Cannibal Cheerleader

Blogging Today From Under the Covers

AN APOLOGY FROM CHAN OF CAT POWER


It’s true, today I am blogging to you faithful Cheerleader followers from under my covers. I’m feeling a little down in the dumps as well as under the weather (heck throw in ‘feelin low’ while you’re at it) so I figured I’d do a little update on my favorite “under-the-covers-feeling-blue-with-headphones-on” music. Of course Cat Power falls into that mix and here’s an update she posted to her Myspace today offering apologies for missing.

“THANK​ ALL OF YALL WHO DIDN’​T HOLD A GRUDG​E FOR ME HAVIN​G TO CANCE​L MY SHOWS​ CUZ OF THE CALLO​US.​

I AM DOING​ A LOT BETTE​R AND CAN ACTUA​LLY TALK WITHO​UT SOUND​ING LIKE A TRUCK​ER.​ HEADI​NG TO MEMPH​IS IN A COUPL​E DAYS FOR THE BEALE​ ST.
FEST,​ THEN TO MEXIC​O CITY AND BOGOT​A,​ REAL REAL HAPPY​ TO GET BACK TO WORK!​
I CAN’​T TELL YOU HOW UPSET​TING AND FRUST​RATIN​G IT WAS TO NOT HAVE MY HEALT​H/​VOICE​ FOR YOU ALL.

I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW UPSET​TING.​

THANK​ YOU FOR YOUR SUPPO​RT,​
I ALWAY​S FEEL BLESS​ED BY YALL’​S LOVE FOR ME, I CARRY​ YALL ALONG​SIDE.​

XX
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As a bonus here’s a little b-side I found floating around the Internet a few years back of a Cat Power original. It’s definitely apt to the normal Chan Marshall state of mind. Obviously this track is from Chan’s “short hair days”, thus the old-school Cat Power pic!

NEW BAND CHEER – WHISPERTOWN2000

Continuing on our ’sad country music’ update is Whispertown2000, a smokey, country-tinged, female fronted act from LA. Helmed by Morgan Nagler and well-connected with groups like Blake Sennet’s the Elected, Rilo Kiley, and Jenny Lewis’ solo work, Whispertown recalls them all at young, tender, and impressionable age.

Bands like Whispertown remind me of how I feel about country music and how I perceive it. Not as the barn-storming “All My Rowdy Friends” crowd, not as the redneck-proud “Larry the Cable Guy” crowd, but as the empty bottle of whiskey lonely boy and girl crowd. Whispertown2000’s great for those lonely nights buried under the covers (like tonight!). Definitely check them out.
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MY MORNING JACKET ON THE COVER OF SPIN


No seriously, the band that once penned the alt-country sleep The Tennessee Fire, the one and only My Morning Jacket, is on the cover of Spin Magazine.

Here’s the article from the magazine, complete with a video of the cover shoot. Go check it out now and be sure and get pumped for Evil Urges, which I have been spinning like mad lately.
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DYNAMITE BOY VIDEO – PHOTOGRAPH

To end today on an up note, here’s a preview of the videos to come this week from the Dynamite Boy/Cruiserweight show this last Saturday. Check it out!

Any comments? Anyone at this show?