L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Only Laurie Anderson, the violin-playing poet laureate of American estrangement, could make an industrial-tinged club banger that dives into the following topics with clear-eyed passion, anguish and humor: America's blind trust in authority; the medi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt The 2010 Mermaid Parade happened Saturday afternoon in Coney Island with special guests Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson acting as king and queen. More pictures from the annual event (NSFW), which unfortunately included a captive... more info

Pitchfork — -- The charity Artists Project Earth is currently holding an online auction to raise money for victims of recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and the Tibet Plateau. Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, R.E.M., the Killers, Madonna, Beyoncé, the Kooks, a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Laurie w/ the dogs in Australia (more by Roberta W.B.) Some in the audience howled with glee, others stood on trembling legs and a few drooled in delight as famed performance artist Laurie Anderson debuted her original... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming Laurie Anderson's new album, Homeland (out June 22nd). The Free Times profiles Toro Y Moi's Chazwick Bundick. It seems surreal now, but even those on the periphery of the Soda City scene knew who Chazwick Bundick was.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming Laurie Anderson's new album, Homeland (out June 22nd). The Free Times profiles Toro Y Moi's Chazwick Bundick. It seems surreal now, but even those on the periphery of the Soda City scene knew who Chazwick Bundick was.... more info

Pitchfork — From September 2, 2010 through February 6, 2011, The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina hosts a new exhibition called "The Record", which aims to "explore the culture of vinyl records within the history of contemporary ... more info

Perez Hilton — Send us some tickets!!! The Sydney Opera House is going to the dogs. Lou Reed and his composer wife, Laurie Anderson, will be holding a high frequency 20-minute recital for dogs and their "human companions" in Australia later this week. Sound kind ... more info

Pitchfork — Indie Wire reports that a new documentary about the genius of revolutionary writer William S. Burroughs called A Man Within is set to feature a soundtrack by Sonic Youth and Patti Smith. Interviewees in the doc include Iggy Pop, Smith, Thurston Moore... more info

Guardian Music — In Sydney this weekend? Grab your dog (or bat) and head to the harbour for Laurie Anderson's Music for Dogs, a new piece written especially for the outer reaches of canine auditionThis Saturday, Laurie Anderson takes her music into realms only dogs c... more info