Neko Case

Someone should still talk about how great BLACKLISTED is. It's incredible! The first track"Deep Red Bells" alone!
― the bellefox, Friday, November 5, 2004 6:55 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Okay, here's where I tell my Neko Case story. I saw the Newpies at the Knitting Factory in L.A. A.C. told some long story about how he'd run into some very minor celeb on the street and how cool it was. Neko says, witheringly, "Carl's crazy for celebrities." A.C. says, "Yeah, I'm gay for fame. Except, I'm not really gay." Someone in the audience yells back, "Too bad!" A.C. turns 10,000 shades of red and Neko says, "Hey wait, I thought I was the vixen in this band."

death proof homage?

Cougar?

The Newpies?

anticipating

new pornographers, no?

That is awful.

i liked fox confessor for about two months and never listened to it again. i'm neither anticipating nor not anticipating the new one. i am in a state of neko stasis. somebody tell me if it's good.

also someone tell me when kelly hogan stops singing backup for neko and makes another record, fer chrissakes. (i like because it feel good better than any neko album.)

Cougar?

No kidding. It should be a Mercury Cyclone on there and not a Cougar. I hate this record already...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/1971_Mercury_Cyclone.jpg

I saw here 5 times on Furnace Room Lullaby tour. She can do no wrong. One of the greatest voices of my generation by far.

Has anybody heard her duet that just came out with Crooked Fingers, aka Eric Bachmann from Archers of Loaf? It's called Your Control and is worth your time, to put it mildly. If you think you might like it, you will.

And of course, her cover of Bowling Green is one of the best cover versions of any song, ever.

Awful album cover. I'll pass, thanks.

Fantastic cover, might be worth the price alone!

Maybe once the American dollar loses every bit of its value.

I'm glad to see her embrace her crossover appeal this much further. Neko + muscle car + sword = good camp/great voice.

Hope the cover gets on a t-shirt.

I've always heard the Cougar described as a "Mustang for girls," so not that muscley. I like the cover, though. It's got an appealing awkwardness and doesn't look like anything else (cue to cover-connection me with look-alikes).

Jesse, sometimes I think of you as the Fox Confessor.

"...Other current sources of inspiration for Neko include welding (a new passion) and working on her classic car. “It’s a 67 Mercury Cougar. I named it ‘Angie Dickinson’ — it’s just so Police Woman!”"

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=105&csid2=4&fid1=4864

Where's Justine?

Jesse, sometimes I think of you as the Fox Confessor.

for penance, i make everybody see southland tales.

should i go see the Sadies tonight?

yes

That album cover is hilarious. I hope the new record lives up to the promise of Fox Confessor. And no more damn songs in 6/8!

Awful album cover. I'll pass, thanks.

― ilxor, Thursday, December 4, 2008 12:27 AM (2 days ago)
Because the album cover is an infallible indicator of the music contained therein, right? Or you're just going to be embarrassed bringing it up to the counter in your cool record store. "I'm ... um ... buying it for a friend."

they canceled because of a "last minute recording session" o_O

with Neil Young!

They're coming back to mpls next week though, and I think only charging $5.

the Sadies, that is? recording with Neil Young? That could be interesting.

"...Other current sources of inspiration for Neko include welding (a new passion) and working on her classic car.

I'm jealous.

Because the album cover is an infallible indicator of the music contained therein, right? Or you're just going to be embarrassed bringing it up to the counter in your cool record store. "I'm ... um ... buying it for a friend."

I'm not a fan of Neko Case, and I don't like the cover. Two separate points, not related. Happy?

This record will probably be very good. It's about time! She is tremendous.

Yes, sure 'Deep Red Bells' is fabulous also.

they canceled because of a "last minute recording session" o_O

― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

with Neil Young!

― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:39 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait, WHAT?!

ok the sadies. i gotta say neko collaborating with neil young would very probably brake my heart.

"I'm not a fan of Neko Case, and I don't like the cover. Two separate points, not related. Happy?"

The first is probably a sign you are on the wrong thread.

I still wanted to check out the album cover.

is there a story about the sadies w/neil online somewhere???

For me, the first 3 songs on Fox Confessor are about a million times better than the rest of the album, which doesn't really do much for me. If she could make an album full of songs that are as good as those 3, I might be interested.

Am I the only person on here who finds her enthusiasm and constant referencing of bygone times somewhat offputting and disturbing? It rubs me the wrong way in a similar manner to people who adopt the Rockabilly lifestyle: I suspect sinister motives behind the cool exterior.

First three songs are the high point, but The Needle Has Landed and Maybe Sparrow are good too.

I read about it in Vita.mn, but I can't find it on their site.

xpost to Matt

i don't know neko except for fox confessor, but anyway i think there are a ton of great songs on that....the first three are great, but like "teenage feeling"...the title track....that john the baptist one or whatever, all great IMO

xpost thx clot

the Sadies, that is? recording with Neil Young? That could be interesting.

"i don't know neko except for fox confessor..."

Jeez people. Try buying one of her albums that's NOT available at Starbucks. She's been around for quite a while.

i <3 neko but fox confessor didn't do it for me.

who are the sadies, should i see them in mpls

i like neko but i don't have any of her records, just scattered tracks. the country band i play in covers 'deep red bells', that is a great tune.

"i don't know neko except for fox confessor..."

Jeez people. Try buying one of her albums that's NOT available at Starbucks. She's been around for quite a while.

― Nate Carson, Monday, December 8, 2008 9:33 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

whatever.

I love Neko Case, but I haven't listened to her in ages. It feels even longer - I thought Hell-On was just okay and I never went back to it, which means the last album I was really attached to came out 12 years ago. I'm really digging Neon Grey though, it gets better with every listen.

Interesting, I thought it was extremely dull but definitely agree upthread that the songs are way better live. Almost backed out of seeing her a few weeks ago because of how disappointed I was in the album but very glad I went

Every once in a while, I'll think "I love this (Neko Case) album, why don't I play it more often?" And then when I take the CD off the shelf, I'll immediately find out why - goddamn f-ing death grip hub that makes it extremely difficult to remove the CD, not to mention a huge disc-cracking risk. Should've done this sooner, but as I go through each one, I'm taking the CD out for good and putting it in a separate sleeve.

Thankfully it turns out the digipaks of only two albums have this problem, but they're also my two favorites.

Pressure on the centre of the hub as you lift the edges doesn’t release the death grip a bit?

Is it the Bloodshot ones or later ones?

Pressing on the center does not work because the hub isn’t designed to de-press, these curved parts on the sides are what’s holding the disc hub in place but they’re not flexible enough to make removal easy and there’s actually a tiny knob of some kind on top of each curved part (a poor design choice) that makes it even more difficult.

This is for for Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and Middle Cyclone - also I forgot an awkward trick that works, which is to leave the album in the freezer for like 15 or 20 minutes. I think the chilling temperature causes all the plastic to contract enough that you can simply pop the disc off easily with little stress on the hub.