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For Immediate Release: Initial Artist Lineup Announced This Land Is Your Land A Tribute to John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie and the American Spirit Saturday, September 20th at 3pm Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord Featuring performances by: Sheryl Crow Cat Power Henry Rollins Mike Ness Son Volt Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion more to be announced Tickets are on sale Sunday, August 24th at 10am San Francisco, CA (August 19, 2008) - Live Nat... MORE
I taped infamous MOG outsider The Girlfriend as she discussed the best and the worst (mostly the worst) albums of the past month or so. Note to my Australian Trusteds: You get it in the neck for no good reason. Sorry. Feel free to use the comments to take down the Irish.It won't be hard. Excuses made, let us begin... Magnetic Fields - Distortion Fluxy: Well? The Girlfriend: A very morbid voice. But I'm sure there's market for that among some people. F: What typ... MORE
The Hot List These are albums that either a mogger or myself or misc. critics are high on: Cat Power, Jukebox: Sometimes when you do something again, the magic of the first time is missing. Not so with Chan’s new album in which she sings other people’s songs. Totally different from The Covers Album, you’ll love it. Mahjongg’s Kontpab: Mogger Jenny (http://mog.com/jenny/blog_post/138759) is our resident expert of great new and often obscure artists and albums. In a re... MORE
MOGstars 7/10 Cover albums are a delicate thing. They can be like Bowie's Pin-Ups and provide stimulating reworkings of well-loved tracks, or they can plumb the depths of Duran Duran's Thank You and border on Shatner-esque hilarity, or they can just sink into oblivion. Luckily, Chan Marshall has already navigated this minefield once. 2000’s imaginatively titled The Covers Album saw her knock down and rebuild everything from the Stones to Dylan in her own delicately haunt... MORE
i must be on my 30th or more play by now. i'm loving this record. what is most disturbing is that i bought the vinyl for 34 bucks and i'm told that it was recorded in analog but matador was too cheap to give rti (the pressing plant) the analog copy OR the high resolution 96khz master. they gave the downsampled 16bit verion and rti then transfered to vinyl. i have no idea why it would cost more but anyhewwww.... recorded in analog, transfered to crappy redbook digital, ... MORE
Here's Chan Marshall putting her spin on this Bowie Classic (which was itself a cover of a song made famous by Johnny Mathis - thanks Buzz!). And here's Bowie doing a very noir version:
For many who’ve seen Cat Power gigs over the years, calmness is not a word that immediately springs to mind when trying to describe Chan Marshall. Neither has she been, for large tracts of her confounding and exceptional career, much of a populist, exactly. Her distrait otherness might have been part of the appeal to some of us, but it would hardly work as a mainstream draw. Since last year’s “The Greatest”, however, Marshall seems to have become more than a hip name to ... MORE
For many who’ve seen Cat Power gigs over the years, calmness is not a word that immediately springs to mind when trying to describe Chan Marshall. Neither has she been, for large tracts of her confounding and exceptional career, much of a populist, exactly. Her distrait otherness might have been part of the appeal to some of us, but it would hardly work as a mainstream draw. Since last year’s “The Greatest”, however, Marshall seems to have become more than a hip name to ... MORE
This reminds me of someone but I can't think of who. I love her voice though! Very mellow if you're feeling loving.
This is a personal catharsis (sorry to any moggers who happen to come across this post tonight). I've been struggling with something/someone that I have to let go and this song says it better than I ever could. Hoping this releases some of my struggle. B - I'll always wear your ink and you'll always be in my heart. Sorry for not believing ... LyricsI want to be a good womanAnd I want, for you to be a good man.This is why I will be leavingAnd this is why, I can’t see yo... MORE
I think this might just be a new low (or high, depending on how you look at it) point in my music obsession. I'm not only a librarian, I'm also an avid crafter, and my jewelry-making skills seemed to have been attacked by my iTunes. Check it out: little bunny foo jewelry: necklaces inspired by some of my favorite frontwomen I'm planning on making a couple more pieces, maybe a Maya, or an Annie. Definitely need a Sharin and maybe after seeing The Kills, an Alison/VV. ... MORE
The tracklist for Cat Power's second covers album Jukebox has been announced. Among the classic artists that Cat Power will interpret with her deep and harrowing voice on Jukebox are Bob Dylan, Credence Clear Water Revival, James Brown and Frank Sinatra. Out on Matador January 22nd the album also includes a new Cat Power original "Song for Bobby" and a new take on her own "Metal Heart." Original version of "Metal Heart" Tracklist for Jukebox:"Theme From 'New Yo... MORE
i listen to a local college radio station on the way to work everyday, and it is sort of hit or miss. they have a playlist for sure because they always play the same band of horses and sia song. not such a big fan. but then they play really interesting music too. they seem to play a lot of badly drawn boy for some reason. anywho... i have nothing to write. just rambling. listening to a cat power song called the greatest. some people really love cat power. she's o... MORE







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