Supporting her new LP, Middle Cyclone, Neko Case is slated to appear here in L.A. at the Greek Theatre in Los Feliz June 12th. We have a pair of tickets for AD readers. In the comments below, leave your name, a valid email address, and the song or album that first turned you on to her stuff. Also, the show is part of the season ticket program Premiere Marquee Club with Gibson Amphitheatre (one buys three shows to join).
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I was first introduced to her through her work with The New Pornographers, but the song that got me turned on to her solo stuff was definitely “Hold On, Hold On” off Fox Confessor Brings the Flood – so haunting, so beautiful, so catchy.
1 | Nick Durazo March 24th, 2009 at 3:33 pmi had heard neko case in the new pornographers and some of her solo work, but had really ignored her until being scolded by a fellow fan at a devotchka show at the troubadour in mid-2006. we were talking about our favorite recent albums and the conversation nearly got physical when i admitted ignorance to fox confessor brings the flood. i picked it up on his advice and was mesmerized by the second listen. i think “maybe sparrow” was the track that hooked me. oh, and the devotchka fan and i remain friends.
2 | michael March 24th, 2009 at 3:54 pmI discovered Neko Case off the New Pornographers and eventually was brow-beaten by more knowledgeable fans into her solo albums. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood was definitely my entry point.
3 | Charlie March 24th, 2009 at 4:46 pmi was introduced to neko case when i bought the electric version when i was 15, but when it comes to her solo stuff, i was totally intrigued by blacklisted. “deep red bells” was just too good.
4 | chris yamashiro March 24th, 2009 at 5:05 pmthe first song i heard from neko case was “we’ve never met” off of furnace room lullaby. her voice immediately struck me and ive been smitten ever since.
5 | Daniel Goldblatt March 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pmI got into Neko Case strangely before I ever became a fan of the New Pornographers. Her voice is easily the most haunting in music today. But the first song that really got me was Hold On, Hold On off of Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. I still don’t really know what the hell she is talking about in the lyrics, but I remember listening to it in college coming home from the bar on my ipod when I was drunk, and it just seemed to be the perfect song for that moment. The lines about being someone “in between girl” were just so strange to listen to.
6 | Buzz Killington March 24th, 2009 at 5:51 pmHer version of ‘Runnin’ out of Fools’ on Blacklisted leaves me speechless though all her albums are worth listening to again and again. Her voice can be so sweet one second and thundering the next. She’s an instant American classic, our grandkids will be listening to her.
7 | m March 24th, 2009 at 5:54 pmThe first time I heard her incredible voice was on a tribute album to Robert Altman’s Nashville. I dove deeper into her music after that, and holy cow, she’s the greatest.
8 | Charlie March 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pmIt was probably the New Pornographers Twin Cinema, then when she opened my ears, i picked up Fox Confessor…
9 | Jason Jancosek March 24th, 2009 at 6:41 pmThe one-two punch of “Set Out Running” and “Guided by Wire” from ‘Blacklisted’ ignited my love for Neko Case. My sister suggested the album way back when, and I’ve been happily immersed in her solo career (and work with the New Pornographers) ever since. As spectacular as ‘Middle Cyclone’ is, ‘Fox Confessor…’ is one of the very best releases of the decade – top five without question.
10 | Jeff March 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pmFor me, it was her cover of soulful shade of blue off of the tigers have spoken. the album is proudly listed as “country” according to my itunes library, and the song reminded me that she doesn’t just belong to indie kids.
11 | ramsesmuckles March 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm“if you knew” from “the tigers have spoken” album
12 | Dane Sundseth March 24th, 2009 at 7:12 pmi first fell in love with that voice with 1997′s The Virginian. She never lets me down.
13 | matt richardson March 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pmIt was her perfect album Blacklisted that did it for me, & I haven’t been the same since. Her voice is something that just grabs a hold & haunts you deeply.
14 | Courtney Blair March 24th, 2009 at 8:19 pmStar Witness was the first Neko solo tune that I heard…and in my collection I consider it a standard, probably in my top five all time
15 | Mark H March 24th, 2009 at 8:52 pmThings That Scare Me from Blacklisted. (On a side note, so glad to see Kelly Hogan still with her on Middle Cyclone! Used to hear her at Smiths Old Bar in Atlanta back in the DAY.)
16 | Valerie W March 24th, 2009 at 10:03 pm“All for Swinging You Around” from the New Pornographers’ “Electric Versiion”
17 | Jeff March 24th, 2009 at 11:11 pmBlacklisted
18 | Avi March 24th, 2009 at 11:21 pm“Furnace Room Lullaby” got it all started for me.
19 | Mike March 24th, 2009 at 11:40 pmThe first few bars of “Margaret vs. Pauline.”
20 | Andy W March 25th, 2009 at 12:44 amThe Virginian, Timber. Grabbed me right off the bat. I ask you, who has a better voice???
21 | scott March 25th, 2009 at 9:52 amA friend of mine recommended her to me around the time of The Virginian, but what did it for me was “Mood To Burn Bridges” off of Furnace Room Lullaby. That one’s a scorcher.
22 | Roger E March 25th, 2009 at 10:20 amFox Confessor is my favorite album to listen from beginning to end. favorite track would be “Favorite”… ha
23 | Wyatt Miller March 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am“Deep Red Bells” from Blacklisted.
24 | noah March 25th, 2009 at 11:09 amMy husband first randomly purchased “Hold On, Hold On” on iTunes to see if I’d like it and I was intrigued, so I bought Fox Confessor for myself for my birthday. I instantly fell in love with it and immediately purchased everything of hers that I could get my hands on. But to this day I can’t make it through “Pretty Girls” without literally getting choked up.
25 | Julie Verive March 25th, 2009 at 4:28 pmpretty girls was what first hooked me.
26 | bryan johnson March 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pmIt was Deep Red Bells that first intrigued me, but seeing her at The Gorge @ Sasquatch 2003 made me fall in love with Neko. Her voice *filled* the gorge, and there’s no one there that could argue otherwise.
27 | miguel March 25th, 2009 at 5:02 pmI’d heard the name for a few years, then finally picked up Fox Confessor Brings the Flood when it came out. That did it. That voice. That voice…
28 | Andy Roe March 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pmI bought Blacklisted and liked it enough but when I saw her live with the New Pornographers I was blown away.
29 | Ann March 26th, 2009 at 1:45 pmMy introduction to Ms. Case was “Dreaming Man” on the Canadian Amp LP. A great story matched by a haunting voice. Thanks, AD.
30 | FJ March 26th, 2009 at 2:30 pmThat awesome instrument blew me away, and still does, singing “…way down in Bowling Green…” Looking forward to flying out from Phoenix to pick up my tickets to the show. Dude.
31 | Monte March 26th, 2009 at 5:57 pm“Pretty Girls” was the first song that got me hooked….oh, that voice…amazing.
32 | DP March 27th, 2009 at 3:30 pmTighly from Blacklisted.
When I’m walkin’ under start / I covet all the waining hours
All the lonely houses / stand like monuments to thieves
It should have been “In California”though. Everytime I hear that song it tears my heart right back to San Francisco, and I /will/ fly to LA for this show if I have tickets, ’cause I’ve never seen a show at the Greek Theatre. That’s a promise.
33 | Skot Nelson March 28th, 2009 at 10:40 amDammit. That’s supposed to say Tightly.
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35 | Neko Case Tickets | hyprtickets March 29th, 2009 at 10:55 amI’m a more recent fan – I really liked Neko when the New Pornographers played at the San Diego Street Scene Festival last summer. She was fantastic!
36 | Katherine Lee March 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pmI started off with Blacklisted, then went backwards to Furnace Room Lullabye and have grabbed every album since.
37 | Joshua Smelser March 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pmFirst hit my radar w/New Pornos, but it was ‘Star Witness’ that drilled me…amazing. whole ‘Fox’ record was a highwater mark, so ‘of a piece’ & enchanting…
38 | waj March 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pmA friend I was working with was listening to an internet radio station that was playing “Deep Red Bells”. I loved it and downloaded the album that night.
39 | dalillamma March 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pmI fell in love with Neko Case when I heard Furance Room Lullabye, especially “So. Tacoma Way”. Her music has basically been the soundtrack to my whole life ever since. I love her music with an intensity I don’t have for any other musicians–even my kids know all the words to every song on every album.
40 | Sorrel March 31st, 2009 at 11:50 amSaw her at a festival last year and didn’t know who she was then. However after the show, we promptly went to the nearest record store and got the Fox Confessor Brings the Flood album. The whole album is awesome, but Star Witness made me a convert.
41 | jean March 31st, 2009 at 4:53 pmFox Confessor was the first album I listened to. Went back from there, got em all and the extras I’ve found here and there. My favorite is Blacklisted, but I love them all. She is my VERY favorite, next to Dylan.
42 | Sisi April 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am“I Wish I Was the Moon,” off of Blacklisted and her cover of Scott Walker’s “Duchess,” off of The Virginian. Both stopped me dead in my tracks.
43 | dane April 1st, 2009 at 2:09 pm“Hold on, Hold on” caught my attention but the real seller was watching her at the House of Blues in San Diego with the New Pronographers…. it was pure artistry. She is amazing.
44 | Deanna Wilson April 6th, 2009 at 3:09 pmFurnace Room Lullaby. To this day one of my ‘Desert Island Discs’. “Set Out Running”, “Twist the Knife”, and “Porchlight” might be three of the most heartbreakingly perfectly-sad sad songs ever written. Ever. Plus, her love of and pride in Tacoma is so adorable (and I was born there).
45 | Ramona May 28th, 2009 at 1:04 pmsaw her play with a friends band a while ago. at the show bought “canadian amp” and have been hooked since.
46 | Thaison Berg June 11th, 2009 at 4:01 pm