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The Velvet Underground review – avant-garde cool brought back to life

The Observer 17 Oct 2021
Unable to rely on archive material of their gigs, he turns instead to the early films of Andy Warhol, their friend, publicist and one-time manager ... Singer Nico is thankfully presented as more than a femme fatale, while drummer MaureenMoe” Tucker embodies the band’s no-nonsense, New York attitude with her withering comments about “flower power” ... .
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Various Artists – ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ review: a loving tribute to The Velvet Underground ...

NME 22 Sep 2021
...The Velvet Underground & Nico’ is a far more refined affair ... Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olson’s ‘Femme Fatale’ softens Nico’s original take (which, to be fair, isn’t hard) into ambient, slow country textures, arguably improving the raw material in sumptuous and elegant fashion.
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Sharon Van Etten – “Femme Fatale” (The Velvet Underground Cover)

Stereogum 17 Sep 2021
... their recent collab live at Pitchfork Music FestSharon Van Etten is here with her rendition of “Femme Fatale.” Check it out below.
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Mic Check: concert promoter Chris Chandler remakes a ‘60s classic

Atlanta Journal 12 Jan 2021
Chandler realized his own musical abilities, and along with Atlanta producer/musician Jonny Daly, decided to recreate The Velvet Underground’s heralded 1967 debut, “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” ... I had two Nicos ... Halley O’Malley is the other Nico. She has this cool, husky voice, and you can hear her on “Femme Fatale.”ExploreMic Check.
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The Genius Of… The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Guitar.com 16 Sep 2020
... a lesser band would’ve happily used as the basis for a whole song, while the guitar interplay at the foundation of Femme Fatale is revamped for I’ll Be Your Mirror, embroidering Nico’s icy delivery with a regal, shimmering melody part shadowed by a restless bassline from Cale.
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Boomer’s Guide: Phoebe Bridgers — Singer’s a stranger in her homeland

Republican American 06 Aug 2020
Advertisement ... In many ways, Bridgers also builds upon the template laid down by the Velvet Underground’s debut album, “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” Like that seminal album, “Punisher” offers moments of quiet reflection, such as Nico’s “Femme Fatale.” And Bridgers offers moments of restrained dissonance like Lou Reed’s “Waiting for the Man.”.
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Low Culture 1: The Velvet Underground Live In 1969

The Quietus 02 Apr 2020
He clearly didn’t want her on the album however, and I can’t help but suspect that this antipathy between the former lovers helped Nico honk herself all the way to a quarter tone flat across most of ‘Femme Fatale’, ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ and ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties... shield Nico from all attacks ... You could take away Nico.
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How Lana Del Rey’s career explains a huge shift in the way we think about ...

Vox 30 Oct 2019
“Is Lana the real deal, or the result of a misguided attempt to build the perfect femme fatale out of Nico’s leather jacket and Nicki Minaj’s wig?” As Pitchfork and Entertainment Weekly point out, her songs weren’t the real issue ... The idea that Del Rey was inauthentic was nearly fatal in 2012.
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Nico in Manchester: 'She loved the architecture – and the heroin'

The Guardian 05 Jul 2019
... time she leant her vocals to songs including Femme Fatale and All Tomorrow’s Parties on the Velvet Underground’s classic first album, produced by Andy Warhol.
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Maxine Peake: 'The truth seems slippery with Nico'

The Observer 14 Jun 2019
It’s not totally clear when or where Nico was born ... But a new immersive performance piece debuting at the Manchester International Festival, titled The Nico Project and co-created by the actor Maxine Peake and the director Sarah Frankcom, will attempt to explore the enigmatic femme fatale on her own terms.
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