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Alternative country singer/songwriter Neko Case won a steadily growing cult audience for her smoky, sophisticated vocals and the downcast beauty of her music. Born in Alexandria, VA, Case moved around often as a child, spending the largest part of her youth in Tacoma, WA. She left her parents at age 15, and three years later she started playing drums for several bands around the Northwest's punk rock scene. Case moved to Vancouver in 1994 to enter art school, and simultaneously joined the punk group Maow, which released a record on the Mint label. She also played with roots rockers the Weasles and eventually formed her own backing band, the Boyfriends, which initially featured alumni of the Softies, Zumpano, and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

Case released her solo debut, The Virginian, in 1997, delving wholeheartedly into traditional country via a mix of covers and originals. She went on to perform with Carolyn Mark in the old-timey side project the Corn Sisters and began a long-running affiliation with the Vancouver indie supergroup the New Pornographers. Case completed her studies in 1998, and with her student visa expired, she returned to Washington and began work on her second solo album. The lovely, melancholy Furnace Room Lullaby was released on Bloodshot Records in 2000 and won high praise for its dark compositions, all of which were written or co-written by Case.

Case subsequently relocated to Chicago, home of a thriving alt-country scene, and released the home-recorded Canadian Amp EP in 2001. Its moody, late-night ambience carried over to 2002's Blacklisted, a darker yet more eclectic affair. Blacklisted garnered Case her strongest reviews yet, making many year-end critics' polls and landing her a tour slot opening for Nick Cave. In 2004, Case signed with Anti Records in the United States and released a live album, The Tigers Have Spoken, which was recorded during several dates with Canadian surf-country band the Sadies. She then returned to the studio to work on another studio album, a move that required her to take a break from the New Pornographers (which whom she had recorded and intermittently toured since the band's inception).

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood followed in 2006 and fared modestly well on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 54 and introducing a wider audience to Case's dark, country-noir style. The concert recording Live from Austin, TX was released one year later, capturing a 2003 performance for Austin City Limits, and Case contributed vocals to the New Pornographers' Challengers before returning to her adopted hometown of Tucson, AZ. Recording sessions for a new album took place in that home environment, as well as Brooklyn, Toronto, and Case's newly purchased farm in Vermont (where songs were tracked in a barn). The resulting album, Middle Cyclone, was released several months later in March 2009. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideMore

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Neko Case
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Sep 18th, 12:41am
Hi!

Thanks for the add! I am actually on this site and others promoting my last cd and my upcoming one. I hope you checked out my songs on my IMEEM site and also at www.myspace.com/enriqueoliveras and also hope you will show your support with a purchase on cdbaby if you like one or all. I just dropped on my site called ‘True Love Never Dies” a blend of funk/r&b and Rap. You can find my songs under “Que-My Original Music”. The second button for “Tribal Winds” is my collaboration effort in Tribal/New Age music.

Much love,
Que

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Apr 28th, 2:26pm
I forgot to say... THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SHOW IN MINNEAPOLIS! :D
Feb 16th, 9:38pm
i don't care if there's some magic automation that led you to request my friendship, how about i pretend Neko herself wants to be my friend?

It's funny, because I logged on to listen to Neko and saw I had my very first friend request! And it's from this page!

Friends Forevs. ;)
Jan 27th, 1:14pm
Thanks for the add!! I will see you in Columbus, Ohio in April! I cannnot wait!
Jan 23rd, 5:43am
Thanks a lot for the invite! I discovered you through the marvellous Fox Confessor, now I can hardly wait for Middle Cyclone. And I love Sparks, so what better treat for me than my great Neko Case singing a Sparks song?
Good luck and all the best to you!
Jan 23rd, 3:35am
Hello Neko: THANKS so much for the invite, I very much enjoy your music.Got all your music and I will be adding another!!~! Awesome.Something I have been waiting for.It makes life so much more pleasant during these trying times..
Jan 21st, 11:50pm
Fox Confessor is giving me impeccable enjoyment. I'm sure Middle Cyclone will as well. REALLY looking forward to March.
Jan 21st, 8:40pm
Thanks for adding me! Love the new song.
Jan 21st, 6:57pm
thank you for the beautiful music and the add! can't wait till march! :D