Neko Case: badass superchick

Who's the baddest-assed singer, country or otherwise, on the planet? Yeah, it's Neko Case. And she's got a new record out on November 9 called The Tigers Have Spoken. Not just your typical live record, by the way -- it's got two new songs, plus a slew of covers and hard-to-find nuggets.

We caught her set at the ACL Festival, and everyone in my company was thoroughly impressed. Her blend of bizzaro country-noir really works better in a club, but she was awesome nonetheless. A few years back I caught her at Rudyard's here in Houston on the second date promoting Furnace Room Lullaby, and she played something like 15 dates in 16 days on that tour, going from Texas to Toronto.

Anyway, check out any of her records and you will not be disappointed:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/75316/ref=pd_ap_sr/002-5086043-3654411

Random trivia: Neko was apparently in Carlsbad, NM the same week that I visited my sister there, and she was sporting a pretty smart-looking white stallion tank top at ACL that she bought at The Caverns.