Cat Power: “Cherokee”
Chan Marshall has been making records since the mid-1990s, and in 2012 sounds more hi-fi, electronicly textured, and suitable for mainstream radio then ever before. Speaking of mainstream, her latest album Sun ...
Cat Power: “Ruin”
It has been six years since the bluesy booze machine Cat Power released any original material. Chan Marshall broke the spell of silence last week with the song "Ruin" and the promise of an 11-song LP entitled S...
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WEEKEND THROWBACK"Nude as the News"from the album What Would the Community Think1996iTunesWhat Would the Community Think was the second album Chan Marshall released in 1996, but its richness suggests a longer p...
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THIS WEEK: BANDS I'LL SEE ON FRIDAY AT THE 'PALOOZA"Metal Heart"from the album Moon Pix1998iTunesSeptember 23, 1998:Moon Pix is the kind of album that just melts into ambient noise unless you really listen to i...
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"Metal Heart"from the album Jukebox2008iTunesChan Marshall is not the new Dylan, or even the old Dylan. But when she takes on Bobby Zimmerman on Jukebox, a sequel to 2000's The Covers Record, her approach is Dy...
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COVERS WEEK"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"from the album The Covers Record2000iTunesoriginally recorded byThe Rolling StonesOut of Our Heads1965iTunesA minute or so into The Covers Record, the self-explanatoril...
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"The Greatest"from the album The Greatest2006iTunesDownload a free MP3 of "The Greatest" from Matador RecordsKnown for breaking down during performances only to finish through the encouragement of her audience,...
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“He War”
Cat Power is the alias for Chan Marshall (with "Chan" actually pronounced like "Shawn"). "He War" was the first Cat Power song I heard. I was sitting at a Rocky Rococo in Madison having lunch and flipping throu...