Neko Richelle Case is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers.
37 Facts About Neko Case
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Neko Case's family relocated several times during her childhood due to her stepfather's work as an archaeologist.
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Neko Case has lived in Western Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon and Washington.
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In 1994, Neko Case moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to attend the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
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In 1998, Neko Case left without finishing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, which meant the loss of her student visa eligibility.
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In 2018 Neko Case performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
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Neko Case embraced country music on her 1997 album, The Virginian.
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On February 22,2000, Neko Case released her second solo album, Furnace Room Lullaby.
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That tone was evident even from the cover photo, featuring Neko Case sprawled out corpse-like on a concrete floor.
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In October 1999, around the time Furnace Room Lullaby was released, Neko Case left Seattle for Chicago because she felt that Seattle was no longer hospitable to its local artists.
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Neko Case's first work in Chicago was an eight-song EP that she recorded in her kitchen.
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Neko Case wrote two of the tracks, with the remaining six being covers, including Neil Young's "Dreaming Man" and Hank Williams' "Alone and Forsaken".
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Neko Case recorded her third full-length album, Blacklisted, while living in Chicago.
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Neko Case primarily performed her own material, but performed and recorded cover versions of songs by artists such as My Morning Jacket, Harry Nilsson, Loretta Lynn, Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Queen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Sparks and Hank Williams.
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Neko Case sang lead on even more of the songs on this album, and toured with the group again.
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Twin Cinema, the New Pornographers' third album, was released on August 23,2005, with Neko Case again providing vocals on several tracks.
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Neko Case opted out of most subsequent touring duties with the band; however, her parts were taken over by Kathryn Calder.
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On Challengers, released on August 21,2007, Neko Case contributes lead vocals to the title song as well as "Go Places", in addition to her backing vocals on the other tracks.
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Neko Case recorded her third full-length album, Blacklisted, in Tucson, Arizona.
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Some believe the title Blacklisted alludes to Neko Case being banned for life from the Grand Ole Opry because she took her shirt off during a performance on August 4,2001, at one of their outdoors "Opry Plaza" concerts, though Neko Case herself has denied this.
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Neko Case cited filmmaker David Lynch, composer Angelo Badalamenti, and Neil Young's soundtrack to the film Dead Man as influences.
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The album was recorded primarily in Tucson, over the course of two years as Neko Case worked on the live The Tigers Have Spoken and continued to play with the New Pornographers.
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Neko Case toured extensively to promote Middle Cyclone with dates in North America, Europe, and Australia, as well as a performance at Lollapalooza 2009 in Grant Park, Chicago.
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In June 2013, Neko 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.
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In early March, 2018, Neko Case released a teaser for an album titled Hell-On, her first solo work in almost five years.
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The teaser featured Neko Case lying down singing a song of the same name while snakes move around her.
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On November 13,2015, Neko Case released a compilation vinyl box set containing eight of her solo albums.
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Neko Case was honored as the Female Artist of the Year at the PLUG Independent Music Awards on February 2,2006.
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Neko Case has appeared on Season 29 and 39 of Austin City Limits.
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Neko Case voiced the character of Cheyenne Cinnamon in Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator Dave Willis's Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge.
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On March 3,2010, Neko Case appeared as a guest on the Australian music quiz show Spicks and Specks.
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Neko Case appeared on Season Two of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with.
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On September 3,2013, Neko Case appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 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.
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Neko Case has appeared on NPR's weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, as a guest on July 11,2009 and as a panellist on September 6,2013 and again on December 12,2015.
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On May 10,2013, Neko Case appeared as a guest on American Public Media's variety show Wits, where she ended the program with a rendition of Iron Maiden's "Number of the Beast".
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On February 7,2014, Neko Case appeared again as a guest on Wits, this time alongside Andy Richter, where she finished the program with a rendition of the Bee Gees' "Nights on Broadway".
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In December 2015, Neko Case appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, where she talked about her career and performed her single "I'll Be Around".