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Lou Reed & Metallica Release Aronofsky Directed 'The View' Music Video

Tree Riddle — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:12:23 +0000

Acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky makes the best of a video which is basically Lou Reed & Metallica performing ‘The View’ in a room — unfortunately it doesn’t make the song any easier to hear (although it is shorter). When Darren Aronofsky was announced as the director for the Loutallica single ‘The View,’ our minds started [...]

See Lou Reed & Metallica Perform On Jools Holland – Rock Fail

Tree Riddle — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:41:59 +0000

Metallica have tied their ship to the anchor that is Lou Reed, watch as he drags down the kings of hard rock on their 'Lulu' track 'Iced Honey' and a cover from Lou's Velvet Underground days during their appearance on 'Later...with Jools Holland.'

Darren Aronofsky To Direct Lou Reed & Metallica Video

Tree Riddle — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:32:03 +0000

The Oscar-nominated director of ‘Black Swan’ and ‘The Wrestler,’ Darren Aronofsky, hopes to turn the video for Lou Reed & Metallica’s ‘Iced Honey’ into “his ‘Black Swan.” The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Lou Reed & Metallica have enlisted award winning director Darren Aronofsky to direct a music video for the track ‘Iced Honey’ [...]

Danko Jones Disses Lou Reed & Metallica Album – Rock Tweets Of The Week

Tree Riddle — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:36:23 +0000

Danko Jones has almost the same reaction we did to the Lou Reed & Metallica album, Chevelle gets drunk, and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic cashes in on Occupy Wall Street in Rock Tweets of the Week.

Lou Reed & Metallica Stream New Album 'Lulu' [REVIEW]

Tree Riddle — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:30:15 +0000

Lou Reed & Metallica have finally unleashed their bastard love-child, as 'Lulu' can now be streamed in full at their website. It's gonna get weird as we take you inside the album with our pull-no-punches review.

Lou Reed & Metallica Offer Preview Of All 'Lulu' Tracks [AUDIO]

Tree Riddle — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:25:55 +0000

Lou Reed and Metallica have released 30-second clips of every song from their upcoming album 'Lulu', you can hear the two vastly different worlds collide here.

Metallica Fans Create Lou Reed-Free Version Of 'The View' [VIDEO]

Tree Riddle — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:56:07 +0000

Metallica purists have been on the fence about the band’s collaboration with Lou Reed after the release of ‘The View’. One fan attempted to improve the track by removing Lou completely, check it out here. The response to the new track from “Lou-tallica” has been — to put it lightly — less than positive . [...]

Lou Reed And Metallica – 'The View' [REVIEW]

Tree Riddle — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:09:56 +0000

Lou Reed and Metallica have dropped the first full song from their upcoming collaboration record ‘Lulu’, and it just got fast-tracked for the worst song of the year award. Nobody really knew what to make of this collaboration when it was first announced — Lou Reed and Metallica, really? The two polar opposites of the [...]

Lou Reed And Metallica Preview New Song 'The View'

Tree Riddle — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:03:17 +0000

Metallica and Lou Reed. Everybody has been wondering how these two vastly different worlds would sound once they collide. Well, Lou Reed sounds like Lou Reed and Metallica sounds like Metallica. Hear a 30-second preview of the oil meets water collaboration here. ‘Lulu‘ is the name of the forthcoming ten song project from ‘Loutallica’ and [...]

Lou Reed And Metallica Unveil Full Track List For 'Lulu'

Tree Riddle — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:19:44 +0000

As we approach the November 1st release date of the upcoming Lou Reed/Metall ica collaborative effort 'Lulu', more and more details have begun to surface. Loutallica just put smiles on the faces of those looking to illegally download the record -- by revealing the names of all ten tracks.

Lou Reed And Metallica Announce 2011 Release Date For New Album 'Lulu'

Tree Riddle — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:08:16 +0000

Metallica and Lou Reed have finally spilled the beans (well, some beans) on their new collaboration project, revealing via Twitter that the 10 song album the quintet recorded together will be called 'Lulu' and that it will be available this fall.

Lou Reed And Metallica Launch Website For Upcoming Collaboration Album

Tree Riddle — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:53:19 +0000

By now you must have heard about the 10 song project that is forthcoming from the unlikely pairing of Metallica and classic rocker Lou Reed. While there is very little info on when the project will surface, the fact that they have just launched a website for the project gives us hope we will see it in 2011.

Metallica Completes (Secret) New Album With Lou Reed For 2011 Release

Tree Riddle — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:50:07 +0000

We told you a while back about Kirk Hammett spilling the beans on Metallica's "secret recording project" that's "not really 100% a Metallica record". The band is now finished with that project and unveiled that it's a collaboration album they recorded with classic rock icon Lou Reed.