Features
Tuesday, November 25 2008
Day One: Frank Zappa to The Band
A Sgt. Pepper's-inspired satire…a platter of pure soul sizzle…the second act of rock's Warhol-weaned avant-garde…the beautiful noise of two voices in unison…and a backup 'band' comes into their own. Five definitive LPs -- five statements of solid rock royalty.
Tuesday, August 14 2007
All Tomorrow's Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967, Part Two
In the second of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan offers a who's who of Andy Warhol's Factory people.
Monday, August 13 2007
All Tomorrow's Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967, Part One
In the first of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan details the energizing effect that meeting Andy Warhol had on the Velvet Underground's career. Stay tuned for part two tomorrow.
Columns
Friday, February 12 2010
The Velvet Underground's Lost Chapter
Putting aside the music, the history of the Velvet Underground is marked not by innovation or inspiration, but by frustration and disappointment.
Monday, March 30 2009
Time for a Repress: ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’
For people lucky enough to stumble upon the Flying Burrito Brothers, they made country cool. The music's simplicity and emotive directness, often derided and mocked by hipsters, could now be valid, vital and mean something to a modern audience.
Reviews
Monday, April 24 2006
The Velvet Underground: Under Review [DVD]
Yes, it would have been nice if the Velvet Underground had made 10 million dollars, but it's even better that they made music that still influences people today.
Wednesday, March 1 2006
The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII [DVD]
That these concerts happened was an amazing thing and this is a fitting, worthwhile document.
Tuesday, October 4 2005
The Velvet Underground: Gold
Every track is going to absolutely slay you, but there's so much more to be had. You can buy this album if you want, but you have to promise me you'll buy their other ones too.
Blogs
Thursday, October 7 2010
Counterbalance No. 4: 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'
The Velvet Underground & Nico's self-titled debut album -- number four on the list -- started out as all hype thanks to Andy Warhol but somehow managed to become one of the most influential records of all time. Has this record outlasted its 15 minutes of fame? Peel slowly and see!
