Cat Power

Lady Lazarus Rising

Singer-songwriter Melissa Sweat released her inner artist through great trial and tribulation

Cat Power - Hollywood Palladium - 11/8/12

Cat Power Hollywood Palladium 11/8/12 See also: Cat Power's Sun Tour Was a Train Wreck at Grand Central Miami I was nervous walking up to the Palladium last night. What if Cat Power didn't show up? What if she had a meltdown? She's know for storming off stage if the sound isn't right. Due to the ... More >>

Titus Andronicus - El Rey - 11/8/2012

Titus Andronicus with Ceremony El Rey Theatre 11/8/12 Given all of the excitement going on elsewhere in town last night, including what might be Chan "Cat Power" Marshall's last show in L.A. for a while, those of us headed to see New Jersey's Titus Andronicus knew we were taking the road less-trav ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Nov 5-8

Monday, November 5 Leonard Cohen NOKIA THEATRE Well-dressed man Leonard Cohen is often referred to as a ladykiller; no doubt, the gifted songwriter, musician and poet is effortlessly suave, with a quiet charisma that surely aids in conveying the pointedly poignant words and hues of his music and po ... More >>

Music Picks: R. Kelly, Leonard Cohen, Cat Power

The Best Clubs in L.A., 2012

Our Best Of issue just hit stands! We found our fairy tale, and now we present it to you: 435 of the most fabulous things in all of Los Angeles. From the city's most amazing restaurants to its tawdriest dive bars, from its edgiest art exhibits to the top spots for live music, we've got it all covere ... More >>

Andrew Bird - The Greek Theatre - 8-12-12

Andrew Bird The Greek Theatre 8-12-12 Better than... a Sunday evening on the couch watching Breaking Bad. SIKE NOTHING IS BETTER THAN WATCHING BREAKING BAD. The tagline on Andrew Bird is always gonna be he's that guy who whistles. Which is a shame, because starting with 2005's Mysterious Productio ... More >>

Top 10 Songs About Presidents (in Honor of Presidents Day)

Remember Clinton and the sax?​ Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our ... More >>

Music Picks: Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, Teebs, Los Amigos Invisibles, Rare Grooves

Also Parkway Drive, Martha Wainwright, Anna Tijoux, the Deadbeats and others

Music Picks: Breakestra, Slang Chickens, the Muffs, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others

People's Choice: Commenters Pick 4 More Female Drummers in L.A. for Our List!

Once again, sorry guys: actual, non-controversial-Wonderbra-ad drummers keep their shirts on​ Who knew that our Top 9 Female Drummers in L.A. list would inspire such passion? We are thrilled to be able to give you what commenters asked for--info about more female drummers from the LA area. So ... More >>

Time Machine: See What Ten LA Musicians (and Betty White!) Will Look Like 20 Years From Now

LA is famous for a lot of things, but perhaps nothing says Hollywood magic quite like the ubiquitous, desperate quest to stay young forever and ever and ever. Think you're above it? Live east of Alameda for a 2 years and you'll be staring emptily into every mirror you see, desperately trying to perf ... More >>

Incredibly Strange Picture of Cat Power Reading to Kids

US Dept. of EducationCat Power, like ODB, is for the children​No, not this picture on the right. That's just your average Dept. of Education photo op celebrating the fact that they got "national musical recording artist Cat Power" (as opposed to "spoken word recording artist"?) to read Shel S ... More >>

Live in L.A.: Karen Elson, Themselves (with Talkdemonic and Baths), the Good Life

Danny SwansonKaren Elson​If you can get past Karen Elson's flaming red hair, if you can get past her unblemished skin, if you can get past her supermodel comportment, if you can get past the fact she's Mrs. Jack White ... well, you should. The 31-year-old singer plays Southern gothic chanteuse ... More >>

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Talks Surfer Blood, Upcoming Album, Seinfeld and Cats

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Talks Surfer Blood Encounters, Upcoming Album, Seinfeld and Cats

Music Picks: Sasha & Kazell, She & Him, Efterklang, Xiu Xiu

Also, Holly Miranda, Les Blanks, Mumiy Troll and others

Harper Simon to Join Brian Wilson at the Disney Concert Hall

Harper Simon Joins Brian Wilson at the Disney Concert Hall

Rock Picks: Os Mutantes, Hall and Oates, Bat for Lashes, Davila 666, Maia Sharp

Also, the Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails, Gun Outfit, the Pretenders and others

Easy Come Easy Go: Marianne Faithfull and Hal Willner's Songs of Tragedy and Heartbreak

Icon's sandpaper vocals sing it like no one else

Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Cat Power Stanch the Wounds at the Hollywood Bowl

Drive In, Sit Out, Rock On

What to do in L.A., September 12-18

Nick Cave: Grinderman Has a Plan

Interview with a Bad Seed

Rock Picks: HorrorPops, Steve Earle, Ace Frehley

And other March 20-27 music shows

Edie Sings! Sheryl Crows!

What to do in L.A., March 7-13

The mysterious case of the Microphones who climbed away to Mt. Eerie

Our newest musical voices who, a decade a ago, might have been tempted to call themselves Moon Flower or Dog Park proudly go by their given names: Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, Neko Case, Devendra Banhart. Not so with the mysterious Mr. Phil Elverum...

Rock Picks: Cat Power, Mountain Goats, Chapin Sisters

And other Feb. 28-March 6 shows

Concerts and Tickets Coming Up

Autechre - 4/14, Echoplex Bad Religion - 3/4,5,11,13, House of Blues Bamboozle (All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore) - 4/5, Verizon Amphitheater Bamboozle (My Chemical Romance, Anti-Flag, Saves the Day, Chiodos) - 4/6, Verizon Amphitheater Bjorkestra - 3/9 , Safari Sam's Black Keys ... More >>

Record Reviews: Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers

Also: Richard Swift, Black Mountain

Counting on Crow

2007's Long Players You Might Have Missed

Eleven handcrafted gems

Michael Hurley tonight, December 20, at The Bordello

Michael Hurley has been kicking around since 1965, when he released for Folkways Recordings his First Songs LP. Those songs introduced his aesthetic, one that has remained consistent in the intervening forty years and 21 albums: simple, joyous numbers accompanied on guitar and, occasionally, mouth t ... More >>

Rock Picks: Air, Rufus Wainwright, Arctic Monkeys, Bad Brains

For the week of September 20 – 27

Oohlas-la!

Rock Picks

For the week of December 28 - January 4

Mental Ward

Wish-I-could-bake- some-brownies-I-can’t wait-for- Christmas!

Rock PIcks

For the week of Nov. 24 - 30

What the Heck Is That?

Arthur Nights, the festival you never expected

Have Fun, F*ck Sh*t Up

Youth is not wasted on teen punks Be Your Own Pet

Puttin' the Hella in Coachella

A festivalgoer’s diary

Arthur, Arthur!

Jay Babcock

Babyshambles, Dueling Indie Babes, and 50 Cent Does Bat Mitzvah (No Shit)

Bubblegum Hip-hop and a Band With three Test Icicles

Arthurfest

So Many Beards

First annual ArthurFest promises extreme heaviosity

Girls Incited, City Burned

They Don’t Make 'Em Like That Anymore

You Better You Bests

When It Blows Its Stacks

Neuralgia nostalgia at the Queen Mary

Pure Class

The Queen of Sadcore

Cat Power's abstract paintings of song