Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Sean Michaels recalls stumbling over a melancholy masterpiece in the depths of the Canadian winterIn 2001, I was 19 and melancholy. It was winter in Montreal, my first year away from home, my firs... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo by Cesar Perdomo, words by Rachel Kowal Cat Power @ Webster Hall After a string of shows got canceled this weekend, I was glad that there was at least one that was unaffected by Irene: Cat Power. (Chan Marshall's... more info

Altsounds — After nearly two decades of making the most respected and influential music in Australia as part of Magic Dirt, Adalita has made her first solo record and comparisons could be made to PJ Harvey at her starkest or Cat Power at her most brilliant. Gone... more info

Guardian Music — The first single from the Canadian singer's fourth album, Metals, is a slow-burning, jazzy numberIt's been four years since Feist's commercial breakthrough with her third album, The Reminder, a relatively low-key LP that was sent stratospheric when s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets go on sale at 10 AM for the Foo Fighters show at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are on sale at 10 AM for the Gwar show at Irving Plaza. Tickets go on sale at noon for the Dawes, Blizten... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cat Power at Central Park Summerstage in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Cat Power's August 26 Webster Hall show, which happens before she plays LouFest in St. Louis, MO went on sale this past Friday (8/5) and quickly sold... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on sale for the BV-presented Chelsea Wolfe, Cult of Youth, Planning for Burial show at Saint Vitus. Tickets go on sale at noon for Odd Future at Terminal 5. Tickets go on sale at noon for Cat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cat Power @ Summerstage 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) told Rolling Stone last October that she plans to release a new album and play all of the instruments herself. She has since debuted some... more info

ContactMusic — Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull is planning a big French connection with cult modern 'it' girl Cat Power now the singer is planning a move to the classic beauty's adopted Paris. Faithfull considers Power - aka Chan Marshall - the rightful successor t... more info

Guardian Music — It seems sharks enjoy a bit of AC/DC. But what about your pets? Nominate the tunes that are cool for (your) cats or sub-woofer!Yesterday a fisherman in Cornwall alleged that his boat had been rammed by a whitetip shark during a routine trawl for mack... more info