May 31, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has shared a cover of The Rolling Stones’ 1969 song “You Got the Silver.” The new cover follows the release of her latest album Covers, which came out in January via Domino. More

Apr 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has shared a video for her cover of The Pogues’ “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” directed by Jim Jarmusch. Marshall’s cover of “A Pair of Brown Eyes” is featured on her latest album, Covers. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Dec 14, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has shared a video for her new cover of Billie Holiday’s “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Marshall has also shared the song “Unhate,” an updated version of the song “Hate” from her 2006 album, The Greatest. Both newly-released songs will be on Marshall’s upcoming album, Covers, which is out on January 14, 2022 via Domino. More

Nov 01, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has shared a video for a new cover of the 2009 Dead Man’s Bones track “Pa Pa Power.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, Covers, which will be out on January 14, 2022 via Domino. Marshall has also announced a string of U.S. tour dates for the first half of 2022. More

Oct 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Soulsavers (aka Rich Machin) have teamed up once again and are releasing a new covers album, the fittingly entitled Imposter, on November 12 via Columbia. Now they have shared its second single, a cover of “The Dark End of the Street,” which was originally a 1966 single for James Carr. Chips Moman and Dan Penn wrote the song, which over the years has also been covered by Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Elvis Costello, Frank Black, and others. More

Oct 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Soulsavers (aka Rich Machin) have teamed up once again and are releasing a new covers album, the fittingly entitled Imposter, on November 12 via Columbia. Now they have shared its first single, a cover of Cat Power’s 1998 song “Metal Heart.” It was shared via a black & white video featuring in-the-studio footage. More

Oct 07, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has announced a new album, Covers, which will consist entirely of cover songs. Marshall has also shared her renditions of Frank Ocean’s “Bad Religion” and the Pogues’ “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” both of which will be featured on the album. Last night, Marshall performed her cover of “Bad Religion” on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Covers will be out on January 14, 2022 via Domino. More

May 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) released a new album, Wanderer, back in October 2018 via Domino. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “Horizon” and announced some new fall tour dates. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Feb 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) released a new album, Wanderer, back in October 2018 via Domino. Now she has stopped by NPR Music to perform three songs as part of their Tiny Desk Concert series. More

Dec 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) released a new album, Wanderer, back in October via Domino. Now she has shared a cover of “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” a 1965 song written by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) and first sung by Jackie DeShannon. More

Oct 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week we have a tie for Album of the Week, with both Madeline Kenney‘s Perfect Shapes and Phosphorescent‘s C’est La Vie taking the top spot. Below is info on both albums.

Oct 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) released a new album, Wanderer, today via Domino. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are her upcoming tour dates. More

Oct 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) is releasing a new album, Wanderer, tomorrow (October 5) via Domino. Last night she stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s lead single, “Woman,” with her backing band. More

Sep 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) is releasing a new album, Wanderer, on October 5 via Domino. Now she has shared another new track from the album, “Stay,” which is actually a cover of the Rihanna song from 2012 (originally written by Justin Parker and Mikky Ekko). It was shared via a Greg Hunt-directed video of Marshall performing the song at the Los Angeles studio of Rob Schnapf (who mixed Wanderer). More

Aug 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We took a break from Songs of the Week last week due to a little vacation by our publishers. So this week we are compiling the best songs of the last two weeks. Hence we couldn’t contain the list to our usual Top 10, although we didn’t do too badly, only expanding to a Top 11 and a few more honorable mentions than usual. More

Aug 15, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) is releasing a new album, Wanderer, on October 5 via Domino. Previously she shared a video for the album’s short opening track (and title track), “Wanderer.” Now she has shared the album’s first official single, “Woman,” via a video for the song. “Woman” features Lana Del Rey on backing vocals. More

Jul 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) has announced a new album, Wanderer, and has shared a video for its short title track (also its opening track). Wanderer is due out October 5 via Domino and is her first for the label after spending most of her career on Matador. It’s also Cat Power’s first new album in six years, since 2012’s Sun. Lana Del Rey is featured on one song, “Woman.” Marshall has also announced some tour dates. More

Apr 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced a two-day live event at Forest Hills Stadium on September 29 and 30 that will features performances from the band as well as from Cat Power, Future Islands, U.S. Girls, Phoebe Bridges, Bully, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cigarettes After Sex, and Adia Victoria. More

Nov 15, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The National released their excellent new album, Sleep Well Beast, back in September via 4AD. It was our Album of the Week. Now they have done a session for Spotify where they cover Cat Power’s “Maybe Not” (a song from her 2003 album You Are Free) and also perform Sleep Well Beast‘s “Carin At the Liquor Store.” Listen below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates. More

Mar 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The xx released a new album, I See You, back in January via Young Turks. This week they’ve been performing a series of shows in a residency at London’s Brixton Academy they were calling “Night + Day” and have been bringing out some cool special guests each night. More

Jul 21, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

French electronic duo Cassius are releasing their first album in a decade, Ibifornia, on August 26 via Interscope/Polydor (the album was originally due out in June, but got pushed back. Now they have shared another track from the album, “Feel Like Me,” which features the guest vocals of Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall), who appears on several songs on the album. More

Jun 08, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Today, John Doe shared a video for his solo song “A Little Help.” The song features Chan Marshall of Cat Power. More

Apr 01, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Today French house band Cassius have announced their first album in ten years, Ibifornia, which will be released on June 24th via Interscope / Polydor Records. They’ve also shared “Go Up,” a track featuring Cat Power and Pharrell Williams. More

Feb 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Two tribute concerts to the late David Bowie were actually announced just before his death, but have taken on new meaning following his passing. The Music of David Bowie shows are going down March 31 at Carnegie Hall and April 1 at Radio City Music Hall. More

Jun 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

In the season finale for Adult Swim’s show China, IL, Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) voices a caged and sad singing gorilla named Kei-ko. The season finale airs this Sunday June 14 at 11:30 PM EST/PST. More

Nov 26, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, has been too busy touring the world to record any original material since her 2012 release Sun. But recently the queen of low-key indie pop debuted some new material in Istanbul. More

Jul 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Cat Power fits right in with the quiet melancholy of J Mascis’ new track, “Wide Awake.” More

Jul 07, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

When Zach Braff reached out to Chris Martin of Coldplay to record a new song for his upcoming film Wish I Was Here, Martin apparently thought the best course of action would be to enlist the cautious vocals of Cat Power. You can hear the result over at NPR. More

Mar 27, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Zach Braff has just confirmed some of the details of his forthcoming film Wish I was Here (his directorial follow-up to Garden State). The soundtrack alone might give you a flashback to when Scrubs was big, indie was cool, all anyone ever wanted was for Natalie Portman to come along and change your life with a Shins song.

Jan 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Dec 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Apple has always had a great track record when it comes to utilizing music in their advertisements, regularly boosting a song’s popularity in the process. More

Oct 31, 2013 By Laura Studarus

This week, Willis Earl Beal played a show at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. There, he was joined by Cat Power (who appears on Nobody Knows cut, “Coming Through”). More

Oct 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, has announced plans for a month-long tour across the U.S. this fall. More

Aug 27, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Soon to release his newest album Nobody Knows on Sept. 10, Chicago musical artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a brand new track from the effort titled “Coming Through.” More

Aug 11, 2013 By Julia Underwood

Last weekend, Gothenburg, Sweden hosted the sixth annual Way Out West Festival. We sent writer/photographer Laura Studarus and photographer Helen Boast down to cover the action. Check out their gallery featuring Taken By Trees, Iris DeMent, Public Enemy, Cat Power, James Blake, Danny Brown, Little Boots, Kendrick Lamar, and Disclosure. More

Apr 10, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Across the Atlantic last night Cat Power appeared as a musical guest on Later… with Jools Holland. More

Apr 04, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Cat Power takes Manhattan in her new video for Sun cut, “Manhattan.” More

Dec 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently forced to postpone a number of tour dates as a result of money trouble and health issues with angiodema, Cat Power, a.k.a. Chan Marshall, has announced her return to the road with a new schedule of shows set to take place early next year. More

Dec 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Over the years Cat Power’s Chan Marshall has had a few tough experiences onstage, known in the past for abrupt stops to songs and sometimes aborting her performances halfway through altogether. More

Nov 08, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Her European tour may be postponed until 2013, but last night, Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power) stopped by Conan. More

Oct 31, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Poor Chan Marshall. Despite having just released excellent album Sun, not all is right in the Cat Power singer/songwriter’s world. Yesterday, in a post on Instagram featuring an ornate Bible cover, the musician announced that she may be canceling her European tour due to money and health issues. More

Oct 25, 2012 By Christopher Roberts

Here’s a new playlist we’ve made over at Rdio featuring some of the tracks that have been in heavy rotation in the Under the Radar offices of late. Some are artists interviewed in our last two issues, others might be interviewed in future issues, and the rest are just songs we’re really into. More

Sep 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

For whatever reason potential post-apocalyptic scenarios are just fun to imagine. More

Sep 06, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Hot on the heels of this week’s release Sun, we’ve been gifted with a new Cat Power track, “Fire.” More

Aug 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Cat Power will return with Sun, her first album of original material since her 2006 effort The Greatest. More

Aug 08, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Gearing up for the upcoming release of her new record Sun, Cat Power‘s Chan Marshall has announced a series of fall tour dates set to begin this coming October. More

Aug 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

This Sept. 4 singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, will release Sun, her first work of original material since her 2006 LP The Greatest. More

Jun 26, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

On Sept. 4 Cat Power is scheduled to release Sun, her first new album of original material since her 2006 full-length The Greatest. More

Jun 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Following her 2008 covers album Jukebox, Cat Power‘s Chan Marshall has announced that Sun, her first bout of original material since 2006’s The Greatest will see release on Sept. 4 via Matador. More

Apr 23, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Cat Power‘s Chan Marshall took to her Twitter account over the weekend for a very simple announcement: her new album’s coming out and it’s called Sun. More

Dec 16, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Cat Power‘s Chan Marshall took to Twitter last night to announce that she will be releasing a new song and video for a number of unspecified charities on Dec. 24. More

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

Jan 28, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Today, Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell announced the dates and lineup for Lollapalooza Chile. We have the details. More

Jun 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

In the grand tradition of 21-year-olds everywhere, Matador Records is heading to Las Vegas to celebrate their 21st birthday October 1-3rd. We have the impressive birthday concert lineup. More

Jan 27, 2020 By Matt Fink (As Told To)

I attended college in Portland, Oregon, and moved there primarily because of the music scene and the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. I was dating somebody at the time whose favorite artist was Cat Power, and, of course, my favorite artist then became Cat Power, and I discovered this album Moon Pix. More

Apr 23, 2019 By Matt Fink

After speaking for an uninterrupted 15 minutes, Chan Marshall stops to apologize. This will happen several more times during our conversation, and each time it is for the same reason. More

Jan 13, 2022 By Hayden Merrick

There are always long gaps between Cat Power records. Chan Marshall’s cozy yet faintly unnerving style—grounded by her guitar and distinctive vocal delivery—is not something that can be rushed. More

Nov 06, 2018 By Anna Byrne

Imagine a wanderer, and you’ll probably conjure images of an aimless solo traveller, trudging along a dusty, sun-beaten track, guitar slung over one shoulder; it’s a word synonymous with rootlessness, with the rejection of a fixed home, certainty and structure. More

Aug 12, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Sheets of rain greeted festival attendees on day three of Way Out West. Over drinks, festival co-founder Joel Borg joked that their goal is to be one of the prettiest festivals in the rain. Judging by the surprising lack of mud puddles at the end of the deluge, he may be able to hang that mission-accomplished banner now. More

Sep 05, 2012 By Austin Trunick

Chan Marshall’s ninth album has arrived after a long, six-year incubation process. The album was announced in a 2006 New York Times profile following the release of The Greatest, and the piece even went on to state that all of the songs for the album had already been written by then. More