Cokemachineglow.com - Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken

OK, this is the last gushing heap of gushing that i lavish on ms. case.

First, a chance to check out an acoustic performance at kexp.org which i think lacks the energy of the live shows i've seen in person.

And here, another review: in hypertext parlance .

Cokemachineglow.com - Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken: "A live release from Neko Case was just inevitable. Though on record, she has been---since her 1997 debut, The Virginian---expanding her sound into one of alt-country's most intriguing and versatile, her live shows have always remained a spectacle all their own. Never one to rehash her latest material with barely enough energy to exert the songs and a nonchalant 'thank you' or two, Case has become just as known for her genre-bending albums as her ability to pull it all off live with a personality---and voice, for that matter---that cannot possibly be accurately contained on record.

In fact, you could catch her shows on a regular basis, and still hear her perform something new with each one. Covers, from traditional to obscure favorites from Case's own trusted cannon, often abound, and when we do get an original, it's often revamped or performed with her supporting band (she's had several over the years, including the severely underrated, but now defunct, Local Rabbits) taking far more than a subtle background role. Like Neil Young, Case selects her backing groups with a certain sound in mind, and that understanding goes a long way in making her live shows what they are.

Enter the Sadies: a Toronto-based spaghetti-western rock quartet that, on top of touring with Neko earlier this year (Tigers' songs are culled from seven days worth of shows in three venues in Chicago and Toronto; it is not, however, Case's first time working or touring with them), backed up Rick White on the self-titled Unintended record and recently released their own new studio recording, Favourite Colours. On Tigers' few familiar moments, like 'Blacklisted' (the Sadies' Dallas Good played guitar on the studio version) and 'Favorite' (co-written by the Sadies in t"