“Can I possibly believe that this deliberately barbaric sometime poet and her glorified garage band are worthy of comparison with Rimbaud, Jarry, Tzara, Gide, Mondrian? The short version of my answer is yes”
Originally published January 17, 1977
“Warhol has so arranged his discotheque that his patrons tend to feel that they have wandered into some evangelist's vision of Nineveh and that perhaps it is time to mend their ways.”
Originally published April 14, 1966
“It seems the Velvets are now back to where they once belonged, functioning as a genuine rock ‘n’ roll dance band ... The result can be positively exhilarating”
Originally published July 2, 1970
"This walking crystallization of cankerous cynicism possesses such legendary anticharisma that there's something princely about him, something perversely impressive"
Originally published March 1, 1976
An early review of “Songs for Drella” — a great album that pissed off more than a few Village Voice readers
March 6, 2019
Thirty years ago, Lou Reed released “New York,” an iconic tribute to his hometown
Originally published January 24, 1989
The 16th (or 17th) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
January 17, 2019