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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Neko Case Awkward At Massey

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By Liisa Ladouceur (CHARTattack) July 15, 2009 1:53 pm
Playing Massey Hall is a big deal. Toronto's grandest music venue has been blessed with legendary past performances by Canadian icons such as Neil Young, Rush, and Gordon Lightfoot and every major music star from across the planet for the last 100 years. So perhaps that's why there was more worshipping going on there last night for the Neko Case...
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Neko Case's Church Music Sounds Heavenly

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) April 20, 2009 2:27 pm
Eric Bachmann has released five albums as Crooked Fingers since Archers Of Loaf broke up in 1998, with the most recent being last year's independently released Forfeit/Fortune. I arrived a couple of songs into the group's opening set, where the singer/guitarist was accompanied by vocalist/bassist Miranda Brown and a keyboardist/drummer who's name...
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Neko Case — Middle Cyclone

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 3, 2009 2:06 pm
Neko Case's follow-up to 2006's Fox Confessor Brings The Flood continues that album's relatively quiet vibe, but its subtle charms grow on you with repeated listens. Case's voice can leave you enraptured even when it's not big and brassy. The two primary exceptions where she lets loose are on the country-tinged pop lead single "People Got A Lotta...
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Neko Charms Stanley Park Singing Ex

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) September 2, 2008 3:48 pm
If you're staging a two-day festival that welcomes music fans from all over into the heart of Vancouver's gorgeous Stanley Park, you want Nardwuar The Human Serviette greeting them. It just makes sense. Arguably one of our country's most polarizing icons, Nardwuar is also Vancouver's number one ambassador — unabashedly proud of his hometown's...
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Neko Case — Live From Austin TX

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 9, 2007 7:50 pm
This CD captures the same 2003 Austin City Limits performance that came out on DVD last year, but with some of Case's charming song introductions removed. She's ably and subtly backed by multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, bassist Tom V. Ray and background singer Kelly Hogan, but Case's voice is the best instrument of all on these 14 songs. "...
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Neko Case Shows Off Some Perfect Pipes

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) April 3, 2006 1:03 pm
Toronto's favourite adopted daughter, Neko Case, rolled into a packed Music Hall to perform songs from her newly released tour de force, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood. The experience was slightly less than amazing, if only because seeing Case at the Rivoli in January was so powerful. Also, the absence of back-up singer Rachel Flotard, who helped...
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Neko Case — Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 14, 2006 10:49 am
It's a wonder that Neko Case isn't about 50 times more famous. What does it take, really? She's the female voice of The New Pornographers, has released critically acclaimed solo LPs and has one of the most recognizable sets of vocal chords in the world. If Fox Confessor Brings The Flood doesn't make her a bona fide superstar,...
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Neko Case Unleashes The Fox

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 5, 2006 5:30 pm
There's only one downside to seeing a performer as great as Neko Case four days into the year: it's all downhill from here. Case, the erstwhile Pornographer and honorary Canadian, swung through Toronto on Wednesday to play one of the smallest venues this city has to offer. With the room packed to the gills, the Chicago resident put on a show...
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Neko Case — The Tigers Have Spoken

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) November 9, 2004 1:41 pm
Although Neko Case only lived in Canada for a few years, she made a significant mark on the Canadian music scene. Now, The New Pornographer and alt.country crooner has once again teamed up with The Sadies and a host of other musicians to release 11 live tracks. The Tigers Have Spoken gives fans an intimate look at Case’s influences through...
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The Corn Sisters @ NXNE 2000

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By Shayne Stephens (CHARTattack) June 10, 2000 12:30 pm
Hometown: Vancouver, BC Background/Composition: A special appearance by ex-punk rocker/new country diva Neko Case, and a second show for Vancouver's Carolyn Mark. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations 80-100: Band exceeds skill and knowledge expectations. Rocked us so hard we peed our pants. 70-79: Band achieves required skills and...
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WATCH: The Dodos perform "Don't Try and Hide It" with Neko Case on Fallon

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) November 30, 2011 10:51 am
Despite having released No Color eight months ago, The Dodos have been touring the record pretty relentlessly. Last night the freak-folk duo were welcomed to the set of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, taking the stage with their touring guitarist and special guest Neko Case, who collaborated with the boys on No Color.The four musicians treated us...
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I Read The News Today... For June 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 27, 2011 3:59 pm
Toronto alt.country band Cuff The Duke will return with a new album dubbed Morning Comes, which will come out through Paper Bag Records on Oct. 4. The first single is "Count On Me," and the LP reportedly includes an eight-minute tune dubbed "Bound To Your Advice." And it's the first part of a two-part album. Pixies frontman Black Francis will...
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I Read The News Today... For May 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 4, 2011 3:28 pm
The full lineup for this year's Sled Island Music Festival has been revealed, along with the main stage's schedule. Calgarians, freak out. Read it and weep, rest of Canada. The Sheepdogs, who are in the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest, have recorded a new tune with Fountains Of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger. You can hear...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 24, 2011 5:23 pm
Antony And The Johnsons will release a new Swanlights EP digitally and on 10-inch vinyl on April 26, and a CD release will follow. If you want to pick it up before it's technically out, you can get the vinyl on April 16, which is Record Store Day. It's got a remix of the title track from last year's Swanlights, along with two B-sides. There's been...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 13, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 13, 2011 4:42 pm
When bassist Carlos D left Interpol, it was looked at as an amicable split. But now singer/guitarist Paul Banks has called him an "a-hole." But he doesn't mean it in a jerky way: he thinks Carlos is a "genius," and says he's willing to put up with a lot of shit from people he considers to be brilliant. —Undercover Neko Case is raffling the muscle...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 10, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 10, 2011 3:30 pm
Vince Vaughn's new movie The Dilemma might look like it's going to be awful, but its soundtrack looks awesome. It'll feature The Black Keys, Band Of Skulls, The Hold Steady and other awesome bands and is out tomorrow online and in stores Jan. 18.The 11th Wavelength festival will be held Feb. 16 to 20 at venues throughout Toronto. It'll feature...
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Daily Poll: Alice Glass Vs. Neko Case

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By CHARTattack Staff July 19, 2010 1:03 pm
Over the weekend, Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass dealt with being groped by allegedly punching a fan. This isn't the first time Glass has done something like this; last year, she allegedly smacked a fan with a microphone at a show.You might remember a couple weeks back when Neko Case threatened to "fuck up" a fan for throwing a...
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Neko Case Threatens To "Fuck Up" Fan For Throwing CD At New Pornographers Show

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 22, 2010 3:36 pm
Let this be your first and only warning: Do not throw a CD at Carl Newman or any other member of The New Pornographers at one of their shows. If you do, you will have to contend with Neko Case. A female fan found this out in Boston on Friday (June 18) when she threw a CD on stage, hitting Newman with it in the process. Case then became as fiery...
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Leslie, My Name Is Evil Director Says Neko Case Is Blocking Release Of New Pornographers Documentary

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) May 17, 2010 3:10 pm
I imagine there's going to be one major question when making a Charles Manson movie: Who gets to be Charlie? "I characterized Manson less as like the monster Manson and more of like a cheap-ass Jesus, hippie-love, pimp, failed musician," says Reginald Harkema, director of the new film Leslie, My Name Is Evil, based on the Manson Family...
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