Cat Power, the nom de disque of singer/guitarist Chan Marshall and her occasional backing musicians (guitarist Tim Foljahn of Two-Dollar Guitar and Mosquito and drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth), is a thoroughly intriguing bundle of contradictions. Cat Power overwhelms by underwhelming — Marshall’s voice rarely rises above a straining, plaintive whisper, but the tension…
Indie rock, like the punk rock that spawned it, has often been the victim of its greatest strength — letting talent take a back seat to youthful exuberance, volume and a catchy chorus. Thankfully, the members of Hoboken, New Jersey’s Ditch Croaker are true masters of their art: musicians first, indie rock band second. Like…
For about three-and-a-half minutes in 1993, the Earthmen could have been the next kings of pop. “Cool Chick #59,” the opener of Teen Sensations, is a brilliantly realized snapshot of pop songwriting that recalled the best of a long line of predecessors, from The Byrds to the Charlatans to Dinosaur Jr. In college radio land…
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