Tag: Neko Case
Stage Buzz Q&A: New Pornographers at Thalia Hall • Chicago
Fans (and critics) hailed The New Pornographer’s debut album Mass Romantic in late 2000 as a highlight from the world of indie-pop. However, few would have predicted that the “supergroup” experiment would become such a reliably great and durable band operating in parallel with its members’ individual careers. Ringleader and principal songwriter A.C. (aka […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Neko Case at Out of Space • Evanston
Neko Case Out of Space Temperance Beer Co. Evanston, IL Saturday, September 3, 2022 Review and Gallery by Jeff Elbel Cover photo by Ebru Yildiz Last year’s Out of Space performance by Neko Case and her band was postponed due to an illness in the touring party. On a blustery Saturday, Case made a […]
Live Review and Photo Gallery: Ray LaMontagne with Neko Case at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Ray LaMontagne with Neko Case Friday June 16th Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Ray LaMontagne Ray LaMontagne was in a decidedly rocking mood as he hit the stage at Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion. The day’s suffocating heat had finally been replaced with a dramatic drop in temperature and steady, cool breezes complements of Lake […]
LISTEN: New singles from Neko Case and The Civil Wars
Case’s “Man” and The Civil Wars’ “The One That Got Away” makes us salivate
LISTEN: Neko Case sings track from John Mellencamp’s musical
“Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County” album set for June release
#P4K 2011, LOL
Overheard in Union Park on Friday night, from two separate pairs of people – two girls, then two boys – were the following snippets of conversation: “He has so many girlfriends”; “I have totally compromised myself.” And that seemed to sum up this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival fairly well.
The New Pornographers interview!
Inter-Niecian Support In 2005, with Neko Case’s burgeoning solo career making her increasingly unavailable to regularly perform with the other seven members of The New Pornographers, the then primarily Vancouver-based band’s chief “orchestrator” and songwriter A.C. “Carl” Newman turned to his niece to be Case’s live replacement. Lest one think this was pure nepotism in […]
Neko Case reviewed
Neko Case Middle Cyclone (Anti) If we’re to believe the star-studded action/thriller Twister (“Finger of God!”), tornados are at least semi-predictable. In that sense, Middle Cyclone makes a whole lotta sense for Neko Case. Appearing: Friday, April 25th at Chicago Theatre in Chicago.
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