Results tagged “nekocase”

MUSIC: Neko Case—of New Pornographers notoriety—is back in town after a couple of stellar shows last April. Case's Middle Cyclone is easily one of the best CDs out this year, and she puts on a great show. At the time of writing there were still tickets available, so pick them up if you can! Massey Hall (178 Victoria Street); 8 p.m.; tickets $29.50, $35.50, or $40.50.

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public pools, as the issue never came up when they interviewed the creators of art installations in their public wading pools.

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man.

Neko Case and Dallas Good at the recording of The Sadies' live album at Lee's Palace, Friday February 3, 2006.

Torontoist enjoyed Stuart Berman's interview in this week's eye, pitting Max McCabe-Lokos (the Deadly Snakes) and Bry Webb (the Constantines).We're not taking sides in this little "tiff" but we'll gladly go and watch either band this weekend at the Horseshoe. But enough of the friendliness of Canada's indie scene, we think that underneath all this collegiality and 'pat-on-the back' we're all in this together joviality there's some real rage.

Ah the holidays! A time when we can be together and share links. Here it's not so much sharing as providing. So:

and this promises to be a helluva to-do. Victoria's Immaculate Machine are also on the bill, which has an early start time of 6:30PM.

is that rare instance of a live album being so much more than a contractual obligation or greatest hits package with crowd noises. Instead, it was intended to be just as essential a part of Neko’s discography as either Blacklisted or Furnace Room Lullabye, only showcasing the more joyous side of her music rather than the darker tone of those records. A carefully chosen set list of covers and originals highlight the eclecticism of Case’s influences, from the Shangri-Las’ “The Train From Kansas City” to Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Soulful Shade Of Blue”. The original numbers demonstrate just how strong Case’s songwriting has gotten over the past few years, with songs like the title track and rarity “Favorite” standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the covers.