Post by sacrilegend on May 21, 2007 5:08:13 GMT -5
Neko Case (born September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and as a member of The New Pornographers.
Her music is frequently labeled alternative country, although Case doesn't care for that description. She recorded and toured for several years as Neko Case & Her Boyfriends before switching to her own name. Case primarily writes her own material, but also performs and has recorded cover versions of songs by artists such as Loretta Lynn, Tom Waits, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams. She frequently infuses humorous narratives into her live sets, a habit she says she picked up from Wanda Jackson.
She is protective of her artistic independence, combining punk's "do it yourself ethic," a strong business sense, and clear opinions about her artistic goals. She has spurned offers from major record labels because they don't offer her enough control of her music, remaining affiliated with Mint Records in Canada and Bloodshot and ANTI- in the U.S.
Discography
With Maow
I Ruv Me Too (7" EP) (US: Twist Like This Records, 1995)
Unforgiving Sounds of Maow (CA: Mint Records, 1996)
Solo
The Virginian (with Her Boyfriends) (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records, 1997)
Furnace Room Lullaby (with Her Boyfriends) (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records, 2000)
Canadian Amp (EP) (Lady Pilot, 2001)
Blacklisted (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records; EU: Matador Records, 2002)
The Tigers Have Spoken (CA: Mint Records; US: Anti- Records, 2004)
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (US: Anti- Records, released March 7, 2006)
Live from Austin, TX (New West Records, released January 9, 2007)
With the Corn Sisters
The Other Women (CA: Mint Records, 2000)
With the New Pornographers
Mass Romantic (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2000)
Electric Version (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2003)
Twin Cinema (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2005)
With the Sadies
Make Your Bed/Gunspeak/Little Sadie (7") (US: Bloodshot Records, 1998)
My '63 / Highway 145 (by Whiskeytown) (Split 7") (US: Bloodshot Records BS 037, 1998)
Her music is frequently labeled alternative country, although Case doesn't care for that description. She recorded and toured for several years as Neko Case & Her Boyfriends before switching to her own name. Case primarily writes her own material, but also performs and has recorded cover versions of songs by artists such as Loretta Lynn, Tom Waits, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams. She frequently infuses humorous narratives into her live sets, a habit she says she picked up from Wanda Jackson.
She is protective of her artistic independence, combining punk's "do it yourself ethic," a strong business sense, and clear opinions about her artistic goals. She has spurned offers from major record labels because they don't offer her enough control of her music, remaining affiliated with Mint Records in Canada and Bloodshot and ANTI- in the U.S.
Discography
With Maow
I Ruv Me Too (7" EP) (US: Twist Like This Records, 1995)
Unforgiving Sounds of Maow (CA: Mint Records, 1996)
Solo
The Virginian (with Her Boyfriends) (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records, 1997)
Furnace Room Lullaby (with Her Boyfriends) (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records, 2000)
Canadian Amp (EP) (Lady Pilot, 2001)
Blacklisted (CA: Mint Records; US: Bloodshot Records; EU: Matador Records, 2002)
The Tigers Have Spoken (CA: Mint Records; US: Anti- Records, 2004)
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (US: Anti- Records, released March 7, 2006)
Live from Austin, TX (New West Records, released January 9, 2007)
With the Corn Sisters
The Other Women (CA: Mint Records, 2000)
With the New Pornographers
Mass Romantic (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2000)
Electric Version (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2003)
Twin Cinema (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2005)
With the Sadies
Make Your Bed/Gunspeak/Little Sadie (7") (US: Bloodshot Records, 1998)
My '63 / Highway 145 (by Whiskeytown) (Split 7") (US: Bloodshot Records BS 037, 1998)