Cat Power “The Greatest” Matador Records On her seventh album, Cat Power’s Chan Marshall returns to her roots. In “The Greatest,” Marshall sheds the anthem-like qualities of 1998’s “Moon Pix” and slumps deeper into emotional complexity than in her 2003 release “You Are Free.” But she does so this time by digging deep for the gold of the Memphis soul sound. Read more...

Beginning Jan. 31, the recently renovated Geffen Playhouse in Westwood will provide its audiences with a rare opportunity. The L.A. premiere of “Boston Marriage,” written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, will feature three critically acclaimed actresses known principally for their work on film who are taking a turn on the stage ““ Rebecca Pidgeon, Alicia Silverstone and Mary Steenburgen. Read more...

Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins “Rabbit Fur Coat” Team Love Records It seems when people who have a self-proclaimed “eclectic” taste in music are asked what they listen to regularly, they often respond with something like, “Oh, I listen to everything ““ except country.” But that may change with Jenny Lewis’ twangy solo album “Rabbit Fur Coat.” Lewis has temporarily stepped away from her three male counterparts who make up the indie-pop powerhouse Rilo Kiley, and teamed up with gospel singers The Watson Twins to produce a set of songs that resembles what one might imagine singing along to with a group of friends after church ““ intimately sad, sardonically playful, and simple, catchy melodies to carry it all through. Read more...

By the time you read this, the lineup for the 2006 Coachella Festival may or may not have been announced. For many people, myself included, this is the equivalent of Christmas. Read more...

“Fateless” Directed by Lajos Koltai THINKFilm, Inc. Rather than encompassing the universal experience of World War II or the Nazi concentration camps, “Fateless” focuses on Gyuri Köves, a teenager from Budapest who is separated from his family and sent to work at a camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Read more...

Despite being called Israel’s greatest singer, Chava Alberstein never expected her childhood dream to make her the voice of the country. “It is a mystery how I was able to reach this success. Read more...

Her father was an artist, and they had sat together on her bed’s edge flipping through an old book of his. His art was mostly sculptures, these macabre human heads screaming out with their teeth shattered. Read more...