Chicago Tribune — Neko Case's backing singer, confidante now takes her turn The song was written in 1999, after Hogan had spoken to her friend, a then virtually unknown singer named Neko Case, who was calling from a pay phone from some forgotten roadside between meage... more info

KEXP Seattle — On their Facebook page, The Capitol Hill Block Party has teased fans and kept them guessing as to this year’s lineup. Now, the full lineup is revealed. Among the many highlights: Neko Case, Major Lazer, Fitz And The Tantrums, The Lumineers, Phantog... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Neko Case in Long Island in 2011 (more by Greg Cristman) READS THE PRESS RELEASE:BUDDY GUY, NEKO CASE TO HEADLINE FREE OUTDOOR BLUES FESTIVAL ON HUDSON RIVER WATERFRONT, JULY 11-12 Second annual Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival, NYC's only free summer..... more info

KEXP Seattle — The lineup for Portland’s Pickathon Music Festival is now out! Headlining the festival will be Neko Case, Dr. Dog, Blitzen Trapper, and Kitty, Daisy & Lewis. Also featured at the festival will be rock and folk-rock acts like The Cave Singers, Hands... more info

Stereogum — Country Living recently did a photo shoot at Neko Case’s Vermont farm, a 100-acre property with a 225-year-old farm house in Vermont’s Green Mountains. A few notable things — mostly, Neko is paid, y’all — but there’s probably nothing more... more info

Guardian Music — (Jagjaguwar)It takes some guts for a woman to name an album Tramp, particularly when that album is a nuanced exploration of the workings of the heart. Brooklyn-based Sharon Van Etten, then, deals not in come hithers but in toxic love and its radioact... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Believer features a conversation between author Sherman Alexie and singer-songwriter Neko Case. The Washington Post profiles singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, whose new album Tramp is released Tuesday. The Christian Science Monitor lists 10 seq... more info

Stereogum — The Dodos got an assist from Neko Case last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where they performed No Color‘s “Don’t Try And Hide It.” As you might recall, the band offered a download of “So Cold” to promote the appearance last week;... more info

Stereogum — Frenchkiss duo the Dodos will have Neko Case on their arm when they do Late Night With Jimmy Fallon a week from today, 11/29. In an awareness-raising measure, the band’s untethered the previously unreleased cut “So Cold,” and if you ride for th... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Luz de Vida compilation album, out now on Fort Lowell Records, is touching remembrance for the victims of the January 8th shootings in Tucson, AZ. When the calls were made to artists to contribute a song, response was huge. Since it was origina... more info