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 BjÃ... more info

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