Cat Power

Haunted yet ultimately uplifting, Chan Marshall's latest rarely steps away from the sparse chords and empty spaces she's famed for inhabiting. Save for the odd guitar crunch and rhythmic hiccup, this is a solitary album -- but one with far-reaching rewards. Listen to "Good Woman" and "Werewolf" immediately.

In 1998, Chan Marshall released Moon Pix, the fourth Cat Power album. It started with a song
about a musician who couldn't stop: "My friend sits at the drum/His magic hand feels nothing
but time." Then she released an album of covers, and now comes You Are Free. It starts
with a song about a musician who couldn't keep going: "You were swinging your guitar
around/'Cause they wanted to hear that sound/That you didn't wanna play." It c... More >