From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, out today via Trouser Press Books, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and appraisals that will amplify and expand fans’ understanding and appreciation of them.

From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, out April 19 via Trouser Press Books, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and appraisals that will amplify and expand fans’ understanding and appreciation of them.

Acclaimed archival label Light in the Attic (LITA) proudly announces The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed.

Last month, Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, digitally released the inaugural title in their Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965, “an intimate document of [Reed and John Cale] discovering a sound that would shape countless musicians and styles in their wake” (Washington Post).