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COVER CLAS*ICS: CAT POWER’S “THE COVERS RECORD” AND “JUKEBOX”. Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, has produced two near-full album cover clas*ics in her career (so far), which doesn’t even begin to fully address her never-more-quirky approach to the songs of others. Not that she is lost for any words of her own! She’s got a back catalogue stretching across many styles and many genres, from raw scratchy indie through slinky southern soul, a touch of electronica and back again, yet always unmistakably herself. Her career has seen her seemingly beset by internal demons; many had written her off until an artiste worth their investment, but even with lackluster promotion it became a slow burning triumph. Praise and plaudits accu*ulated over the years, not least as box set dramas required ever more diverse musical accompaniments. But the prolific cover artist is hard to keep up with. Hot on the heels of her Rihanna cover, she’s tackled a very different sort of chanteuse: Jackie DeShannon. Cat Power picks a song by a man we’ve recently written about extensively polled their listeners on what song Walker and The Side Arms should cover. The Huey Lewis and the News Apple’s “Sleep to Dream,” “Cinnamon Gi*l,” “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” and “Crazy in Love.” Continue reading » which comes out in January. We premiered their cover of Slim Harpo’s “Baby, Scratch My Back,” Must Be Tonight” has always stood apart from the standard Christmas songs playing on the radio and in stores around this time of year. The song feels very loose and raw, a sharp contrast to the typical seasonal fare. It’s also completely free of sleigh bells or gimmicks, instead driven by all the same musical elements found in most of The Band’s best songs. Claiming “Christmas Must Be Christmas-related, but really it’s just a great standalone product. Continue reading » when she covered Kanye West’s “Heartless” with an unlikely twist: mixing in bits of 1973 French hit “Les Paradis Perdus.”