• Liz Phair, Jon Spencer, Yo La Tengo Star in Spoof TV Show ‘What’s Up Matador’ [WATCH]

    Matador Records has shared the spoof kids' TV show, What's Up Matador, that accompanied the 1997 double CD/LP compilation of the same title. While the audio component of the bundle--which featured cuts from Spoon, Pavement, Cat Power, Superchunk and Guided By Voices among others--has garnered a cult status among collectors, the Bill Boggs-hosted infomercial-esque show featuring cameos from Liz Phair, Jon Spencer and Yo La Tengo members among others has only made it's way to the internet now. Watch below.

  • Cat Power & Jakob Dylan Preview Echo in The Canyon Music Music Cover Event [LISTEN]

    Cat Power and Jakob Dylan, band leader of The Wallflowers, have released a promotional cover of The Turtles' hit song "You Showed Me," in anticipation of a full tribute performance at Echo in the Canyon, alongside Beck, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor and Jade, formerly of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, celebrating the music of classic 60s folk rock bands.

  • Female-Fronted Fest Burger-A-Go-Go Features Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna and More

    Left Coast indie label Burger Records announced the line up for their second annual all-female-fronted music festival Burger-A-Go-Go earlier this week. Scheduled for September 5th, the now annual event is set to take place at Santa Anna Observatory, featuring well-loved acts like Bleached, Cults and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna's The Julie Ruin.

  • Cat Power Playing Singing Gorilla on Adult Swim's 'China, IL' [WATCH]

    The season finale of Adult Swim's China, IL will be both hilarious and depressing, if we're supposed to base our advanced judgement on the fact that Cat Power will guest star as a singing gorilla on June 14. The intelligent ape will sing the original song "I'm Starting To Lose Hope Again."

  • Cat Power, Stars, And More To Play New York's Modern Sky Festival

    The line-up for the very first Modern Sky Festival in New York City has been announced through the festival's website. Headliners include Cat Power, Liars, Stars, the Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo), and the Blood Brothers, who have reunited this year after splitting back in 2007. Some of the festival's other acts include a special tribute to Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor featuring as of yet unannounced special guests, as well as a number of rock and electronic artists from China to fill out the rest of the line-up. The festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5 at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park.

  • LISTEN: Coldplay, Cat Power in 'Wish I Was Here' from Zach Braff's New Movie

    In 2004, Scrubs actor Zach Braff broke into the music world with his Grammy-winning soundtrack for his debut film Garden State. This month, he'll release his spiritual follow-up Wish I Was Here, with a similar star-studded soundtrack full of indie rock goodness. Today (July 7), the film's title track from Coldplay and Cat Power has been unleashed to the world via an NPR First Listen, and it's exactly the chilled out music one would expect.
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