy metal gods Metallica shocked music fans everywhere with the announcement that they were collaborating on a project, we thought it’d be a good time ...

As a companion to the box set commemorating the 45th anniversary of The Velvet Underground & Nico, Castle Face and Universal will release a covers compilation featuring San Francisco-based artists ...

Sharon Van Etten performs during day five of the 2021 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 27, 2021 in Newport, Rhode Island. (Picture: Douglas Mason/Getty Images) Sharon Van Etten ...

Sharon Van Etten has released her cover of The Velvet Underground and Nico's "Femme Fatale" from I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico, which features backing vocals from ...

After a few years of laying low, Canada’s queen indie bee Feist has been very busy the past few weeks. Her take on the 1967 track is a sleeker and smoother affair than the Germanic tones employed by ...

One of rock's most influential debuts is getting the deluxe reissue treatment. The Velvet Underground & Nico will be appearing as a six-CD set on 1 October, with three CDs of alternate versions, demos ...

Last month, we learned that Castle Face Records and a handful of modern-day psych artists, including White Fence, Thee Oh Sees and the Fresh and Onlys, were getting together to release The Velvet ...

On November 6, Universal and Castle Face will present the Bay Area covers album The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castle Face and Friends. (It's a companion to the 45th anniversary box set reissue of ...

Next week, the Hal Willner-organized album I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico is being released. On it, a whole lot of artists cover every song on the Velvet Underground's ...