Lou Reed: Walk On The Wild Side

Our brief look at the iconic artist's musical legacy

Produced by David Bowie, “Walk On The Wild Side“—from his second solo album Transformer—is one of Reed’s biggest mainstream successes. The epically irreverent 1972 track speaks to so much of his life’s widespread interests: New York City, curious adventures, harmoniously complex guitar work, jazz, English literature (the song was developed for a Nelson Algren novel), doo-wop, Warhol and more. Reed’s music has the uncanny ability …

Beach Fossils: Generational Synthetic

John Talabot's new single, Elliott Smith remembered and Jeff Carvalho's Europop #PrivateJam in this week's music recap

Brooklyn’s own Beach Fossils are keeping the lo-fi spirit alive with their latest release: A video for their February hit “Generational Synthetic.” The final product is downright reminiscent of a Beach Fossils concert experience. The classic atmospheric vocals are paired with warped effects, color-tinted strobes, and the most VHS-level graininess we’ve seen in a while—but that’s the charm. It’s essentially the result of the boys …

Cut Copy: Free Your Mind

John Talabot's new single, Elliott Smith remembered and Jeff Carvalho's Europop #PrivateJam in this week's music recap

The Australian masterminds of indietronica Cut Copy are following up their 2011 hit Zonoscope with Free Your Mind, out 5 November—and they were kind enough to make the entire album streamable a week before its release. The 14-track effort was recorded in their hometown of Melbourne and produced by band-member Dan Whitford. Both the album name and title track of “Free Your Mind” were influenced …