Over the past 100 years, discarded and secondhand goods have been used by artists to reject mainstream aesthetics.

On the way in to work, I heard someone on talkback radio, sharing about Lou. He had driven Mr Reed around Brisbane when he was there in 1974. All Lou wanted to do was to go shopping. Record shopping. What…

The plaudits have arrived very quickly for Lou Reed, who has died aged 71. He is clearly regarded as a towering figure, credited with playing a central role in creating one of the most influential albums…

The death of Lou Reed today, aged 71, is unquestionably a sad day for popular music. Already Rolling Stone has compiled a genre-defined obit focusing on how Reed worked as a Transformer (pun intended…

The Velvet Underground began to take shape in 1964-5, at a time when The Beatles were still mop-tops and Bob Dylan was more commonly known as Bob Who? It was less than a decade since Elvis and a cultural…

It’s said often that democracy requires shared public virtues such as respect for others, belief in free and fair elections, the ability of citizens to live with differences, their capacity for open compromise…

After the happy psychedelia of the Summer of Love, the Velvet’s second album seemed to usher in a new, darker era in rock music

In many cultures and religions dogs are more than protection and security. But do they have an after-life?

We have spent a decade researching what’s behind the extraordinary revival of vinyl records, film cameras and other ‘old school’ technology

How Bowie sprinkled stardust on the work of generations of musicians.