John Cale

Death and music have always been bedfellows, from the duel in the folk ballad "Matty Groves" to Motrhead's "Killed By Death". Read More

"1969 and you're 15 years old. For the previous three years you've been swamped in lysergic symphonies, marathon guitar solos (even worse: drum solos) and blissful acoustic drippie-droning about pixies and bed-sits. The raw garage thrash that careered out of the '64 UK R&B explosion seem like a distant memory. Even the Stones had a touch of blurred vision in '67 before getting back to blues basics on Beggars Banquet. In '69, there were only mavericks, madmen and geniuses to rely on, like Jimi, the Doors, Beefheart and Tim Buckley, maybe the Velvet Underground if they survived. It would be a few more months before Mott The Hoople came along to sow the seeds of UK punk rock. Read More

The Faces reunion is out, The Velvets, Big Star and The Beatles reunions are kind of on, Tom Waits is all over the place, Neil Young is compiling for the Bridge School, Massive Attack make a new album, Lady Gaga is old news to the Grammys, and a look at the good and the bad associated with live albums. Read More

JOHN Cale may be 67 but he did not go gently into another good night at the Coal Exchange. Read More

STEREOPHONICS perform as part of the Children In Need celebrations at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff tonight as they release their latest album, more on which later. Read More

NICK DRAKE, one of the greatest and most romantic figures in British folk music, died 35 years ago this year, and to mark the occasion, his life and music will be celebrated in Galway. Read More

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make a rare joint public appearance on Dec. 8 at the New York Public Library. Read More

The 67-year-old composer, singer/songwriter, producer and, most recently, internationally-exhibited visual artist, is currently right up against it. Read More

Let's clear one thing up: "The Murder Mystery" is awesome. Read More

The big story behind this release was that Geoff Barrow, one of the members of the group, is a known perfectionist. Read More