LargeHeartedBoy — The Philippine Daily Inquirer interviews author Junot Diaz. NME has news of Cat Power's holiday single and video. The List of Online Year-End 2011 Music Lists was updated Friday with 79 year-end music lists added to the master aggregation, including.... more info

Stereogum — As promised via her Twitter over the last week, today Cat Power unveiled a new version of “King Rides By” (originally from her ’96 LP What Would the Community Think) and a Giovanni Ribisi-directed video featuring Filipino boxer/politician Manny... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch the video for *Cat Power* (http://www,absolutepunk.net/catpower)'s brand new charity Christmas song, "King Rides By". You can find more information about donating, downloading and the specific charities here (http://www.c... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Merry Xmas from Cat Power + her boy Manny Pacquiao. Shot by Giovanni Ribisi. Download... Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Music gives us moments when – with a lyric, a chord change, a note or a drumbeat – a hand seems to come out and take our ownFor weeks now, the walls of London Underground stations have been plastered with Christmas advertisements for comedy DVDs,... more info

Chorus.fm — *Cat Power* (http://www.catpowerthegreatest.com) will release (http://www.nme.com/news/cat-power/61035) a Christmas single for charity on December 24. Chan Marshall has also said that the new album is almost complete. more info

411 Mania — And she's very close to completing her new album... more info

Stereogum — Chan, take it away: Exciting! It’s been a while. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — New Virgili Jubero-directed video from Cat Power’s favorite group, Paris/London duo Appaloosa. The best description... Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Björk answers Guardian readers' questions – and there's a public inquisition planned for Manic Street Preachers' Nicky WireThings to do with popular recording artist BjörkBjörk answers readers' questions in our Q&APoll: Which is the greatest Bj�... more info