Sunday, October 30, 2005

New Pornographers' Bassist's Appendix Explodes / Neko Case Preps New LP


Neko Case
Singer-songwriter, Neko Case has finished recording her first studio solo album since 2002. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood is scheduled to come out March 7 on Anti- Records.

A variety of musicians will contribute on the new LP — Garth Hudson of The Band, Kelly Hogan, The Sadies, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand and Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico.

This album will be Case's first studio work since 2002's Blacklisted. She released a live album, The Tigers Have Spoken, last year. She plans to tour the new album in North America early next year.

Case has been touring with The New Pornographers and when she gets back from playing a couple dates with them in the U.K. she'll play a couple of solo shows in the U.S.

The New Pornographers, meanwhile, lost bassist John Collins for the time being to an exploding appendix after their sold-out Chicago show on October 20. The band were forced to cancel the remaining two dates of their North American tour, both in Minneapolis.

There is no word from the band's Canadian label, Mint Records, on whether or not Collins will be able to make the trip to the U.K. next week.

New Pornographers


source: chartattack

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