except for neko case ,theres nothing in common between the 2 acts.one thing's for sure - great voicexpost
― Zeno, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 00:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's fair.
"Newpies"? Haha; I like it.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
(btw,Daniel,long time no see ?!)
― Zeno, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's been awhile. I never thought anyone would notice my absence. So thank you; that made me smile.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Welcome back, Daniel!
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"I never thought anyone would notice my absence"well, we do have more or less the same music taste.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks, Alfred!
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I only heard this once, but I can tell I'm not going to like it as much as Fox Confessor. I like the strangeness of that record. This one's not weird enough.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i have regretz: saw her play in Aspen, CO, like four years ago in a venue w/like 30+ ppl and i was too weeded out to go and say 'hi' even tho she was apparently up for chilling w/ppl
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
ok,so i do like this record.Case+MOR-Country=good for me.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't get "the pharoahs" out of my head. there are a couple parts of it (specifically the notes right before "you said i was yr blue blue baby") that remind me of "wish i was the moon" though...? really like this a lot, there is a lot of AIR SUPPLY PRESENTS TO YOU THE TIME LIFE SOFT ROCK COLLECTION to it but in an awesome "sister golden hair" kind of way versus the meh "i'm not so sure if i'm into hearing this chicago song right now" way. the nilsson cover and the sparks cover are both great too (especially the latter half of "don't turn your back on mother earth"!); i'd pay good money for an album of her covering weird non-standards like that.
but i think i'm leaning towards "the pharoahs" as my fave on the album right now!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Pharoahs" is an amazing song. I think it also reminds me the most of Fox Confessor. So much good stuff here, tho.
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:45 (fifteen years ago) link
it's too new to say this definitively but i think, on initial impact, that i like this better than fox confessor, despite liking "the pharoahs" the best right now. considering my love for neko this is like "i prefer to eat a lobster to eating a crab" basically though.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
also i'm not sure if there's been enough love for "prison girls" here -- the chorus is great (this is the blacklisted song obviously). this is a really consistent album though, it's hard to actually single out a song to praise.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
quit frontin' on air supply
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I think there's something devastating about the way she sings "This tornado loves you, what will make you believe me," in the final moments of the first track.
But here's the weird thing for me when listening to Case. I don't have the same experience of songs as these distinct tracks that I do with other artists. The songs often seem to blend together as one unified long track. And while I can probably sing along to every track ("I'm a man, man, man, maneater, but still you're surprise when I eat her...") I can't necessarily recall them as distinct tracks when I'm not listening. I had this similar problem? issue? experience? while listening to Fox Confessor too. So it's harder for me to talk about particular tracks that I love, and easier to just point out moments - or just say the whole thing is bloody great.
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
mookie come to clover club tomorrow after work -- i'll tell you my air supply karaoke story.
mordy i agree with you a lot actually. tigers have spoken is really distinct to me but fox confessor isn't -- there are tracks i'll point out for myself like if i'm in the subway just making a mix and pull up "hold on hold on" or "in california" as favorites i'll just listen to, but if i put on one of her album it's kind of a seamless whole to me too.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
incomplete thought up there: tigers have spoken is mostly distinct to me because, while it was a seamless live show, it has obvious flows and ebbs and distinct changes in tone and character that are necessary in a live show (imo), that makes things seem easier to associate as a separate "thing", for me. for example, "favorite" is really a flowing, natural ending in its proper place on canadian amp but in the middle of tigers her performance is a fucking revelation (the live version of "favorite" on tigers is my favorite neko track so it's my example)
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i'd pay good money for an album of her covering weird non-standards like that
i've fantasized about a neko covers album for a long time.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
actually what i want is a double album of her and kelly hogan doing covers, separately and together. the song selection would be awesome.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:24 (fifteen years ago) link
"never turn your back on mother earth" is the lowlight here I think - the one place her car veers into a ditch, at least before it sinks into the marshes at the end.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 26 February 2009 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a cover, right?
― Mordy, Thursday, 26 February 2009 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
so I gather.
I like 'vengeance is sleeping' a lot better: playing now, those frantic arpeggios.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 26 February 2009 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
and 'middle cyclone' itself! a gentle choir.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 26 February 2009 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
This is great, but Kelly Hogan should really make a new solo record as well.
― barnaby, Thursday, 26 February 2009 11:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm enjoying this, but something about the way in which the echoey production interacts with her more abstruse lyrics repels me ever so slightly.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 February 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe it will turn out to be the next Field Day, Alfred.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
haha. I'm not part of the Field Day claque!
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Canadian Amp is mostly covers, isn't it?
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Bush Hall show was wonderful. I am more than slightly in love with Kelly Hogan. They had good, sly banter going on.
NC: "This is a song about being in love when you're a tomboy."KH: "Would it kill you to wear a skirt?"
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 26 February 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
6 out of 8 tracks, and it's good, but it's not the neko covers album of my dreams.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
She doing an in-store at Amoeba in Hollywood March 6th.
Neko in-store
― nickn, Saturday, 28 February 2009 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Or March 5, even. (and "She's")
From NYT:
Her own songs melt down structures. Instead of fixed verses or choruses there are two-chord patterns that run as long as Ms. Case wants, or as short; they might add or subtract a beat, suddenly switch chords or support an entirely new tune in mid-song. Subliminally that rhapsodic approach keeps the songs off balance and suspenseful, ready for every possibility of disaster or exaltation. JON PARELES
I only quote it because I wonder if Pareles is hearing what I'm hearing - this might explain why I have trouble distinguishing one song definitively from another song on this album (like discussed above).
― Mordy, Monday, 2 March 2009 09:44 (fifteen years ago) link
And the album is selling for $7.99 starting Tuesday at Best Buy.
― nickn, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link
O_<
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I've now listened to the album, acc. to my iTunes counter, 20 complete times. Still not tired of it. (Mind you, I've already deleted Marais La Nuit.)
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 March 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
she was on leno last night but i only caught the last 20 seconds of it >:[
― lady burt stanton (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Thursday, 5 March 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I was a little meh on the album the first time through but it has really grown on me after just a couple more spins.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Sunday, 8 March 2009 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 9 March 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i like the little bows she gives to russell brand and gordon ramsey at the end
― We are all from Northampton now (caek), Monday, 9 March 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, that's Kelly Hogan and Nora O'Connor singing backup there.
― Eazy, Monday, 9 March 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
love, love, love this whole album - i'm with the scheft on 'the pharaohs' being my favourite by a fraction. she's playing san francisco june 6 so i think i may go.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I love this album. I've always been a "yeah, great voice, totally see why people love her" listener, never fully falling for her myself, but this one won me over in a big way.
― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Debuted at #3 in this week's Billboard.
― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa!
― and how (omar little), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, no kidding? I guess she's bigger than I thought! but I'll chime in with another rave -- this album is great. "Prison Girls" might be the one that stands out the most for me at the moment ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
44,000 copies sold. Impressive! "Prison Girls," "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth," and "Magpie to the Morning" are the standouts for me. When she comes in with that line on "Magpie" - "fuckin' birds sing / in the middle of the night" - that just kills me.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Thursday, 12 March 2009 05:27 (fifteen years ago) link
She was so good on Sound Opinions. Not just the performance, because I figured that would be good, but she was totally funny and fun and smart and stuff. Total bro.
― kenan, Thursday, 12 March 2009 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
omg the first few lines of the pharaohs fairly sent shivers down my spine. can't believe how i love neko more and more with every album. that voice... and the dark lyrics. SO GOOD.
― behind the times (gem), Thursday, 12 March 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link