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Album Review: Cat Power - Dark End of the Street

Album Review: Cat Power - Dark End of the Street Cat Power Dark End of the Street Matador, 2008 E verybody gather around for another round of Chan Marshall singing songs she didn't write. It seems Chan just can't help herself since 2000's aptly-titled The Covers Record , and Dark End of the Street , a sort of outtakes EP from January's long since forgotten Jukebox LP, finds old habits dying innocuous, unimaginative deaths as she drawls (with her ever-"smoky" voice) through six tunes (Aretha, Creedence, The Pogues, Otis Redding, that chick who sang [...]
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