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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Tonight The Raw Power of Cat Power
Posted by Emily Nokes on Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:08 AM
(Showbox Sodo) Chan Marshall (Cat Power) got a new haircut (mohawk), made a beautiful new album (Sun), and seems to be train-wrecking at shows again (Four Loko). But that's what we love about Marshall, yeah? The way she stockpiles her feelings and sews them into a jagged emotion outfit, wearing it for everyone to see—beautiful and layered, but with a big conspicuous rip somewhere in the front. Whatever Marshall is going through, she maintains her silky smoky husky mama voice—still better than most every other voice around. Sun will take a few listens and isn't without flaws (no matter how tempting, ye must NEVER succumb to the robo-siren song of the Auto-Tune), and maybe nothing can beat The Greatest, but it's nice to hear from Cat Power again.
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