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Cat Power's Indie Cred Comes To An End

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) February 11, 2008 2:30 pm
It wouldn't be right of us to long for the days when Chan Marshall was a train wreck. Her years of alcohol addiction and emotional breakdowns may have been titillating for the public, but there's not much doubt that she was in danger of self-destruction. Fans used to flock to Cat Power shows expecting to witness some sort of on-stage disaster or...
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Cat Power — Jukebox

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 22, 2008 8:38 pm
The Greatest was certainly a decent Cat Power record, but it could just have easily been titled How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Accept My Starbucks Audience. With Jukebox, Chan Marshall is pandering to the coffeehouses once again. Her second covers record, though not recorded with the Memphis Rhythm Band (but members appear), has all the same...
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Cat Power Soothes The Sweltering Masses

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) July 12, 2007 1:00 pm
It seems Cat Power can do no wrong. She's one of those artists who's really hard to dislike, and deservedly so. Her live shows, once the object of derision and salacious rumour, have developed into taut and professional yet intimate performances. Still, Tuesday night was Chan Marshall's third stop in Toronto in less than 10 months, so it was a...
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Sled Island Day One: Cat Power

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By Trevor Morelli (CHARTattack) June 28, 2007 4:30 pm
Finally, Calgary has brought some great out-of-town indie acts to the city for showcases in a short time span, a la NXNE and Pop Montreal. Praise to co-ordinators Zak Pashak and Derek McEwen for getting the deed done. Woe to those who didn't think it was possible in this money-hungry, oil-rich city. With only a few shows to take in on the...
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Cat Power Keeps Her Cool

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) November 24, 2006 3:00 pm
Matador staple Cat Power's erratic excesses have already been well documented. The past few months have seen her control her alcoholism (although not without a few relapses) and play some pretty good shows, as evidenced by her two solo gigs in Toronto a couple of months ago. Expectations were even higher, though, for her return to Toronto with the...
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Cat Power Reinvents Herself... Finally

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 7, 2006 3:00 pm
Cat Power's last two trips to Toronto are fairly legendary, and not in a good way. About six years ago, Chan Marshall did a two-set solo appearance at the Horseshoe and basically spent the entirety of day crying due to an all-too-recent break-up. Touring You Are Free in 2003, she returned with a backing band, but spent the show in sunglasses...
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Cat Power — The Greatest

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) January 24, 2006 10:17 am
Until Feist came along, Cat Power (a.k.a Chan Marshall) was indie rock's most passionate purveyor of sparse, melancholy numbers. Fans were drawn to her attitude and her rough, fuzzy guitars, two elements she relinquishes on The Greatest. Marshall's seventh disc features the southern belle taking up residence in Memphis, Tennessee with Al Green's...
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Cat Power — Speaking For Trees

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By David McDougall (CHARTattack) November 9, 2004 1:34 pm
Perhaps fearing her last CD had some mainstream appeal, Cat Power’s wounded songstress Chan Marshall, stars in this CD/DVD performance oddity. For the DVD, picture a soundcheck on the Discovery Channel. A distanced camera captures Marshall standing in a field, like a strange guitar-wielding bird producing its mating call — in this case a sleepy...
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CHARTattack PRESENTS | Artists to Watch Out For in 2012

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 4, 2012 1:30 pm
2011 saw the rise of Lana Del Rey, the fall of R.E.M. and the reunion of Pulp. A lot can happen in the music industry in just 365 days. When a new year dawns on us, we have nothing but high hopes for those veteran artists releasing anticipated new material or those fresh voices impressing us with their unique debuts. Three days in, and 2012 is...
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Twelve Reasons To Like Chan Marshall

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By Natalia Buia (CHARTattack) December 31, 2011 10:54 am
Some may say Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, has gone through hell and back. The 39-year-old songstress has been estranged from her family most of her life. Shortly after her teen years, Marshall ditched her series of crummy jobs in Atlanta, Georgia to explore a world of blues and folk music in New York's East Village. Heartbreak and...
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WATCH: Cat Power - "King Rides By" music video

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By Natalia Buia (CHARTattack) December 24, 2011 4:33 pm
Cat Power took a 15-year-old song of hers, "King Rides By", and reinvented it by adding new vocals, different instruments and three extra minutes. Today, she is giving fans a download of that song in exchange for a donation to Festival of Children Foundation and the Ali Forney Center. It's unclear whether this revamped melody will be featured on...
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Cat Power to release new music on Christmas Eve

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By Natalia Buia (CHARTattack) December 19, 2011 11:27 am
O, come all ye faithful fans of Chan Marshall! On Christmas Eve, we can finally gives our ears what they've patiently been waiting for; new music from Cat Power. The soulful songstress took to Twitter to reveal the single's release date. "DOODS. DECEMBER 24TH. THE DOWNLOAD IS FOR 1 SONG & VIDEO LIST OF CHARITIES TO CHOOSE FROM. DONATE TO...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 5, 2010 12:05 pm
Jason Collett will release Pony Tricks, an album of 11 acoustic versions of his songs, next Tuesday. He'll also tour across Canada to promote it. —Arts & Crafts Brokencyde have released a new song called "Teach Me How To Scream." Brokencyde need no lessons with that, but they do need to be taught how to make good music. My ears also need to be...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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The Chart Time Tunnel: Cat Power

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 23, 2010 11:03 am
Last week on the Chart Time Tunnel, Carolyn Mark was the artist in the retro gunsight celebrating her debut on the campus chart with Party Girl. Cat Power's The Covers Record entered that chart right behind Mark's Party Girl. Ten years ago this week, The Covers Record rose 16 places to #5 on the campus chart for April 13 to 20, 2000, and spurs...
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Ten Great Big Cat Bands: A Reclaiming Tigers From The Woods List

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By Barry Taylor (CHARTattack) April 12, 2010 11:29 am
Tiger Woods. There wasn't a newspaper or radio or television that wasn't covering Woods' return to golf this weekend. It was straight up zany, and it's also starting to give real tigers a bad name. It was bad enough when Montecore played chew toy with Roy Horn back in 2003. Shere Kahn was a dick, too. And now we have to relive all of Tiger's...
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Cat Power Does... More Covers

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 2, 2008 2:12 pm
This has been a year filled with covers for Cat Power (real name Chan Marshall) and she'll end it with... more covers. Marshall will release the six-track Dark End Of The Street EP on Dec. 9 through Matador. It's a collection of tracks that she originally recorded during the Jukebox sessions. She's included her versions of songs by The Pogues,...
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Cat Power At Lollapalooza 2008

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Grant Park
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Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 1, 2008
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Cat Power At Lollapalooza 2008

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Grant Park
City: 
Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 1, 2008
Cat Power

Cat Power At Lollapalooza 2008

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Grant Park
City: 
Chicago, IL
Date: 
August 1, 2008
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