No.
No fish as yet, but this album cover alone makes lil cartoon hearts in my eyes goin all thump-a-thump-a

Awesome on so many levels. That should be airbrushed on the side of a van, which would be really meta-, because she's on the hood of a car.

Glad to see she's embracing her warrior spirit. And showin' some leg too...

Seriously though, i need to hear this thing.

HAI THERE AKRIN!!!

Her show at First Ave this fall was so disappointing, it has tempered my excitement for this album.

PARDON ME!
GRAVITY JUST REVERSED!
OH MAI!

IT WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOON. HAVE SOME SWEET TEA!

On board with all this. I want her to have my children.

really?

it wasn't as great as i've seen, but i still loved the shit out of it. did you not like how much she talked or what exactly?

all 4 new songs were fantastic

What a voice she has. What a nipple, too. I see her nipple. A few years back she was playing the Metro here in town - I was walking south down Clark St and she was walking North, a guitar case in each hand balanced like a scale. I actually turned around & walked backwards to watch her denim-clad ass & she, too, turned around and caught me dead in the act and smiled. Got any photos of her other nipple? I bet it looks similar.

Dude, you got it right. Always turn around and walk backwards.
It is beyond awesome that she smiled back. Any girl that would have the above artwork adorning her album would smile back. Rad.

"Oh, you men!"

I guess this is as good an occasion as any to see if anyone has links to that nude photo shoot she did for that now-defunct Kutie magazine (I think all the above photos are from that set). The only ones I've been able to find online are pretty lo-res.

Do Fish get thirsty?

The talking thing got me annoyed, yeah. Espescially the three millionth pitch for some puppy at the Uptown Animal Shelter. I definately wasn't expecting a rocking good party time, but it was just pretty damn boring. Was disappointed.

Man, LOVED her at the Park West, I think it was two years ago. One of the best vocal displays I've ever witnessed.

Oh yeah, I guess I'm supposed to say she's hot or something.

She has one of the best voices I have ever heard.
Her looks are pretty average.
Great album cover.

i really don't understand why she has so many provacative photo shoots. it's all about her voice for me.

"deep red bells" still floors me after all these years...

I saw her two years ago in San Diego and she was amazing. That voice is something else.

Love that new cover. Not sure what I like better, her or the car.

I thought she played for the other team though.

a woman after my own heart.

It is theoretically impossible for me to love Neko Case any more.

Sweet cover, though, to be sure.

negative.

voice is good, although i've never gotten the hype. looks are fair. she benefits from having an above average body and from a willingness to look and act slutty.

covers not that great either, in terms of how it makes her look.

Wonder where I got that idea. Oh well, now I've got a chance.
She's a big Sparks fan ya' know.

What? I didn't even know she had a new album coming out. Awesome. When?

I dunno, black dress, classic car, toledo broadsword, not sure what else you're looking for.

Yes. I too love Neko Case.

i got to see a lot of neko for a down year for her. saw the pornographers for my 3rd time and she was with them, my first exposure to her on stage. then i got to see her solo later in the year and that was one of the top 5 sets i saw all year. just a masterful, masterful artist.

i'm thrilled for this record and am also really fucking straight for neko case. i honestly don't know if i think she's quite the knockout that everyone else makes her out to be, although she's definitely a looker. but that voice and those songs are enough to make me plenty weak in the knees.

on that note, anyone care to upload blacklisted?

It's the least I can do to thank you for all that Outkast: http://www.zshare.net/download/52234407b6dbc69a/

I vowed last year, or earlier this year, or whatever, to not see the New Pornos again unless either her or Bejar was with them. Saw her with them (and solo) at Hideout Block Party, and it made all the difference. Great sets, both.

Btw, guys, where was the NSFW warning? I was in the food court at the student center and had students coming in for conferences...

They've all seen Neko semi-nude already.

I loved Fox Confessor so much that this will be a let down no matter what. I need to stop thinking like that and just listen to this with open ears. Does she still live in Humboldt Park?

no... a farm in Vermont now apparently (there's a new article on Paste about it)

Fox was awesome, but i'd prolly put it 2nd or 3rd in her catalog. pretty sure this will be great no matter.

those were only breasts though, it's no big deal.

Yeah, she hasn't been in HP for a couple years now at least. Still sometimes get mass mail addressed to her though, which makes me laugh. (Live in the same building, but she had moved out before I moved in)

I thought Fox was great, but pretty much agree with you solace. I'm also leaning toward enjoying her records a lot more than seeing her live these days. Kind of miss when it was just her, Rahouse and Tom Ray onstage, but the new songs need the extra instruments to get fully fleshed out. Still though, her voice gets me everytime.

same... it's just such a timeless voice... wouldn't sound out of place in the 50's

If you opened my awesome thread from a day or two ago on Atease about "Star Witness" you would have known!



Albums in the near future from Neko, M Ward, Andrew Bird & AC Newman it's a pretty exciting looking start to '09. I'm even excited about the new Animal Collective, even though I really don't ever want to listen to them anymore except for "Winter's Love", "Loch Raven" and "Banshee Beat".

We also have a new Springsteen album that I wasn't excited for until I heard "The Wrestler", which is probably his best song since Tom Joad.



Also, in relation to this thread, "Star Witness" is not only Neko's best; it is one of the best songs of the decade and up there with ANY song of all time. Seriously. As much as I love the rest of her work there is nothing within 500 miles of that song in her catalog (that I've heard at least).



Top 5 Neko Songs (solo only):

1. Star Witness
2. Hold On, Hold On
3. Deep Red Bells
4. Knock Loud
5. I Wish I Was the Moon

Letter from an occupant was so perfect. Not solo Neko, but phenomenal nonetheless.

Abso-fucking-lutely. That and "Mass Romantic" would both be in the top 5 if it included New Pornos songs.

Always partial to Mass Romantic.

Just listened to Challengers. Underrated song. Fucking gorgeous.

Just giving you guys a hard time...

...heh...that's what Neko's nipple said...

Agreed about "Challengers". Too bad the album was such a let down. It wasn't awful or anything (except for "Unguided") but there were only like 2-3 songs I truly loved.

I was initially let down by Challengers, but it's really grown on me to the point where it's tied for favorite NP album with, well, their other three albums. "Unguided" is actually one of my favorite songs on it.

For me it goes:

Mass Romantic > Twin Cinema > The Electric Version >>>>> Challengers


but, like I said, I don't hate Challengers by any means. It's just not up to the level of the other three IMO.

Electric Version >= Mass Romantic >>> Challengers >> Twin Cinema

fixed.

this guy's right. Electric Version's good, but not better than Mass or Cinema. That's just crazy talk.

hehe

well at least we agree on TC... i know everyone splooged over that one and it gained them more fans than any, but save for 4-5 songs, it's my least favorite by far. i tried various times to get into that one full and it just never happened as much as I would have liked.

as for EV... it has my two favorite NP songs by far, The Laws Have Changed and From Blown Speakers

I agree with whoever said each album is a little worse than the one before.

Not bad by any means, just a little bit worse.

So glad I brought up the New Pornographers hierarchy.

My version:

Twin Cinema>Electric Version>Mass Romantic>Challengers

Love all of them in any case.

So guys, how about Neko Case, yeah?

and testament of youth in verse and all for swinging you around and every other song on the record. so, so good. i feel about twin cinema how most people seem to feel about challengers. it's better than most else out there, but most of the songs just aren't that great. the drumming is awesome, as is the entirety of bleeding heart show, but on the whole it drags a little.

challengers, i still maintain, is wonderfully autumnal. it's definitely more subdued than the rest of their catalog, but the songs strike deep. it also flows better than the majority of their other records (as in, it feels like an album, not a greatest hits collection). and the spirit of giving is a really epic closer. mass romantic is great. sugar rush. so much that my head hurts by the end of the album.