Lust and Power
NEW MARNIE STERN SONG
Hello Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, today we bring you a new track called “Shea Stadium” from Marnie Stern’s upcoming album the lengthily-titled This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That. Sheesh that’s a mouthful, as is Stern’s requisite shredding, again showcased on “Shea”, though the song brings a pop intuitiveness and madcap inventiveness that reminds of a more calculated Ponytail. “Shea Stadium” is streaming over at Stereogum and at Stern’s Myspace. This is shaping up to be one of our favorite releases of the year so stay tuned for more from this mad woman!
Marnie Stern – “Transformer”
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CAT POWER IN CAR AD?
Our favorite sultry-Southern crooner Cat Power has a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” featured in an upcoming ad for a 2009 Lincoln car. Could our lovely Miss Power have sold out her beautiful art? Or should we as fans not begrudge her a living, given the downturn in music sales this year? Regardless of your opinion, even this tiny sample of the song is pretty amazing and we’d like to dig up a full-length version somewhere. Anyone know where we can grab it? Video below:
Cat Power – “Sea Of Love”
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NEW BAND CHEER: GIRLS
Having heard about this band for a while on some of those other blogs, we decided we’d give San Francisco’s Girls a shot by buying their 7″ Lust For Life/Morning Light debut today, and we were not at all disappointed. “Lust For Life” comes first and what begins as a bedroom pop piano jangle segues into a clattery, lo-fi ballad with unique vocals that draw in the listener. “Morning Light” however seals the deal as a raucous, shrill guitar howl washes over lonely background vocals to the rhythm of a tinny drumset. Altogether, the sound is impressively genuine and heartfelt for such a lo-fi production and deserving of its acclaim. It’ll just be interesting to see which way their upcoming self-titled debut leans – the more
languishing pop sensibilities of “Lust” or the shoegazey and reverb heavy sonic wonderwork of “Morning Light”. Time will tell!
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re: cat power sellout?
From what I understand if an artist refuses use of a song the ad agency or whomever get someone to create a knockoff version.
If i remember correctly Moby sold most if not all of Play for use in commercials back in 2001 (?) just to get his music heard and used it as a vehicle for number of essays about things like veganism.
True or not “selling out” seems to walk a finer line than ever. In some ways the term itself as applied to art is becoming antiquated.