Lou Reed

Fifty-years ago this November, Lou Reed released his second solo album, and created his most successful and influential work. Transformer, produced by Reed fans David Bowie and Bowie's collaborator, guitarist Mick Ronson, was viewed then…

In Sonic Doom, we delve exclusively into the back catalogue of critically-reviled acts in a bid to discover the odd unstained gem. Back with a vengeance, Conor Donohoe is caught in the middle of two of the most controversial albums of the…