Neko Case

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.

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whatever.

i don't even drink coffee i only drink pop.

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.

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 otmhra

It's a pretty short slog, but I agree Furnace Room is the best.

I'm a Furnace Room guy too. Though if you took all the New Pornographers songs where she sings lead... you could make a pretty fantastic album.

Plus Corn Sisters et al. The lady is prolific. How many does it take to be an official "slew" anyway?

We call them the Newpies on this thread.

Haha, will do from here on out.

What, we save a syllable around here and just call them the Newps.

I'm still curious about the thing they did with Andre Williams, which I never got around to hearing. If you like fart jokes, it's ... ok.

The Sadies are a great backing band or club band but their records are kind of meh. "What's Left Behind" off New Seasons is an amazing single.

By "around here" I mean in my actual geographic location.

re: the Sadies. Yes, you should see them. In Mpls or anywhere. Buy them drinks, wish them luck, etc. Find out about this Neil Young thing, let us know. Random Sadies vids below. Their shows can go on for a very long time. Definitely worth while if you like psych country garage surf.

"Though if you took all the New Pornographers songs where she sings lead... you could make a pretty fantastic album."

which ones are those? i can only come up with
Mass Romantic
Jackie
Letter From An Occupant
To Wild Homes
The Bones Of An Idol
There Are The Fables

Jackie is Dan Bejar singing....?

All For Swinging You Around is one of her best New Pornographer songs.

You have to add her cover of Bowling Green to that list, a duet with Carl Newman from her first record. That's fairly epic.

Have any of you turkeys heard Your Control yet, her duet on the new Crooked Fingers record?

It took a recent reappraisal of Fox Confessor to get me to admit that it's a terrible album--bloated, pretentious, boring as hell. Neko has a great voice but does it no favors with oblique, formless story songs that don't actually tell stories.

So, sadly, I'm not excited for this one.

"Jackie is Dan Bejar singing....?"

i meant jackie, dressed in cobras but that's a duet i suppose. i can't find a list on the net that lists who sings which newpy song. anyone help make a neko-lead-vocal playlist?

I could help later - but off the top of my head you left off the outstanding title track from Challengers.

Left out:
Challengers
Go Places
All for Swinging You Around
Streets of Fire (not technically the lead)

Neko has a great voice but does it no favors with oblique, formless story songs that don't actually tell stories.

I think that "Star Witness" is her single best bit of storytelling, though.

That makes 9-10 Newp/Newpies songs that she sings lead on. Seems like an album's worth to me.

"Hold On, Hold On" is pretty oblique, but utterly sublime, IMO.

add Your Daddy Don't Know to newpies comp

I prefer the "When I Was a Baby" cover myself!

agree to disagree. I prefer Neko when she throttles out wrt the newpies.

The Neko Pornographers

1. Mass Romantic
2. The Laws Have Changed
3. Letter From an Occupant
4. Challengers
5. The Bones of an Idol
6. The Jessica Numbers
7. All for Swinging You Around
8. These Are the Fables
9. Star Bodies
10. Miss Teen Wordpower
11. Go Places

www.myspace.com/nekocase

NEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

2009 is gonna be good.

I'm SUPER EXCITED about this.

hmm. single is ... ok.

http://www.amazon.com/Middle-Cyclone-Neko-Case/dp/B001MWGZDG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1231969499&sr=8-1

SHE SPEAKS; LIVES ON FARM; WEARS ADULT SWIM HOODIE

Nice feature/interview piece on her in the new Oxford American magazine music issue

I kinda like the single, but was a little disappointed in the OA piece. I guess I wanted a little more point to it other than describing his play date with Neko. Which makes me wonder, does she get tired of everybody crushing on her?

OA link?

i like the new song because i feel it is a good song and i enjoy the way they play and sing the musical parts.

Hey, this "new single" on her myspace page isn't Neko Case, but a clever impostor. Hint: you can tell by WHERE'S ALL THE REVERB?

Me like, actually.

I meant to say a month ago, thanks to korn for recommending "Your Control", it's a really fantastic duet. I'm guessing with another vocalist it would have merely been an average Springsteen-style tune, but it really worked for me.

I had breakfast with Ms Case yesterday in New York. I can exclusively reveal that she opts for egg white frittatas to start her day.