Last year, Cat Power returned with the lovely album Wanderer, her first LP in six years. And since she came back, Chan Marshall has been out in the world, doing things that, not that long ago, would've been hard to imagine a once-reticent performer even attempting. In the past few months, she's opened a damn…

"In celebration of the arts, culture and music by today's women"Lykke Li / Courtney Love / Charli XCXLykke Li has announced a festival in line with YOLA, her brand of mezcal, which will see performances by female-identifying acts. Read more: Lykke Li: how heartbreak, hip hop and lots of mezcal helped ‘So Sad So Sexy’ come to life Courtney L...

Swedish pop singer Lykke Li is putting together an event called YOLA Fest, a day-long music festival featuring an all-female lineup. In addition to Lykke Li, the fest will include performances by Charli XCX, CupcakKe, Cat Power, Megan Thee Stallion, and Ambar Lucid and a special acoustic set from Courtney Love & The Chateau Band,&#8...

Albany-based cerebral post-hardcore collective Self Defense Family released their impressive and ever-cleverly titled sixth album Have You Considered Punk Music? this summer. Working at their usual prolific rate, today they’ve followed it up with a new EP Working People (Part 1), which notably includes a cover of Cat Power’s "What Would The ...

Chan Marshall has been recording covers for many, many years. For most of that time, her process has been to strip a song down to almost nothing and then to use that song to project haunted desperation. Consider the her famous 2000 version of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," which managed to…