Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - The Virginian
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Free Music Notes for The Virginian
Free Music Review: Another Solid Effort
Hit: 5 Stars
What can I say? I'm just amazed at how consistent her CDs are, and how often they end up in the player. Before a second cut is finished playing, I've plugged in a Tele and I'm playing along. Pick anything from her catalog and you will not be disappointed.Free Music Review: THE WHISKEY DID THE REST
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay...I just can't do it. I thought I could write this review without referencing her but I can't. So, let's get it out of the way. She's no Patsy Cline. No one ever will be, but with Neko it's hard not to conjure up thoughts of a 21st Century Patsy. In Patsy's wake we've been blessed to hear some sublime voices that would not have been possible had Miss Cline not kicked open the door for them. Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Maria McKee...and now Neko Case. All unique. All powerful. All capable of devastating, raw emotional impact & rousing roof-raising joy. All due respect to Patsy.
Now once we get beyond unfair comparisons, Neko becomes her own strange, beautiful animal. THE VIRGINIAN is one of the most exhilarating mission statements I've ever heard. It's rewards are rich and many.
She starts off the album with "Timber". Is it a warning? Maybe. She makes the Everly Brothers her bitch on "Bowling Green". "Jettison" is as sparkling, and emancipated as a song about suicide can be. The next two songs are so ferocious & rollicking that Metallica might want to start taking notes. "High On Cruel" is aptly titled and once you hear her immaculate, seductive vocals I defy you to not wish to be the lover under her stilletos. "Karoline" rocks even harder. The band ratcheting up the tension until the live-wire snaps on Matt Murphy's brilliant "Honky Tonk Hiccups". On which Neko outdoes herself in terms of phrasing. That is until you reach a poignant, crushing rendition of "Duchess". She gives Earl Scruggs a loving pat on the back with "Thanks A Lot"...she is led away from a bloody idiot in the next song...and finally confounds expectations with a Queen song to close out the album.
It's a wildly fun ride. You'll take it over and over again. Neko Case is one of those rare artistic gifts. Her every move will be a pleasure to witness.
If you need convincing...start with this album. You can thank me later.
Free Music Review: Over analyzing it
Hit: 4 Stars
Don't listen to these people comparing this to the album they bought last week. This was a good album when it came out and it is still a good album. Let them keep repeating this country-noir nonsense because they heard some reviewer say it. These reviews are full of repeated nonsense that people read in Spin or Rolling Stone. Free Music Review: Nuevo Honky Tonk
Hit: 5 Stars
Quite possibly the best album every made. I write this 'review' in response (or retort, rather) to the opening line of the amazon.com official review, which starts with, "what Neko lacks..." - HORRIBLE! Allow me to retort. Miss Neko lacks nothing (except a husband last I checked and she can call me if she is reading this). Simply the greatest nuevo honky tonk voice on the planet. This debut album (yeah, it's still called an 'album' even if you buy it on CD) is and always will be, in my humble opinion, a classic slab of the meanest, most sincere and well played music you will find. Words lack the power to convey my love of this women's (WOMEN, not little girl with a record contract) voice. I prefer this freshmen release on Mint Records (the equally talentuous Carolyn Mark's homebase) over later albums precisely for the ubertwang feel. I will not give you a song by song kitchy Rolling Stone styled review, I don't do that and I don't like people that do. Listen to the entire album, that is what records like this were made for. I love the mando and peddlesteel playing, and the album is recorded in an anachronistic, open and airy style - NOT like cheap imitation, polished records which don't hold a candle. I could go on - just get it and listen repeatedly. Free Music Review: good debut....err..."Honky Tonk Hiccups?"
Hit: 4 Stars
anyone who knows me, knows that i LOOOOOOVE Neko Case. she is one of the most talented voices emerging from modern music. in an age of sterile lifeless junk, her style rises above the mediocre crap. all of her albums are most certainly worth buying and cherishing. her music will comfort you. this is her first album as a solo artist, and it's heavy on the covers, but it's a good listen. the title track and the Earnest Tubbs' cover of "Thanks A Lot" are both worth the price of admission alone. but the one track that will make you think twice would be "Honky Tonk Hiccups." yes...you read that correctly. it is not a funny song...it's a silly song. very silly. and at times i feel myself singing it in my head because it's so catchy...and it drives me absolutely crazy! watch out. this is a fun little album, but not an essential place to start if you are curious about little miss Neko. start with the "Furnace Room Lullabye" album. no hiccups on that one.