I really like this album!
― Nhex, Saturday, 13 June 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, I saw her live a week ago. Absolutely wonderful, as always.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Aside from her New Pornographer contributions, what are Neko's best guest appearances? I nominate Crooked Fingers "Your Control".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
She had a fantastic duet with Carl Newman (of the NP, so maybe this is a ringer) on one of her early solo albums. They covered an old country song, I think. Vocal harmonies on the chorus like a slower version of Sing Me Spanish Techno, but every bit as joyous and energizing.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 26 August 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost that contribution is pretty fantastic
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I am seeing her play tonight! Oh yeah. :)
― Lord Byron Bay of Pigs (SeekAltRoute), Thursday, 14 January 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, wow. In Australia?
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 January 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Yup...http://www.thehifi.com.au/events/neko-case-7603/
If I had a spare $50 I'd be going on Friday night too!
― Lord Byron Bay of Pigs (SeekAltRoute), Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
So lucky. I hope she plays in NY sometime soon.
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 January 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Was very bummed that she wasn't with The New Pornographers when they played Langerado in 06.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 14 January 2010 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:34 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
She did a track w/ John Doe that was pretty sweet
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 January 2010 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Would you happen to remember said track?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Mope-a-Long Rides Again from the blacky ranchette l.p "still looking good to me" is worth tracking down also Getting it Made, her duet with richard buckner from the same album.
― d90 (D90), Thursday, 14 January 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Hasnt-Happened-Yet-John/dp/B0007KXVX6
Hwy 5
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 January 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Weighing (such as it is) in on Middle Cyclone: I wish she'd co-write a whole album with someone who can write a melody, like say Mike O'Neill. I like her lyrics and her structures, but her melodies are Morrissey-esque, and that's meant (fan though I am of both of them) as a knock. It's all leaps between intervals and obsessively returning to the root note, and it's driving me knutz.
― Did you say you were going to mangle the light? (staggerlee), Friday, 15 January 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCz3ainjlLo
o_-
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 April 2010 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i admit i was dumbly entertained by it. mc chris' voice will always amuse.
― Nhex, Friday, 9 April 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-1EPeYn3A
gasoline on the lusty fire that every male Neko Case fan seems to have.
― Cunga, Thursday, 24 June 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
free show in SF on July 3
http://www.sterngrove.org/july-3-2011.html
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
also someone tell me when kelly hogan stops singing backup for neko and makes another record, fer chrissakes
Kelly just released "I Like To Keep Myself In Pain". Just listening now, sounds damn good so far.
And I just made an excellent 25 song comp of Neko's compilation tracks and guest vocal appearances.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
the title track on the new Hogan is a stunner.
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 June 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
it definitely has some moments. i like "whenever you're out of my sight" and "dusty groove," the latter of which sounded so familiar i was sure it was a cover (but isn't, i guess - but maybe i'll figure out why it sounds so familiar to me)
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
I like Neko Case and all, but not enough to follow her recording journal or whatever on NPR. Whenever NPR covers a band and I actually listen to that coverage, I invariably find myself losing interest or getting mad at the tone of their stories.
My daughter loves to sing "People Got A Lotta Nerve" in ROCK BAND. But even she can't hit that high part.
― Matt M., Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, there's also a tiny desk concert set with Kelly Hogan and band (yes, I hate NPR's coverage, but I'll listen to their concerts. Am hypocrite.) Don't have the URL handy but I bet Google does.
― Matt M., Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
That song is in Rock Band? niiiiice
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
maybe a kinda loretta lynn sound on the song's chorus?? xxxp
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it's there. I actually heard it on ROCK BAND before MIDDLE CYCLONE came out. Weird world.
― Matt M., Thursday, 7 June 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Written by my man Robyn Hitchcock, no less!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 8 June 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
And I just made an excellent 25 song comp of Neko's compilation tracks...
What's on it?
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 8 June 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
Her HUNGER GAMES contribution is quite good. Sounds like a MIDDLE CYCLONE outtake/bside.
― the mating calls of sarcastic sharks (jer.fairall), Friday, 8 June 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, after hearing that I was inspired to hunt down as much as I could find (not counting the New Pornogaphers, I made a separate comp of those tracks):
Maow - How Does That Grab You Darlin'?Maow - Mean Mean ManThe Sadies - CowhandMy '63 (with The Sadies)Christmas Card From A Hooker In MinneapolisThe Corn Sisters - Long Black Veil (live)The Corn Sisters - Howling At Midnight (live)The Corn Sisters - She's Leaving Town (live)Rolling StoneJon Rauhouse - The World Is Waiting For A SunriseThe Band Of Blacky Ranchette - Getting It MadeJon Rauhouse - River Of No ReturnIf I'm Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go To The Bottom)Buckets Of RainThe Sadies - Home (live)The Sadies - Hold On, Hold On (live)The Sadies - Evangeline (live)The Sadies - Jason Flemming (live)Jon Rauhouse - East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)Behind The House (demo)Yon Ferrets Return (with Carl Newman)Crooked Fingers - Your ControlSarah Harmer - SilveradoShe's Not There (with Nick Cave)Nothing To Remember
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 8 June 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
Good choices and quite a few I haven't heard. Do love a bit of Maow. Some excellent double entendres. The Band of Blacky Ranchette song is one of my favourite Neko guest spots - and one of Howe Gelb's finest songs and arrangements. Richard Buckner is a great foil for Neko, even though the parts were recorded separately, and the bandoleon solo is a masterstroke. She's great as a backing vocalist on Giant Sand's Provisions too.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 8 June 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Oh right, Silverado is great.
― the mating calls of sarcastic sharks (jer.fairall), Friday, 8 June 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
*cough*uploadit*cough*
― Nhex, Friday, 8 June 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
i found most of them on spotify (tho not necessarily the 'live' versions) if we wanna keep it legal:http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/0jvy3shEyBzDm0cyTPMKlP
― Mordy, Friday, 8 June 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
I was just focusing on her leading performances though I did come across a number of great backing vocal jobs. And I agree, that duet with Buckner is crazy good. And so is that Crooked Fingers song!
ILXmail me for a link.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 8 June 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
it's cool, i can live with streaming... thanks mordy
i'm usually into springsteen-type stuff but yeah i love that crooked fingers song... can't wait to hear more
― Nhex, Saturday, 9 June 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
She does a pretty good duet with John Doe from X called Hwy 5.
Her Canadian Amp EP of all covers is pretty great.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
usually should = not usually
canadian amp? i'll hunt it down
― Nhex, Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, it's great. "In California" esp.
― Simon H., Saturday, 9 June 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
I felt that her role was more of a backup singer on that one. Frankly the song came across like an X outtake where Neko was an Exene stand-in.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 June 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/fantasylabelgroup/thats-who-i-am-neko-case/s-27i6M
i was hoping this meant there was a new album coming out but it's just her contribution to a upcoming comp/sdtrk idk
― Mordy, Saturday, 23 March 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
that's a nice song
― Nhex, Sunday, 24 March 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Huh. I'd thought she had a new album coming out this year given her twitter output. I'd prefer not to be wrong about that.
― Matt M., Monday, 25 March 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I thought npr was supposed to be doing a behind-the-scenes thing with her new album, but there was only 1 article and I think it was almost a year ago.
― just1n3, Monday, 25 March 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
I like this new track, though. It's dead solid mean, but sounds sun-shiny.
― Matt M., Monday, 25 March 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.countryliving.com/homes/house-tours/neko-case-vermont-farmhouse#slide-1
looks nice
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
i follow her on twitter and also got the impression she'd been doing a lot of recording in recent month.
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 March 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
neko is so great...don't think she's made a bad album yet.
― tylerw, Monday, 25 March 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
The new song, "Man," is not what I expected (lyrics aside, which seem to be written with the Neko Case fridge magnet kit)! Rockin.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link