The esteemed indie-rock/alt-country/folk/pop artist unfurled a 14-song set on Thursday that included a brand new song from a forthcoming album. The review and photos at Local Spins.
‘This Tornado Loves You’ and Much More: Neko Case on stage Thursday. (Photo/Jamie Geysbeek)
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Neko Case — who’s probably never not the coolest person in any room — is the type of artist to elevate everything she touches (see her extensive solo efforts, plus her work with The New Pornographers and case/lang/veirs for evidence of this).
Case’s Thursday evening Grand Rapids tour stop, at a mostly occupied GLC Live at 20 Monroe, showcased the cherished indie singer-songwriter-guitarist in all her expected glory.
No-frills staging and minimalist light design — plus a strictly-enforced no phone/recording policy — stripped away superfluous technology and put the focus squarely on the music, Case and that voice of hers.
Offering up a 70-plus-minute set of tracks spanning her catalog (with “I Wish I Was the Moon” and “Oracle of the Maritimes” among the highlights), Case — clad in seasonally appropriate skeleton leggings — also shared several new songs from a teased forthcoming album, including a track celebrating the unfairly vilified spider, at least, in her estimation.
Case wrapped it all up with an encore that featured two songs from her much-praised 2006 album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” — “Star Witness” and “Hold Hold, Hold On.”
Show opener Lucy Wainwright Roche — of the Wainwright and Roche musical lineages — charmed the audience with lovely/melancholy songs and an amiable brand of self deprecation that landed well with a respectful if mellow crowd.
The concert’s strict no-phone policy, by the way, created a rather refreshing, throwback milieu.
PHOTO GALLERY: Neko Case, Lucy Wainwright Roche at GLC Live at 20 Monroe
Photos by Jamie Geysbeek
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