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Album Review: Cat Power - Dark End of the Street [EP]

Dec 26, 2008, 3:44pm

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power , knows how to do covers. It's really as simple as that. But, it should also be noted that she knows how to turn any song into a low, sleepy dirge. Her voice is perfectly suited to the style though, smokey and full. On her latest release, Dark End of the Street, Marshall continues the theme, sometimes hitting the right note, but more often dully droning sorrowfully. After working with songs like the Stones "Satisfaction" and Dylan's "I Believe in You", Marshall turns mostly to 60's soul to turn into [...]

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