Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - The Virginian
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Free Music Notes for The Virginian
Free Music Review: Let's Have a Party
Hit: 4 Stars
Neko Case introduced herself to the world with this covers-heavy solo debut. There are times on it when she sounds like the second coming of Wanda Jackson, which would be an impressive feat on its own, but she also manages to secure her own sense of personality on the proceedings. Her Boyfriends lend enthusiastic and tasteful support throughout, rocking the house when they need to and reining it all in when the song demands. By the time this too-short album ends with a straight-faced country rendition of Queen's "Misfire", you can't help but believe that Neko Case may one day rule the world.Free Music Review: Crisp, fresh and it keeps me awake
Hit: 4 Stars
I need bright, interesting music to keep me awake while I study and this is it. The melodies are good, the lyrics original and I love Neko's voice. Not just country, not just bluegrass... a little jazz and blues thrown in... great contemporary music!Free Music Review: Big voice, good tunes
Hit: 4 Stars
There doesn't seem to be much middle ground with Neko Case's reviewers here--they either love her or they just don't get it. It took a few listens for me, but this album is definitely a winner. She initially won me over with a cover of a favorite Everly Brothers tune ("Bowling Green"), but after a few listens I was equally enamored of "Honky Tonk Hiccups," "Karoline," "Thanks A Lot" and "Timber." All the songs are strong, although I clearly favor the up-tempo numbers. This is the kind of "country" music that simply doesn't come out of Nashville any more (if it ever did). Highly recommended.Free Music Review: Guitar Dude
Hit: 5 Stars
this is one of the most awesome female singers to come along since patsy cline. rich vocals and a great mix of songs! i got her second CD (furnace room lullaby) and was slightly dissapointed, it lacked the country theme that this CD posesses. if you like country, alt or otherwise, and you like strong female vocals, get this CD. powerful!Free Music Review: Not as good as Furnace Room Lullaby - but it's a keeper
Hit: 4 Stars
I have a mint copy of The Fabulous Thunderbirds FIRST album and the production values are similar to The Virginian. So many albums are overproduced since the late 70's, I have found them to be lacking in moxie, mojo, gris-gris, grit, and have a sterile soundstage (aka Steely Dan and post-Peter Gabriel Genesis, etc.). Some of the tracks on The Virginian are outstanding (I have never been a country & western fan - I like Carlene Carter, Hank Williams Sr. & Hank Williams III (it proves that talent can skip a generation), Shelby Lynn (she's better live than on recorded material), Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs (who met Victor Jara in Chile), Billy Bragg, Rank And File (the FIRST cowpunk band), Lone Justice (the second cowpunk band), early k.d. lang, etc.
The songs I like on The Virginian I have been listening to for three weeks are:
Timber (rockabilly), Bowling Green, Jettison, Karoline (classic high-test rockabilly), Honky Tonk Hiccups (rockabilly), The Virginian (a great torch song - Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn couldn't do any better), Duchess (another great torch song - it leaks emotion by the bucketfull), and Thanks A Lot (mixture of slow rockabilly with C&W).
All in all, I don't like country and I detest crossover country. I missed The New Pornographers at South By Southwest this year (Neko Case sang backup - what a rip), but I saw Caitlin Cary (founding member of Whisketown) two times.