Lou Reed

Our favorites include an homage to pop’s most random decade, a graphic novel reintroducing a ’70s Cambodian rock legend, and the best Lou Reed biography to date.

From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons.

A page-by-page guide to understanding one of rock’s most inscrutable icons

The stories after Stonewall, starring Frank Ocean, Tegan and Sara, Jobriath, Troye Sivan, Grace Jones, and more

From 10cc to XTC, from London to Lagos, from 7” singles to side-long epics, and from punk to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades

In their latest column, Marc Masters and Grayson Haver Currin explore the experimental sides of Lou Reed, the long journey of artist and musician Lonnie Holley, the selected work of James Plotkin, and some recent extra-longform releases.

Stuart Berman pays tribute to rock's original iconoclast—a man who saw beauty in the strange, dark corners of music and humanity.

Lessons learned and observations made about the state of the rock singer from nearly a year spent listening to the Fleet Foxes.

We talk to the Godfather of Punk about Tai Chi, collaborating with the Killers, and whether or not Metal Machine Music is anything more than an epic prank.

John Darnielle on his love of metal, his Carolina pride, and his turn in recent years toward creating harrowing, autobiographical music.

This weekend, Coachella kicks off-- we look at what to expect in the California desert and at more than a dozen other spring and summer festivals.