Cat Power will be on the road this summer playing a series of outdoor venues in support of The Pretenders. With the execption of the 8/29 bill, Juliette & The Licks will open all of the shows below. Tickets are currently on sale. First person to name the former Matador recording artist who has Juliette & The Licks in his MySpace Top 10 wins a Matador back catalog item of our choosing!
8/8, Hampton Beach, NH (Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom)
8/9, Asbury Park, NJ (Stone Pony)
8/10, New York, NY (Central Park Summerstage)
8/12, Boston, MA (Bank of America Pavillion)
8 /13, Upper Darby, PA (Tower Theatre)
8/14, Washington, DC (Warner Theatre)
8/16, Columbus, OH (LC Pavillion Outdoor)
8/18, Chicago, IL (Aragon Ballroom)
8/20, Council Bluffs, IA (Harrah’s Council Bluffs- Stir Cove)
8/22, Littleton, CO (Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield)
8/23, Salt Lake City, UT (Red Butte Garden Ampitheatre)
8/25, Troutdale, OR (Edgefield Ampitheatre)
8/26, Vancouver, BC (Malkin Bowl)
8/27, Redmond, WA (Marymoor Ampitheatre)
8/29, Saratoga, CA (The Mountain Winery) *
9/1, Pala, CA (Pala Casino — Starlight Theater)
9/3, Los Angeles, CA (The Greek Theatre)
July 16 Teatre Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina (tickets)
July 18 Via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil (tickets)
July 21 Teatre Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago, Chile (tickets)
Just a quick note that after a little bit of a delay at the pressing plant, we now have Moon Pix, The Greatest, and You Are Free back in stock on wonderful, black vinyl. Now you can complete a couple of pieces you were missing from your collection, or maybe just discover a couple extra gems. Jukebox is still available as well.
On the subject of vinyl, now might be a good time to pick up one of our Matador Record Bags. Buy a Cat Power (or any other record), a record bag, and get free domestic shipping. Just write “lovevinyl” in the promotion bar during checkout.
… on the Dark Was The Night compilation, coming out on 4AD. All are unavailable elsewhere. The Yo La Tengo song is a Snapper cover, the New Pornographers song is a Destroyer song (cover?), and the Stuart Murdoch song is a traditional Scottish number. (Other members of Belle and Sebastian perform on the track.) All three can be checked out in the above widget.
There is also an unreleased Cat Power song on the record – a cover of “Amazing Grace.”
This is the new Red Hot compilation, and proceeds will go to benefit AIDS charities.
In stores a week from tomorrow. Preorder it here and receive a free 7″ while supplies last.
Chan and the DDB will be hitting the stage of Harlem’s historic Apollo Theatre on February 6 and 7, and tickets go on sale today. In addition, Ms. Marshall and friends will visit Washington DC’s 930 Club on February 8 (tickets) .
This coming Tuesday, the limited-edition double vinyl gatefold 10″ EP from Cat Power hits the stores. Entitled Dark End Of The Street, it includes six bewitching cover songs from the Jukebox sessions and not included on that album. This would make a wonderful Christmas or Hannukah present for someone who likes gatefold covers, or cover songs, and it’s available for preorder now.
We have a lot of other deluxe packages from this year appropriate for stocking-stuffers or under-the-tree action. The deluxe 44-song, 48-page book, die-cut slipcase edition of Pavement’s Brighten The Corners, for example (and if you preorder now, you can still – just – get the ultra-limited live vinyl bonus LP, exclusive to this release). Two weeks ago we released Belle and Sebastian’s justly acclaimed BBC Sessions, with essential radio performances from their early 1996-2001 period. The deluxe version of the CD comes with a second disc containing a complete concert in Belfast from December 2001. The set includes covers of I’m Waiting For The Man, The Boys Are Back In Town and Here Comes The Sun. This is strictly limited and once it goes, it’s gone.
There’s also the deluxe version of the Mogwai’s latest, The Hawk Is Howling, which comes with a bonus DVD containing two videos for “Batcat” (including one nightmarish one directed by Dominic Hailstone of Chris Cunningham / Aphex Twin video fame), and a short documentary about the band by Vincent Moon.
And of course, last March, we released to-die-for versions of the three original Mission Of Burma albums on Ace of Hearts. We’ve banged on enough about the real all-analog mastering from the original tapes, the precious live footage from the late ’70s and early ’80s, the gatefold sleeves on the vinyl, and the books with interviews and photos and more. We’re prouder of these packages than any other reissue we’ve ever done. All three are available for a very short time longer in a vinyl bundle deal for 50 bucks.
There are also a few deluxe copies of Cat Power’s Jukebox left with the gatefold foil digipak and second CD. Then there’s just about every vinyl release from this year, nearly all printed at Stoughton and pressed on RTI HQ180 vinyl. Single LPs here and double LPs here.
Have you ever tried to cram a double 10″ EP inside a Christmas stocking? We haven’t either, but it’ll be fun to try this December, as we’ll be releasing a new Cat Power 2X10″, ‘Dark End Of The Street’ — it shall also be available through your favorite digital retailers (including the Matador store). Featuring additional covers recording during the sessions for ‘Jukebox’, the track listing can be found below. In keeping with prior practice / the Matablog style guide, we’ve listed the performers most responsible for popularizing the songs…don’t worry San Francisco journalists, we’ll make sure the proper composers are paid and credited!
1) Auld Triangle (The Pogues)*
2) Dark End Of The Street (James Carr, Aretha Franklin)*
3) Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny / Fairport Convention)*
4) Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revivial)
5) I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Otis Redding)
6) It Ain’t Fair (Aretha Franklin)*
(one of the nicer posters we’ve seent this year. And just by writing that, we’re bound to be emailed about a half dozen others)
tu 06-03-08 belg brussels ab
we 06-04-08 germ koln lmh
th 06-05-08 germ berlin postbahnhof
fr 06-06-08 germ hamburg laeiszhalle
su 06-08-08 uk london hammersmith odeon
mo 06-09-08 uk bristol colston
tu 06-10-08 uk birmingham academy
we 06-11-08 uk manchester academy
tu 07-01-08 italy ferrara piazza castello
we 07-02-08 italy milan villa arconati
th 07-03-08 france lyon Les Nuits de Fourvières festival
fr 07-04-08 france belfort eurockeennes
su 07-06-08 denmark roskilde roskilde festival
mo 07-07-08 sweden malmo debaser/folkets park
tu 07-08-08 norway oslo rockefeller
we 07-09-08 sweden stockholm berns
fr 07-11-08 ireland oxegen festival
Hey…we’ll have news about the US dates that are being moved to October pretty soon. Until then, the following shows, previously planned for this week, have been rescheduled as follows :
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Mon 05.05.08 Mexico City (MX) Lunario
Wed 05.07.08 Bogotá (CO) Teatro ECCI
Sorry for the late notice everyone. As you may have read elsewhere, last night’s Cat Power show in Tempe, AZ did not take place, as Chan’s been diagnosed with with damage to her vocal cords. She’ll be a-ok in the near future, but we regret Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues will not be making the following appearances. :
11:30 eastern, Tuesday evening. Dave’s other guest, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). The GOP nominee has been ducking Chan Marshall for years, and we’re pleased he’s finally seen fit to debate her in public.
Chan & friends will be performing “Metal Heart”. And on an unrelated note, here’s a snazzy poster for an upcoming show in Bogota.
in bogotá they have their special way to do promo. in this case for the cat power gig on the 25th april. have a look to the attachment. i thought, you should see it. i don’t claim any rights here, i just wanted to share this one. the wall painting gave me a big smile and so it might do the same to you.
* – indicates a new addition since the last time we did this. Appaloosa support 4/11-4/22
4/9 Bellingham WA W. Washington Univ.@ Performing Arts Center*
4/10 Vancouver BC Vogue Theatre
4/11 Seattle WA Showbox SoDo
4/12 Eugene OR McDonald Theater
4/13 Portland OR Roseland
4/15 San Francisco CA Warfield Theater
4/16 San Diego CA 4th & B
4/17 Tempe AZ Marquee Theatre
4/19 Dallas TX Palladium Ballroom
4/20 Austin TX Stubb’s
4/22 Houston TX Warehouse
4/23 Mexico City Mexico Lunario
4/25 Bogota, Columbia Teatro *
5/2 Atlanta GA Tabernacle –DUE TO VENUE REPAIRS REQUIRED, THIS SHOW IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
5/3 Memphis TN Beale St. Music Festival*
6/14 Manchester TN Bonnaroo Music Festival*
8/10 Jersey City NJ All Points West.Music & Arts Festvial*
9/17 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl * (with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Spiritualized)
For the first time, we’re making our annual ‘Intended Play’ label sampler available digitally. Click on the link to get a zipped file of all 12 tracks plus front and back artwork, and burn it yourself (or just listen to it digitally):
1. Jay Reatard Always Wanting More (from 7″ #3, due out June 17 June 24)
2. Times New Viking DROP-OUT (from Rip It Off, released January 22)
3. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Cold Son (from Real Emotional Trash, released March 4)
4. Shearwater Leviathan, Bound (from Rook, due out June 3)
5. Cat Power Metal Heart (from Jukebox, released January 22)
6. Matmos Polychords (from Supreme Balloon, due out May 6)
7. Mission Of Burma That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (from Vs.: The Definitive Edition, released today, March 18)
8. Jaguar Love Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (from Take Me To The Sea, due out this summer August 19)
9. The Cave Singers Helen (from Invitation Songs, released last September)
10. Dead Meadow I’m Gone (from Old Growth, released February 5)
11. The New Pornographers All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (live) (from Live From Soho (iTunes Exclusive), released March 11)
12. Earles & Jensen Bleachy Is Back In Town, Look Out (from Just Farr A Laugh Vols. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!, due out April 22 May 6)
The sharp-eyed among you will note that some of these tracks are not the ones released as promo MP3s to date.
It might’ve required a 6:30 am wakeup call for the band, but when it comes to entertaining the loyal listeners of America’s most beloved morning radio program-that-doesn’t-feature-Artie Lange, no sacrifice could be too great. You can hear Cat Power in about an hour from now (say, 11am PST) on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”
You can hear Cat Power on WXPN’s “World Cafe” this coming March 6 (2pm eastern standard time), preceeded by an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Thursday, February 28.
(Tickets for the North America shows below are on sale tomorrow — we don’t have the presale link yet, but we’ll put it up later today when we do – thanks)
April10-Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
11-Seattle, WA @ Showbox
12-Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
13-Portland, OR @ Roseland
15-San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
16-San Diego, CA @ 4th & B
17-Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
19-Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
20-Austin, TX @ Stubb’s
22-Houston, TX @ Warehouse
23-Mexico City, MEXICO @ Lunario
WNYC’s John Schaefer will have Chan Marshall in the studio, playing live today on “Soundcheck” at 2pm eastern. For those outside (or inside) New York, WNYC’s programming is available via Windows Media Player or iTunes, so you’ve got no excuse to tell us you couldn’t hear it (unless you work at a record label on Hudson Street that was having meetings most of the day).
2) We’d like to congratulate Chan on ‘Jukebox’ entering the U.S. Billboard Album chart this week at #12 — the highest placement for any Matador artist in our 19 year history. ‘Jukebox’ also zoomed into the Canadian charts at #3 — again, the label’s best showing in that lovely nation to date.
