MIPSO @ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO NOVEMBER 8, 2023 Mipso marked their Toronto debut on November 8, 2023, gracing the stage at the Velvet Underground. The North Carolina quartet captivated the audience with a mesmerizing blend of electric [...]
VISION VIDEO @ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO APRIL 2, 2023 Providing “dance music for the end of times”, so says Vision Video’s website. They made their return to the Toronto stage at The Velvet Underground this past weekend. Their music is [...]
Freddie Gibbs w/ Derin Falana @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto November 19, 2018 Beginning in the late 2000s Freddie Gibbs released a string of critically acclaimed projects and gained himself a devoted cult following. This includes 2014s [...]
Anthony DeCurtis – Lou Reed: A Life Little, Brown and Company October 5, 2017 Book Review By Ryan Sagadore Where does one begin when writing a biography about Lou Reed? How can you compact a life so grand into 500 pages? The legendary [...]
Chicano Batman @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto April 4, 2017 What would you get if the 1960’s Brazilian psychedelic rock group, Tropicana, reincarnated into a Chicano lounge-rock quartet? Possibly Chicano Batman, the macho tuxedo-sporting Los [...]
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO: 50th ANNIVERSARY In 1964 a young songwriter from Long Island named Lou Reed was working as a staff writer for an exploitation record label named Pickwick. Reed’s job was fairly simple, to write catchy pop tunes [...]
Cate Le Bon @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto February 2, 2017 Toronto’s The Velvet Underground hosted a perfectly fitting performance on the night of February 2nd, when they welcomed Welsh musician Cate Le Bon to their stage. A notable emerging [...]
Soundwalk Collective & Jesse Paris Smith ft. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Killer Road is a concept album conceived and created by Soundwalk Collective, Jesse Paris Smith and Patti Smith. It focuses on the death of vocalist Christa [...]
BRIAN ENO’S NEW ALBUM THE SHIP TO BE RELEASED APRIL 29th ON WARP RECORDS/FONTANA NORTH NEW SINGLE “FICKLE SUN (iii) I’M SET FREE” OUT NOW Brian Eno is now sharing the track “Fickle Sun (iii) I’m Set Free” from his [...]
