January 6th, 2025
The Velvet Underground Strived for Hits on “Loaded” Analogue Productions’ reissue is "loaded" with sonic sweetnessBy: Dylan Peggin
Of all the '60s era artists that expanded their craft to unfathomable heights, The Velvet Underground was arguably the most adventurous. Few if any other contemporaries sought to work in unorthodox approaches to both instrumentation (drones, detuned guitars, and distortion) and subject matter (drug use, S&M, and prostitution). These approaches appear prominently on their first two albums, The Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat. A key... Read More
