Mark Ruffalo’s five favourite songs of all time Featuring plenty of angst-ridden male singers Tim Bradley Oct 20, 2025
The artists Lou Reed called musical heroes: “I love the way those guys play” “Just my God!” Ben Forrest Oct 16, 2025
The bands Lou Reed said were making nothing new: “It’s very hard to understand the words” A misunderstanding. Callum MacHattie Oct 14, 2025
The one Velvet Underground song that Frank Zappa actually liked “…he can’t play rock ‘n’ roll, because he’s a loser”. Tom Phelan Oct 11, 2025
“Painfully stupid”: The band that represented everything Lou Reed hated about classic rock Bitter or believable? Tom Taylor Oct 10, 2025
The four people Lou Reed wanted to go down in history with: “Feels like the truth” Simple but effective. Dale Maplethorpe Oct 8, 2025
The Neil Young song so good it made Lou Reed cry: “The best I have heard” Brilliant. Arun Starkey Oct 7, 2025
The Velvet Underground song that became Lou Reed’s musical albatross: “I would never be as good” The pinnacle? Dale Maplethorpe Oct 6, 2025
Lou Reed felt “lucky to be alive” to witness Leonard Cohen Two of the all time greats. Ben Forrest Oct 3, 2025
How Lou Reed became Lars Ulrich’s “musical soulmate” “We come living and being in our own bubbles.” Andrew Clayman Oct 3, 2025
“One after another”: Bob Dylan names the “perfect triple bill” of Lou Reed albums Mutual admiration on the streets of New York City. Jordan Potter Sep 29, 2025