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MP3: Free Matador Intended Play Label Sampler

Head over to Matablog to download Matador's sweet Spring '08 label sampler, Intended Play. The 12-track promo—usually horded by record store clerks, DJ's, and critics—features several unreleased tracks from great upcoming Matador releases.

Matador Spring 2008 Intended Play Label Sampler Tracklist:

Jay Reatard Always Wanting More (from 7″ #3, due out June 17)
Times New Viking DROP-OUT (from Rip It Off, released January 22)
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Cold Son (from Real Emotional Trash, released March 4)
Shearwater Leviathan, Bound (from Rook, due out June 3)
Cat Power Metal Heart (from Jukebox, released January 22)
Matmos Polychords (from Supreme Balloon, due out May 6)
Mission Of Burma That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (from Vs.: The Definitive Edition, released today, March 18)
Jaguar Love Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (from Take Me To The Sea, due out this summer)
The Cave Singers Helen (from Invitation Songs, released last September)
Dead Meadow I’m Gone (from Old Growth, released February 5)
The New Pornographers All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (live) (from Live From Soho (iTunes Exclusive), released March 11)
Earles & Jensen Bleachy Is Back In Town, Look Out (from Just Farr A Laugh Vols. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!, due out April 22)

MP3: Matador Spring 2008 Intended Play

Posted on 03/19/2008 | Comments(126) | Permalink

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Video: Cat Power in the Studio

Excited about Jukebox? Yeah, us too. The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones? He's lukewarm:

Still, the album drags in places, whereas "The Greatest" snapped and burned. Marshall's voice and the band members' instruments have been mixed with an unusual amount of echo; sometimes the effect evokes an empty club at 3 A.M., but sometimes it seems to sap energy from the performances. [Read More]

Ahhh, what does that guy know? Not much...

We'll take this clip of Chan laying down some velvety vocals on "Dark End of the Street" as a sign of good things to come.

Jukebox is out January 22nd on Matador.

Posted on 12/14/2007 | Comments(17) | Permalink

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MP3: Cat Power - "Song to Bobby"

Today, Matablog did us all a favor sharing a preview of Cat Power's forthcoming Jukebox—76 days in advance of its January 22nd release date. What's more, the appetizer comes in the form of Chan Marshall's tribute to Bob Dylan and the only new Marshall penned tune on the album. Enjoy!

MP3: ~~Cat Power - "Song to Bobby"~~

Update: Boo! Matador decided to make some scratch on this and are hawking the song on the iTunes Music Store.

Posted on 11/07/2007 | Comments(28) | Permalink

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Cat Power Announces Jukebox Tracklist

No longer titled Covers Record 2, Chan Marshall has unveiled the artwork and tracklisting for her second (mostly) covers album, Jukebox. Perhaps the name change was due to the fact that the record includes two Chan originals—"Metal Heart" and "Song To Bobby." The latter is a tribute to Dylan, of course.

Cat Power – Jukebox Tracklist:

1. Theme From 'New York, New York' - (Written by Fred Ebb/John Kander)
2. Metal Heart - (Written by Chan Marshall)
3. Ramblin' (Wo)man - (Written by Hank Williams)
4. Song To Bobby - (Written by Chan Marshall)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me - (Written by J Harris/Eugene William)
6. Lost Someone - (Written by James Brown/Bobby Byrd/Lloyd Stallworth)
7. I Believe In You - (Written by Bob Dylan)
8. Fortunate Son - (Written by John Fogerty)
9. Silver Stallion - (Written by Lee Clayton)
10. Dark End of the Street - (Written by Chips Moman/Dan Penn)
11. Don't Explain - (Written by Arthur Herzog, Jr./Billie Holiday)
12. Woman Left Lonely - (Written by Spooner Oldham/Dan Penn)

Jukebox is slated for a January 22, 2008 release via Matador.

Posted on 10/17/2007 | Comments(14) | Permalink

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Cat Power to Release Covers Record 2

Chan's been bloggin' over at her MySpace page and has revealed news of her next record—a follow-up to 2000's Covers Record entitled... Covers Record 2. Marshall posts that there are "24 covers to choose from" and that mixing is set to begin shortly. The record is tentatively set for a January '08 release.

Fans of Chan's 30-second take on Cat Stevens' "How Can I Tell You" from the De Beers diamond commercial shouldn't get their hopes up for a full version. In another post Marshall says she's "not decided if How can I tell you will ever be recorded more than the 30 secs used for the commercial" and that "the only time you wll most likely hear that song is in between yr fav sitcoms."

Video: De Beers diamond commercial

Posted on 08/08/2007 | Comments(14) | Permalink

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