The Newpies?
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
anticipating
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
new pornographers, no?
― Edward III, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That is awful.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
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.)
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 4 December 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 4 December 2008 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 4 December 2008 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Awful album cover. I'll pass, thanks.
― ilxor, Thursday, 4 December 2008 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Fantastic cover, might be worth the price alone!
― Nhex, Thursday, 4 December 2008 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe once the American dollar loses every bit of its value.
― ilxor, Friday, 5 December 2008 07:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad to see her embrace her crossover appeal this much further. Neko + muscle car + sword = good camp/great voice.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 5 December 2008 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Hope the cover gets on a t-shirt.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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).
― nickn, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Jesse, sometimes I think of you as the Fox Confessor.
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"...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
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Where's Justine?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
for penance, i make everybody see southland tales.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
should i go see the Sadies tonight?
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
yes
― omar little, Friday, 5 December 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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!
― 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."
― staggerlee, Saturday, 6 December 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
they canceled because of a "last minute recording session" o_O
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Saturday, 6 December 2008 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
with Neil Young!
― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Saturday, 6 December 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
They're coming back to mpls next week though, and I think only charging $5.
― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Saturday, 6 December 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the Sadies, that is? recording with Neil Young? That could be interesting.
― pauls00, Saturday, 6 December 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
"...Other current sources of inspiration for Neko include welding (a new passion) and working on her classic car.
I'm jealous.
― u s steel, Saturday, 6 December 2008 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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?
― ilxor, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:59 (fifteen years ago) link
This record will probably be very good. It's about time! She is tremendous.
Yes, sure 'Deep Red Bells' is fabulous also.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 7 December 2008 10:28 (fifteen years ago) link
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:39 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wait, WHAT?!
― Matt P, Sunday, 7 December 2008 10:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ok the sadies. i gotta say neko collaborating with neil young would very probably brake my heart.
― Matt P, Sunday, 7 December 2008 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"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.
― Alex in SF, Sunday, 7 December 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I still wanted to check out the album cover.
― ilxor, Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
is there a story about the sadies w/neil online somewhere???
― M@tt He1ges0n, Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Moodles, Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
First three songs are the high point, but The Needle Has Landed and Maybe Sparrow are good too.
― caek, Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I read about it in Vita.mn, but I can't find it on their site.
xpost to Matt
― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― M@tt He1ges0n, Sunday, 7 December 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost thx clot
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 December 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
"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, 8 December 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i <3 neko but fox confessor didn't do it for me.
who are the sadies, should i see them in mpls
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Monday, 8 December 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
― omar little, Monday, 8 December 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Monday, 8 December 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
― some know what you dude last summer (Jordan), Monday, 8 December 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
― Nate Carson, Monday, December 8, 2008 9:33 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
whatever.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't even drink coffee i only drink pop.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, no offense to you personally! Just saying.
Too many mentions on this thread of her majorly distributed works when she has a slew of great songs that predate it.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know about "a slew" -- i think all her albums are uneven. haven't listened to them in a while, but off the top of my head i'd probably rank them:
furnace room > fox confessor > virginian > blacklisted.
(if the tigers live album counts, i'd probably put that second or third.) i know a lot of people love blacklisted, and i do love "deep red bells," but that album's always seemed like kind of a slog to me. the rest of them i like pretty well, but i could lose 3 or 4 songs off each without missing them.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
tipsy otmhra
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 December 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Good stuff thx
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 August 2023 04:19 (seven months ago) link
always feel whimsical when she makes sweet praise to VT's northeast kingdom in interviews.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 31 August 2023 04:51 (seven months ago) link
In the absence of any new solo material she makes a guest appearance on the latest M. Ward album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2okDht6EJvw
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 2 September 2023 07:21 (seven months ago) link