Video: Cat Power - He War

Although the only part of Cat Power I might have comprehended as I played with Legos in 1995 – the year Chan Marshall’s debut Dear Sir was released - was the feline and superhero ring of her stage name, the songstress started precisely establishing herself as part of the musical establishment. It’s precisely that timelessness and monumental eternity of Chan Marshall that started in the early nineties that makes me put her albums up on that shelf with The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Diana Krall; in other words she’s part of those artists who sang your nighttime songs, [...]

Last month, Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, released her first single since 2006, "Ruin." The track comes from her forthcoming Matador long-player, Sun , which is Marshall's first album of entirely original material since 20062s The Greatest . In her 17 years of recording music as Cat Power, Marshall has evolved from a neurotically nervous confessional songwriter - one who embraced minimalism, worked closely with Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, recording quickly to get out of the studio as soon as possible; she would play shows with her back to the audience, with a reputation for [...]