Designed by Malone, New York-born artist, and musician Bjorn Copeland, the cover of John Cale‘s 18th album POPtical Illusion is a motley collage snapshotting a clear blue sea, camera lens, ...

John Cale is tasked with talking about his past a lot -- understandably so, considering his legacy both with the Velvet Underground and on his own -- but he has always been pressed firmly on what's ...

John Cale has announced his new album Mercy with a video for his new song “Story of Blood,” featuring Weyes Blood. The album features additional contributions from Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, ...

This year has been thundering out of the gate with more Basement-worthy releases than usual. This week I review seven: John Cale‘s first album in a decade featuring Weyes Blood, Fat White Family, ...

SUMMERS: That's them on March 14 in Sao Paulo. Of course, COVID lockdowns were sweeping across the world, so Cale and the band cut the tour short and caught one of the last flights back to the States.

Cale was one of the founders of The Velvet Underground, but he soon established himself as an independent force on the fertile fringes of classically-tinged rock, perhaps not surprising given the ...