Neko Case

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nice

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.

RFI song I just heard with her singing something like “the starling, the rushing/the starling, the rushing” at the end. Sorry, that’s all I got.

She mentioned starlings in "Polar Nettles".

yeah i got nothing, sorry

Sounds like the rhythm of “This Tornado Loves You.”

Yes, it was that, thanks! Slightly but not too embarrassed that I didn’t recognize since I’ve heard that one many times before. “Polar Nettles” a nice song too.

Fantastic interview

https://oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-52-neko-case-responds-to

Thanks for sharing, that was really nice to read.

that was great, she has always been a badass.

omg so good, thx for sharing

Good stuff thx

always feel whimsical when she makes sweet praise to VT's northeast kingdom in interviews.

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