Neko Case News

 
Birth Of An Album: In The Studio With Neko Case
NPR
I feel like every word I say is gonna sound super-cliche, but there's a lot of inner conflict going on," Neko Case says. "I'm kind of just figuring out the themes now of the record. I feel like every word I say is gonna sound super-cliche, ...

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A.V. Club Chicago
Kelly Hogan
A.V. Club Chicago
For one thing, she's been on the road a lot with Neko Case, singing back-up vocals for her good friend. Hogan's also been working for another pal, Lynda Barry, scheduling the comic-book author's classes on how to unlock the creative spirit.


 
Kelly Hogan gets to show them what she's made of
Chicago Tribune
The song was written in 1999, after Hogan had spoken to her friend, a then virtually unknown singer named Neko Case, who was calling from a pay phone from some forgotten roadside between meagerly attended shows. Case was newly signed to Chicago-based ...

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A KNOWING VOICE
Chicago Sun-Times
She tended bar at the Hideout and met Neko Case, for whom she later sang backing vocals. “Steve Albini called me for many things,” she said. “[The band] Silkworm. Crazy things where I would just yell words. In a denser environment it just opened up my ...


 
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
Neko Case to play Greenfield Lake
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
Tickets are $29.50 in advance ($33.50 day of show) and go on sale Saturday, May 5, at http://www.greenfieldlakeamphitheater.com/neko-case/ Case, who has a song, “Nothing to Remember,” on the mega-selling “Hunger Games” soundtrack and is also known for ...


 
Nassau Guardian
Sports tourism boost expected from government
Nassau Guardian
When Neko Grant was the minister of tourism in the former central administration, the sports department was downsized. I viewed the development as most unfortunate and expressed disappointment in this space about the decision. Noted sports figures like ...


 
Kelly Hogan's New Album: Made the Old-Fashioned Way
Chicagomag.com
By Kevin McKeough In 2008, Hogan joined Neko Case at an in-store appearance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Andy Kaulkin, the head of Anti-, was in the audience. “Andy came up to me and said, 'I want you to do a record.' I thought I was being punked,” ...