Music Mondays
It’s inevitable working in a guitar shop that we end up having heated conversations about music.So we decided to take it to the web with Music Mondays. Every Monday someone from our staff is going to write a blog about music – specifically one particular album, artist or song. We’ll be covering anything, from the first albums that inspired us to become musicians to great hidden gems that we feel never got the recognition they deserved. Anyways, enjoy, and be sure to leave your comments and continue the discussion.
I thought I would kick our first Music Monday feature off with an album that grabbed me from the first moment I was introduced to it. Neko Case’s, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, is a compelling listen. With the single – Star Witness – leading the charge, I found the haunting melodies and lyrical imagery of the entire album to be a stark reminder of those mid-spring evenings that fall eerily across the countryside with murderous intent. My favorite track on the album is Dirty Knife. I think cabin fever sets in with each listen I allow myself. Hope you enjoy!
Jason Deutsch
“Dirty Knife”
So suddenly the madness came
With its whiskered, wolven, ether pangs
He locked the door
And shut the blinds
He laid down on the floor and he slept like iron
While the dirty knife worked deep
Into his spine
The blood runs crazy
The blood runs crazy
Cascading letters pool on the stairs
The grass is high, the cats are wild
You can’t even touch the tip of their tails
And the blood runs crazy with giant strides
He sang nursery rhymes to paralyze
The wolves that eddy out the corner of his eyes
But they squared him frozen where he stood
In the glow of the furniture piled high for firewood
And the blood runs crazy with giant strides
And the woodsman failed to breech those fangs in time
So they dragged him through the underbrush
Wearing three winter coats and a dirty knife
WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_Case
Neko Case (pronounced /ˈniːkoʊ ˈkeɪs/)[1] (born September 8, 1970 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers.
Case recorded and toured for several years as Neko Case & Her Boyfriends before performing solely under her name. She primarily performs her own material, but also performs and has recorded cover versions of songs by artists such as Harry Nilsson, Loretta Lynn, Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Queen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Hank Williams. She frequently infuses humorous narratives into her live sets.
OFFICIAL SITE
For free downloads, videos, more information on Fox Confessor and Neko’s other releases visit her at
