Over the last few years, the general standard of books on popular music (to stretch the term to its limits,...
Astonishingly, 2017 marks a full 50 years since The Velvet Underground‘s seminal debut album with Nico. It has largely been...
Album Covers are probably as subjective as the music on the records they house, but today I have one question for you....
In his recent psychoanalytical ‘Retromania’ tome, the very much admired and noted music writer/critic Simon Reynolds discusses our modern preoccupation...
There’s a lot of legend and myth surrounding Nico. She was born Christa Päffgen in Germany, though her date of...
The Black Angels formed in Austin, Texas in 2004, taking their name from the Velvet Undergrounds track ‘The Black Angels...
Domino Records have announced the re-issue on CD and vinyl of Nico‘s second and third albums. March 29 will see...
This extended missive features a Christmas cool gathering of turntable treats from…… Helen love, Sebastian melmoth, smoke fairies, the silhouettes,...