Velvet underground

Blues, punk, psych and personal tragedy fuel a stunning return

Ari Up and Adrian Sherwood’s post-punk adventures, boxed

Starring Kenney Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Joe Boyd, Nigel Weymouth and more

Our rundown of the year's reissues and comps

Some favourite forthcoming albums reviewed, plus a new magazine from the Uncut stable unveiled

Thom Yorke and his group discuss Amnesiac, OK Computer and two-month-long studio meltdowns

Steve Wynn's leaders of the Paisley Underground pack remastered, plus unreleased rehearsals

John Cale is to showcase a new work at London's Barbican Theatre in September. The musician's new "audio-visual collaboration" is called LOOP@@60Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra.

Bono has paid tribute to the late Lou Reed, who passed away last month. Writing in Rolling Stone, Bono explained how he first worked with Reed on the Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope tour in 1986 and said that he was a fan of his deadpan humour. "His deadpan humor was easily misunderstood as rudeness, and Lou delighted in that misunderstanding," wrote Bono.

“Guess what? I got a fever. And the only prescription is more cowbell.” Classic BOC, boxed...