My Old Kentucky — Many of Alexa Woodward's banjo-driven folk songs slowly slink like fog down from the Appalachian mountains and hills of Virgina and wrap your soul in melancholy. Woodward's 2009 release, Speck, is full of subtle textures and well-matched harmonies t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Neko Case's tour hit The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ last night (11/15). The show was on the short side, possibly due to some electric shocks Neko got from the microphone earlier in the show.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Neko Case @ All Points West in August (more by Chris La Putt) Shrinebuilder tonight in NYC * Suzanne Fiol Day * Holden @ Sycamore * Talibam!, Chris Peck, Living Things @ Zebulon * Metallica, Lamb of God @ Madison... more info

Said the Gramophone — Neko Case - "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" Sparks - "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" The name of the game was "Gotta Do It". The rules were simple: someone would name a deed (it could be something normal like "eat grass" or it could be... more info

Mercury News, California — The latest script is her new album 'Easy Come, Easy Go,' on which she interprets songs spanning nearly a century of popular music from Duke Ellington and Dolly Parton to Neko Case and the Decembrists. more info

The Independent — Amazon.com has published its choices for best music of 2009, with both editors' and customers' favorites for songs and albums of the year. U2: No Line on the Horizon was the bestselling album of the year in both CD and mp3 format, while Amazon.com e... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Best of 2009: Top 10 Amazon Picks1) Neko Case 2) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3) Phoenix 4) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 5) The Avett Brothers 6) Girls 7) Animal Collective 8) K'Naan 9) Jay-Z 10) Camera ObscuraTwo... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: The Beatles, Bunnymen, YYYs • Rihanna Breaks Her Silence on GMA • Pixies Rock Doolittle at L.A. Tour Launch • Jack White: Not on Slash’s Solo LP • Evanescence Return to the Stage in NYC • Jay-Z Announces 2010 Blueprint 3 ... more info

Rolling Stone — There’s still about two months left in 2009, during which some of the most highly anticipated releases of the year by Rihanna, 50 Cent, Adam Lambert and Clipse are due. But that’s not stopping Amazon.com from announcing their Top 100 albums of 20... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At Flavorpill, Chuck Klosterman lists albums to beat writer's block. The Winston-Salem Journal profiles the multi-talented author/actor John Hodgman. Singer-songwriter Neko Case talks to Seacoast Online. Paste interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.... more info