Subject: The Velvet Underground

• Necro Loves Violence, Hates Women and Other Assorted Goodies

  January 21, 2008

• Week Five in Hell's Kitchen: Ballroom Blitz

  August 2, 2008

• I love a cover

  I love a good cover. Today, I ran across this list of the best and worst covers of all time and it got me thinking about the art of covers. I know people who hate them, regardless of quality and a lot of people just don't seem to get the point. To some degree it goes back to that punk ethos of DIY, and the frequently heard defense for many a mediocre act, "At least they write their own stuff."

  December 5, 2008

• Pedal Steel Transmission

  August 28, 2003

• The Strokes

  November 20, 2003

• The Beatdown

  January 6, 2005

• The Ohsees

  May 24, 2007

• Various Artists

  Juno: Music From the Motion Picture
  Rhino

  January 10, 2008

• Black Lips

  February 14, 2008

• The Black Angels are psyched about the 13th Floor Elevators

  October 16, 2008

• Women

  Wednesday, March 25, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

  March 19, 2009

• Discmania

  Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

  December 27, 2001

• Film Exposed

  The International Experimental Cinema challenges viewers with a mixed bag from Warhol to Teutonic auteurs.

  March 27, 2003

• Spiritualized

  September 18, 2008

• Hit Pick

  Ratiocination, Some Gumption, Mystery Children and Judith Priest at the Bug Theater.

  March 16, 2000

• Hawks of Paradise at the Larimer Lounge

  September 4, 2008

• Teeth Mountain

  Sunday, August 10, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

  August 7, 2008

• Doo Crowder Makes Pee

  May 22, 2008

• Torche

  In Return
  Robotic Empire

  November 15, 2007

• Slight Harp

  Rhinoceropolis

  January 31, 2008

• May Riots

  Larimer Lounge

  March 15, 2007

• Vietnam

  Vietnam (Kemado)

  November 2, 2006

• Yo La Tengo

  Tuesday, October 10, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

  October 5, 2006

• Primal Scream and Kasabian

  Riot City Blues (Columbia) and Empire (RCA)

  September 7, 2006

• Cherry Creek, Phone Home

  First Round the Corner disappeared. Now Tattered Cover. What's next?

  July 20, 2006

• The Warlocks

  Thursday, March 16, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  March 16, 2006

• John Cale

  Sunday, October 30, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  October 27, 2005

• Various Artists

  OHM+: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music: 1948-1980 (Ellipsis Arts)

  October 20, 2005

• The Dandy Warhols

  Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (Capitol)

  October 6, 2005

• Critic's Choice

  Jett Black

  August 18, 2005

• Oasis

  Don't Believe the Truth (Epic)

  June 9, 2005

• M. Ward

  Monday, April 25, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-0959.

  April 21, 2005

• Ambulance LTD

  Wednesday, April 6, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  March 31, 2005

• The biggest party of them all!

  December 16, 2004

• Club Scout

  The Blue Mule

  October 14, 2004

• The Velvet Underground

  Live at Max's Kansas City (Reissue) (Rhino)

  August 12, 2004

• Fiery Furnaces

  Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade)

  July 29, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  June 12, 2003

• Happy Lou

  In concert, Lou Reed takes a walk on the mild side.

  March 28, 1996

• Thrills for the week

  March 21, 1996

• UP FROM THE UNDERGROUND

  WHY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND MATTERS, WHETHER YOU'RE HIP TO IT OR NOT.

  September 20, 1995

• HIT PICK

  August 9, 1995

• EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

  FORMER VELVET UNDERGROUNDER JOHN CALE IS STILL DOING WHATEVER HE DAMN WELL PLEASES.

  March 22, 1995

• Playlist

  The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Guru, The Drop Nineteens

  January 12, 1994

• MP3 Freeloader: Tonight, Hawks of Paradise at the Oriental

  If you miss the halcyon days of blues-based rock with just a hint of psychedelic haze, then tonight's CD-release party for the Hawks of Paradise album Skeleton Key will make you very happy. We've compared this outfit to Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground, but what you really need to know is that this outfit's vintage sound elevates itself above mere mimicry by the passion apparent in every note and lyric. After the break you'll find the song "The Getaway" for your free downloading pleasure,

  June 5, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 3, 2009

  As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 4, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 24, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 27, 2009

• Monolith Q&A: Cymbals Eat Guitars

  ​According to Cymbals Eat Guitars 20-year-old frontman Joseph D'Agostino, Lou Reed didn't want a lot of cymbals on the first three Velvet Underground albums because "cymbals eat guitars," which explains the copious amounts of floor toms on those early discs. While that might have inspired the band's moniker, there's still a fair amount of cymbals on the band's debut, Why There Are Mountains, but they get lost the thickness of D'Agostino's J. Mascis-esque guitar tone. The band, which D'Agostino

  September 10, 2009

• Beckstra! Beckstra! Have you heard about Beck's record club?

  ​All right, have y'all heard about this one yet? Beck's record club? Just stumbled upon this one ourselves. Evidently, El Guero Loco and his cronies -- an ever shifting lineup which includes Nigel Godrich, Devendra Banhart, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden from MGMT, Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother, Binki Shapiro from Little Joy and Giovanni Ribisi (?), among others -- has embarked on an intriguing little project that involves them recording a classic album in a day with no rehearsal.

  October 1, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 5, 2009

  ​​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 8, 2009