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...expert interpreter of country-western standards. On her newly released album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals and the crack musicianship of her collaborators from fellow alt-Americana acts Calexico, The Sadies, and former member of The Band Garth Hudson. Fans who know Case exclusively through her work with the Canadian power-pop outfit The New Pornographers will...
Motion City Soundtrack “Hold Me Down” Dir. Alan Smithee Most videos in rotation on MTV are either promoting something else or desperately crying for attention. “Hold Me Down” manages to be neither—just a beautiful song with a beautiful video to match. Straying from your typical emo-pop-punk clip—which normally features a young TV starlet in an interweaving love story with the band’s homely frontman—the video is simply a well-filmed performance. Set in a vast open park...
...better link—and a far more entertaining video. As it is, however, the “Lonely Day” video is recommended only if you’re really easily mesmerized by fire—or by tour buses, I suppose. To crib from the song lyrics once again, “such a ‘Lonely Day’ should not exist.” —Elisabeth J. Bloomberg
...Case's previous three studio albums, the voice on her latest release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, sucks you in with its seemingly effortless power and range, an intoxicating quality that blends the best of country and gospel. Her voice is the strongest instrument on the album. Every song feels as if it were written around...
...1990s, Case played drums in a couple punk outfits. Her upbeat alter ego from those days still surfaces regularly when she sings with the New Pornographers, Vancouver's indie pop-rock supergroup. And Case has also been in cahoots lately with Toronto twang-rockers, the Sadies, who share song-writing credit on a few Fox Confessor tracks and add instruments on a few more. Case's musical wanderings are no doubt part of what makes her talents so appealing to so many. Fox Confessor isn't so much a showcase of her versatility as much as it feels a product...