Neko Richelle Case (; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian

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group

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. Case has a powerful, untrained

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voice, which has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower," "a powerhouse

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seems like it might level buildings," "a 120-mph fastball," and a "vocal tornado". Critics also note her idiosyncratic, "cryptic," "imagistic" lyrics, and credit her as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the

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. Case's body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop and is frequently described as defying or avoiding easy generic classification.

Early life

Born in

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, Case is the daughter of James Bamford Case and Diana Mary Dubbs. Case's paternal family surname was originally

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; her great-aunt was the professional wrestler

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. Her father, a

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veteran serving in the

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, was based in Virginia at the time of her birth. Case's parents, who were teenagers when they had her, are of

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ancestry. Her parents divorced when Case began school. Case's family relocated several times during her childhood due to her stepfather's work as an

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. She has lived in Western Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon and Washington. She considers

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to be her hometown. Case left home at age 15. By the age of 18 she was performing as a drummer for the Del Logs and the Propanes, playing in venues including a punk club called the Community World Theater.

Music career

Vancouver

In 1994, Case moved to

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, British Columbia, to attend the

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. While attending, she played drums in several local bands, including the Del Logs, the Propanes, the Weasels, Cub, and

Maow Maow was a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A pop punk combo, the band was part of the "cuddlecore" scene led by cub. Maow consisted of guitarist/singer Tobey Black, bassist/singer Corrina Beesley-Hammond and ...

. These bands were, for the most part, local

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groups. Case said of the vibrant Vancouver punk rock scene at that time, "A lot of women wanted to play music because they were inspired, because it was an incredibly good time for music in the Northwest. There was a lot of clubs, a lot of bands, a lot of people coming through, a lot of all-ages stuff—it was a very exciting time to live there." In 1998, Case left without finishing her

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degree, which meant the loss of her student

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eligibility. She left Canada for

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. Before going, Case recorded vocals for a few songs that ended up on ''

Mass Romantic ''Mass Romantic'' is the debut studio album by Canadian indie rock supergroup The New Pornographers. Produced by David Carswell and band bassist John Collins, it was released on Mint Records on November 28, 2000. The album was three years in the ...

'',

' first album. Her lead vocals on songs like "Letter from an Occupant" are straightforward, full-volume

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performances, shedding any country elements. Released on November 28, 2000, ''Mass Romantic'' became a surprise success. Although the band was originally conceived as a side project for its members, the New Pornographers remain a prominent presence in the indie rock world, having released its eighth album ''

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'' on September 27, 2019. In addition to recording with the New Pornographers, Case frequently collaborates with other Canadian musicians, including

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and

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, and has recorded material by several noted Canadian songwriters, in particular on her 2001 EP ''

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''. As a result, she is also considered a significant figure in Canadian music—both

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and the

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have referred to Case as an "honourary Canadian". In 2018 Case performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Seattle

Case embraced country music on her 1997 album, '' The Virginian''. The album contained original compositions as well as covers of songs by

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and the 1974

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song " Misfire". When the album was released, critics compared Case to

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singers like Lynn and

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, and to

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pioneer

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, particularly in her vocal timbre. On February 22, 2000, Case released her second solo album, ''

Furnace Room Lullaby ''Furnace Room Lullaby'' is the second studio album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released in February 2000, on Mint Records. Said Case of the title track at a performance at Austin City Limits in 2003, "I wanted to write a murder ballad, si ...

''. The album introduced the "country noir" elements that have defined Case's subsequent solo career. That tone was evident even from the cover photo, featuring Case sprawled out corpse-like on a concrete floor. On the album itself, her vocal style moves away from outright honky-tonk but retains her twang, garnering comparisons to musicians such as Cline, Lynn,

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, and

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. The title track was included on the soundtrack to

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's film '' The Gift'', and "Porchlight" was featured on the soundtrack to ''

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''. Case sometimes tours with Canadian singer and songwriter Carolyn Mark as

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.Tom Holliston
"The Corn Sisters"
.

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. Retrieved 10 April 2013. One of their performances, at Seattle's Hattie's Hat restaurant in Ballard, was recorded and released as an album, '' The Other Women'', on November 28, 2000.

Chicago

In October 1999, around the time ''Furnace Room Lullaby'' was released, Case left Seattle for Chicago because she felt that Seattle was no longer hospitable to its local artists. Case's first work in Chicago was an eight-song EP that she recorded in her kitchen. ''

'', her first recording without Her Boyfriends, was released on her own Lady Pilot label in 2001. She wrote two of the tracks, with the remaining six being covers, including

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's "Dreaming Man" and Hank Williams' "Alone and Forsaken". Four of the covers were written by Canadian artists. The EP was initially available only at Case's live shows and directly from Mint Records' website, but it eventually saw wider release. Case also recorded her third full-length album, ''

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'', while living in Chicago. In April 2003, Case was voted the "Sexiest Babe of Indie Rock" in a Playboy.com internet poll, receiving 32% of the vote. ''

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'' asked her to pose nude for the magazine, but she declined their offer. She told ''

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'' that

I didn't want to be the girl who posed in ''Playboy'' and then—by the way—made some music. I would be really fucking irritated if after a show somebody came up to me and handed me some naked picture of myself and wanted me to sign it instead of my CD.

In later interviews, she declined to discuss the survey at all.

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends

Case recorded and toured for several years as Neko Case & Her Boyfriends before performing solely under her name. She primarily performed her own material, but also performed and recorded

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s of songs by artists such as

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, Scott Walker,

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and

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. Albums released included '' The Virginian'' and ''

''.

New Pornographers

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' second album, ''

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'', was released on May 6, 2003. Case sang lead on even more of the songs on this album, and toured with the group again. ''

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'', the New Pornographers' third album, was released on August 23, 2005, with Case again providing vocals on several tracks. In addition to providing backing vocals on several songs, Case performs lead vocals on two ballads, "The Bones of an Idol" and "These Are the Fables". She opted out of most subsequent touring duties with the band; however, her parts were taken over by

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. On '' Challengers'', released on August 21, 2007, Case contributes lead vocals to the title song as well as "Go Places", in addition to her backing vocals on the other tracks. The 2010 album ''

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'' features Case as lead vocalist on "Crash Years" and "My Shepherd." The 2014 album ''

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'' features Case as lead vocalist on "Champions of Red Wine" and "Marching Orders." The 2017 album '' Whiteout Conditions'' features Case as lead vocalist on "Play Money" and "This is the World of the Theater."

''case/lang/veirs''

In 2016, Neko Case,

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, and

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announced the case/lang/veirs project, with an album released in June 2016.

Solo

''Blacklisted''

Case recorded her third full-length album, ''

'', in

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. It was the first full-length album credited to Case alone, without Her Boyfriends, and was released on

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on August 20, 2002. Some believe the title ''Blacklisted'' alludes to Case being banned for life from the ''

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'' because she took her shirt off during a performance on August 4, 2001 at one of their outdoors "Opry Plaza" concerts, though Case herself has denied this. Asked about the incident in 2004, Case said "I had

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. People would love it to be a 'fuck you' punk thing. But it was actually a physical ailment thing." Neko Case at All Points West (edit)

Most of the album's fourteen songs are originals; the exceptions being covers of "Running Out of Fools", previously a hit for

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, and "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" previously performed by

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. ''Blacklisted'' finds Case even deeper in a "country noir" mood, and was described by critics as lush, bleak, and atmospheric. Case cited filmmaker

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, composer

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, and Neil Young's soundtrack to the film ''

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'' as influences.

''Live from Austin, TX''

2003's '' Live from Austin, TX'' was an album of live recordings made for the "Austin City Limits" television series.

''The Tigers Have Spoken''

In April 2004, Case played several shows with longtime collaborators

in Chicago and

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. These shows were recorded and released as a live album, '' The Tigers Have Spoken'', by Anti Records in October 2004.

''Fox Confessor Brings the Flood''

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'' was released on March 7, 2006. The album was recorded primarily in Tucson, over the course of two years as Case worked on the live ''The Tigers Have Spoken'' and continued to play with the New Pornographers. Critics hailed the record not only for Case's trademark vocals but also her use of stark imagery and non-standard song structures. ''Fox Confessor Brings the Flood'' wound up on many "Best of 2006" lists, such as No.1 on the Amazon.com music editors' picks and No. 2 on

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's ''

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''. The album debuted at No. 54 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. It contains Case's most autobiographical song, "Hold On, Hold On". Case said: "the song is actually about me. It's not metaphorical about other people. It's not little pieces of my life made into a story about someone else or someone fictitious." "Hold On, Hold On" has since been covered by

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on her 2009 album '' Easy Come, Easy Go''. "Hold On, Hold On" was used over an episode of ''The Killing'' (Season 1 Episode 6) before the final credits. "Hold On, Hold On" was used in the 2015 drama film One More Time. "John Saw That Number" was used in the snowboarding movie "City. Park City".

''Middle Cyclone''

Case's next album, ''

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'', was released on March 3, 2009. In advance of a U.S. and European tour, Case appeared as a musical guest on ''

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''. Later in 2009 she also appeared on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Amazon.com rated ''

'' the number one album of 2009. ''Middle Cyclone'' debuted at No. 3 on the ''

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'' charts in its first week of release, making it Case's first album ever to reach the top ten in the United States. At the time of its release, no other record from an independent record company had debuted at a higher position in 2009. She toured extensively to promote ''

'' with dates in North America, Europe, and Australia, as well as a performance at

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2009 in Grant Park, Chicago.

''The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You''

In June 2013, Case announced a new album, '' The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You'', which was released on September 3.

''Hell-On''

In early March, 2018, Case released a teaser for an album titled ''

Hell-On ''Hell-On'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Neko Case, released by record label '' Anti-'' on June 1, 2018. It was largely recorded in Stockholm, and Case co-produced six of the album's twelve tracks with Björn Yttling o ...

'', her first solo work in almost five years. The teaser featured Case lying down singing a song of the same name while snakes move around her. The album was released on June 1, 2018.

''Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule''

On November 13, 2015, Case released a compilation vinyl box set containing eight of her solo albums. The set contains her first six studio albums, including the first vinyl pressing of '' The Virginian,'' as well as a live album.

''Wild Creatures''

On April 19, 2022, Case released '' Wild Creatures'', described as "digital-only, career retrospective". The album contains 22 tracks from Case's discography, plus one new song, ''Oh, Shadowless''.

Awards and nominations

Case was honored as the Female Artist of the Year at the

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on February 2, 2006. Case's album, Middle Cyclone, was nominated for Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Recording Package (with Kathleen Judge) at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010. In 2014, ''The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You'' was nominated for

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at the

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Notable appearances

Television

Case has appeared on Season 29 (2003–04) and 39 (2013–14) of ''

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''. In 2008, Case guest starred alongside

Kelly Hogan Kelly Hogan (born January 11, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, often known for her work as a member of Neko Case's backing band, as well as for her solo work. Early and personal life Hogan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of ...

on the season 5 episode of the

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television series ''

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'', ''Sirens'', in which she (as "Chrysanthemum") and Hogan (as "The B.J. Queen") take the role of

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who have taken former

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(as himself) captive for arcane sexual purposes. Case also voiced the character of Cheyenne Cinnamon in ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' co-creator

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's '' Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge''. On March 3, 2010, Case appeared as a guest on the Australian music quiz show '' Spicks and Specks''. Her team, led by

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, won 18–16. At the end of the show she sang a cover of

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's "

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", backed by

and Paul Rigby. Case appeared on Season Two of '' Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...''. In July 2011, "I Wish I Was the Moon" was featured in the fourth season of the HBO show ''

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s sixth episode of the same name. On September 3, 2013, Case appeared on ''

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'' performing "Man" and "Night Still Comes" from her album ''The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You''. On February 6, 2014, she was a panelist on the

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show ''

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''.

Radio

Neko Case has appeared on

's weekly news quiz show, ''

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'', as a guest on July 11, 2009 and as a panellist on September 6, 2013 and again on December 12, 2015. On May 10, 2013, Case appeared as a guest on

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's variety show ''Wits'', where she ended the program with a rendition of

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's "Number of the Beast". On February 7, 2014, Case appeared again as a guest on ''Wits'', this time alongside

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, where she finished the program with a rendition of the Bee Gees' "Nights on Broadway". In December 2015, Case appeared on

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's ''

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'', where she talked about her career and performed her single "I'll Be Around".

Personal life

In a 2013

interview, while discussing her single "Man", Case described having complicated feelings of

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and

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: "I don't really think of myself specifically as a woman, you know? I'm kind of a critter" and "I'm probably a little imbalanced in that if you were to look at a human creature as kind of a vase or something, my glass is a little bit more full of the man stuff than the woman stuff". As of September 2021 her

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bio listed her pronouns as "She/Sir".

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

*''

'' (2001)

Compilation albums

*''Wild Creatures'' (2022)

Non-solo

case/lang/veirs

*''

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'' (2016)

The Corn Sisters

*'' The Other Women'' (CA: Mint Records, 2000)

Cub

*'' Betti-Cola'' (CA: Mint Records, 1993)

Maow

*''I Ruv Me Too'' (7" EP) (US: Twist Like This Records, 1995) *''

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'' (CA: Mint Records, 1996)

The New Pornographers

*''

'' (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2000) *''

'' (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2003) *''

'' (CA: Mint Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2005) *'' Challengers'' (CA: Last Gang Records; US & EU: Matador Records, 2007) *''

'' (US: Matador Records, 2010) *''

'' (CA: Last Gang Records; US: Matador Records, 2014) *'' Whiteout Conditions'' (

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, 2017) *''

'' (Concord Records, 2019)

The Sadies

*Make Your Bed/Gunspeak/Little Sadie (7") (US: Bloodshot Records, 1998) *Car Songs My '63 / Highway 145 (by Whiskeytown) (Split 7") (US: Bloodshot Records BS 037, 1998)

Other contributions

* " Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" on '' New Coat of Paint: The Songs of

'' (2000) * ''

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'' by

the Mekons The Mekons are a British band formed in the late 1970s as an art collective. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk rock bands. The band's style has evolved over time to incorporate aspects of ...

(2000) * "

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" on Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville (2002) * "Mope-a-Long Rides Again", "Getting It Made" and "Bored Lil' Devil" on ''

Still Lookin' Good to Me ''Still Lookin' Good to Me'' is a 2003 album by the Band of Blacky Ranchette. The album features contributions from John Convertino, Joey Burns, Neko Case, Richard Buckner, Cat Power, M. Ward, Kurt Wagner, Jason Lytle and Bob Neuwirth. Track ...

'' by the Band of Blacky Ranchette, (2003) * "If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Go to the Bottom)" on ''Touch My Heart: a Tribute to Johnny Paycheck'' (

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, 2003) * " Knock Loud" on ''Fields & Streams'' (

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compilation, 2003) * '' I Want a Dog'' soundtrack (all vocals, 2003) * "

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" on '' Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs'' (2005) * "Hwy 5" on ''Forever Hasn't Happened Yet'' by

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(2005) * "Fiery Crash" on ''

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'' by

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(2007) * "Yon Ferrets Return" (with

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) – ''Esopus 10: Good News'' ( Esopus, CD insert, spring 2008) * "Your Control" on ''

Forfeit/Fortune ''Forfeit/Fortune'' (2008) is the fifth studio album recorded by the indie rock band Crooked Fingers. Eric Bachmann provides lead vocals, with Miranda Brown singing backing vocals, Elin Palmer providing backing vocals and violin, and Tim Husmann o ...

'' by

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(2008) * "Santa Left a Booger in My Stocking" (with

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) on ''

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'' (2009) * '' Women and Country'' by

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(2010) * "Silverado" on ''

Oh Little Fire ''Oh Little Fire'' is the fifth album by Canada, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released in 2010. It is her first album of new material since 2005's Polaris Music Prize-nominated ''I'm a Mountain''. The album debuted at #7 on the Canadian ...

'' by

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(2010) * "The Green Fields of Summer" on '' Midnight Souvenirs'' by

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(2010) * "Sing Me To Sleep" on '' Wreckorder'' by Fran Healy (2010) * "Going Under", "Good", "Sleep", "Don't Try and Hide It" and "Companions" on '' No Color'' by

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(2011) * "

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" – duet with

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, used at the end of the "She's Not There" episode of

(2011) * "Nothing to Remember", a song written and recorded for '' The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond'' (2012) * "That's Who I Am" on ''

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'', a musical by

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, and

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(2013) * Vocals on '' Desire Lines'' by

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(2013) * "Sun Song" on ''

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'' by

(2013) * "

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" on Boardwalk Empire Volume 2: Music from the HBO Original Series (2013) * "These Aren't the Droids" on ''2776'' (2014) * "40 Days#Track listing, One Voice," from the film, ''A Dog Named Gucci'', also featuring Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Susanna Hoffs, Lydia Loveless, Brian May and

. * Calexico (band), Calexico's "Tapping on the Line" on the ''Edge of the Sun'' album (2015) * "Danny's Song" on ''VINYL: Music From The HBO Original Series - Vol. 1.3'' (2016)

Videography

* ''Live from Austin, TX (Neko Case album), Live from Austin TX Neko Case'' (DVD) (US: New West Records/Austin City Limits/KLRU, 2006)

References

External links

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Early life

Music career

Vancouver

Seattle

Chicago

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends

New Pornographers

''case/lang/veirs''

Solo

''Blacklisted''

''Live from Austin, TX''

''The Tigers Have Spoken''

''Fox Confessor Brings the Flood''

''Middle Cyclone''

''The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You''

''Hell-On''

''Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule''

''Wild Creatures''

Awards and nominations

Notable appearances

Television

Radio

Personal life

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

Non-solo

case/lang/veirs

The Corn Sisters

Cub

Maow

The New Pornographers

The Sadies

Other contributions

Videography

See also

References

External links