Cat Power has shared a version of Dead Man's Bones' "Pa Pa Power" from her new covers album Covers. She has also announced a 2022 North American tour that'll see her playing Toronto's Danforth Music Hall.
Chan Marshall has an uncanny knack for making other artists' songs feel like her own, and her covers always manage to find some new dimension to a familiar tune. Her interpretation of Dead Man's Bones — that's Ryan Gosling and Zach Shield's haunted-ass mid-2000s indie duo — is no different.
In a press release about the cover, Marshall said:
I started playing this solo in 2012 (originally more dissonant and trance-y), when the Occupy Wall Street protests were going on. Occupy was bunkering down and saying, "This shit's fucking fucked up." And helping citizens be a voice in their local government. They got a lot of good things done, but the American media killed the movement. I felt like this song was relative to that. The American media has always penalized any sort of social progressiveness and is always the first to express conservative rhetoric against something that is beneficial to the nation. I'd open with this song on the 2013 China tour. "Burn the streets, burn the cars."
Covers will also feature new interpretations of Lana Del Rey, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, the Replacements and more, including the previously released covers of Frank Ocean's Bad Religion and the Pogues' "Pair of Brown Eyes." The full album arrives January 14 on Domino.
Watch the video for Cat Power's cover of "Pa Pa Power" and check out her 2022 tour dates below.
Cat Power 2022 Tour Dates:
01/16 Albany, NY - Empire Live
01/18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
01/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
01/20 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts
01/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
01/24 Atlanta, GA - Eastern
01/25 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
01/27 Houston, TX - House Of Blues
01/28 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
01/29 Austin, TX - Emo's
01/31 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
02/02 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
02/04 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
02/05 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
02/06 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
02/07 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
02/09 Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades
02/10 San Francisco, CA - Castro Theatre
02/11 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre
04/19 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/21 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
04/22 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
04/23 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04/25 St. Louis, MO - Red Flag
04/26 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
04/27 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
04/29 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04/30 Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
05/01 Port Chester, NY - The Capitol Theatre
05/03 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
05/05 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
05/06 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
Chan Marshall has an uncanny knack for making other artists' songs feel like her own, and her covers always manage to find some new dimension to a familiar tune. Her interpretation of Dead Man's Bones — that's Ryan Gosling and Zach Shield's haunted-ass mid-2000s indie duo — is no different.
In a press release about the cover, Marshall said:
I started playing this solo in 2012 (originally more dissonant and trance-y), when the Occupy Wall Street protests were going on. Occupy was bunkering down and saying, "This shit's fucking fucked up." And helping citizens be a voice in their local government. They got a lot of good things done, but the American media killed the movement. I felt like this song was relative to that. The American media has always penalized any sort of social progressiveness and is always the first to express conservative rhetoric against something that is beneficial to the nation. I'd open with this song on the 2013 China tour. "Burn the streets, burn the cars."
Covers will also feature new interpretations of Lana Del Rey, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, the Replacements and more, including the previously released covers of Frank Ocean's Bad Religion and the Pogues' "Pair of Brown Eyes." The full album arrives January 14 on Domino.
Watch the video for Cat Power's cover of "Pa Pa Power" and check out her 2022 tour dates below.
Cat Power 2022 Tour Dates:
01/16 Albany, NY - Empire Live
01/18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
01/19 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
01/20 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre Of Living Arts
01/22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
01/24 Atlanta, GA - Eastern
01/25 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
01/27 Houston, TX - House Of Blues
01/28 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
01/29 Austin, TX - Emo's
01/31 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
02/02 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
02/04 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
02/05 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
02/06 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
02/07 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
02/09 Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades
02/10 San Francisco, CA - Castro Theatre
02/11 Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre
04/19 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
04/21 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews
04/22 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
04/23 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
04/25 St. Louis, MO - Red Flag
04/26 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
04/27 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
04/29 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04/30 Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
05/01 Port Chester, NY - The Capitol Theatre
05/03 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
05/05 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
05/06 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre