Pauline Oliveros

Hand Habits‘ new album ‘Fun House‘ is out now and we talked to Meg Duffy about the inspirations behind it, including music, films, poetry, guitars, and more.

Deerhoof weave together covers of songs by The B-52's, Voivod, Velvet Underground, John Williams, Eddie Grant, Sun Ra and much more on this crazy, amazing covers medley album.

Mark's playlist includes DC punks Iron Cross, Versus, Psychic TV, Slade, OMD and more.

The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).

The Blow's Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne launched WOMANPRODUCER.com a while back, which is an internet archive of data on female and non-binary music producers." They'll be expanding the site's reach with a series of events this month at Brooklyn's National Sawdust...

We just mentioned that Omar Souleyman will be touring this year and playing the 10th Anniversary party for NYC venue

Omar Souleyman at Central Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Syrian pop musician Omar Souleyman has been gaining recognition here in America thanks to some compilations/live albums on Sublime Frequencies, the live shows he's been doing here over the last few years, and his association with Bjork...

Mikal Cronin in Chicago in February (more by Kristie Shanley) This summer, MoMA will be hosting the return of their MoMA Nights series every Thursday in July and August...

Glenn Branca Ensemble at last year's Marathon (more by Andrew Frisicano) As previously announced, the 2012 River to River Festival will kick off with the annual 12-hour Bang on a Can Marathon on June 17 from noon to midnight at the World Financial Center Winter Garden:Some highlights include Bang on a Can All-Stars, astonishing cellist Maya Beiser, Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening Band, sound pioneer Alvin Lucier, indie guitar sensation Kaki King, jazz genius Matthew Shipp, music (Dirty Projectors), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Steve Reich, David T Little, Ruby Fulton, Michael Harrison; film, and much more...

Bang on a Can Marathon last year (more by Andrew Frisicano) Bang on a Can, who recently celebrated their 25th anniversary with a big show at Lincoln Center, bring the annual, free Marathon back to the World Financial Center Winter Garden this year from June 17,12PM - June 18, 12AM...