Does anybody have an opinion on Neko Case's Fox Confessor?

I love it. It is so much better than her last solo release - the live album - which I never ever listen to. It's not better than Furnace Room Lullaby, but then again, not much is.

I've heard it four or five times but I heard the whole thing this Sunday at a bar and couldn't believe how great it sounded. For me, for some reason the bar playback usually is the true test of how good a new album is.

In other new release news. The new Bruce Springsteen P Seeger album is getting such great reviews - it makes me very happy. (Anybody read the recent Pete Seeger profile in the New Yorker? I cried through the entire last page.) And iTunes has a new Decemberists EP out today called Picaresqueties. Didn't know about it. I am going to wait a week or so and see if it shows up on emusic (it's been released by Kill Rock Stars, who one guesses are trying to milk everything they can as the D's have moved on to the Big Corporate Label).

Due to boredom and cephalapod talk in Natter which I happened to peek in on, I just watched a video of an OCTOPUS EATING A SHARK. I am forever changed:

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Does anybody have an opinion on Neko Case's Fox Confessor?

I recommended it to Allyson several posts back. Unfortunately, I seem to be on everyone's nitwit filter.

What can folks tell me about The Dresden Dolls. I've met any number of people here who've toured with them and it gave me the impression they were a local band with a lot of friends. But I guess I'm wrong, huh?

And iTunes has a new Decemberists EP out today called Picaresqueties.

Those were the bonus tracks that came on side four of the double LP vinyl version of Picaresque. "Bridges and Balloons", a Joanna Newsom song was additionally on that Believer comp CD of all cover versions.

The Dresden Dolls are from Boston. I seem to remember another Buffista from somewhere-that-wasn't-Boston also convinced that they were local to their area.

At least a couple folks I know from Tribe.net have toured with them, managed tours, etc. So what's their deal? Goth?

"punk cabaret" -- They're a duo, piano and drums usually. The music is rather Brechtian. Check out the website: [link]

Unfortunately, I seem to be on everyone's nitwit filter.

Or rather, I remember somebody here had an opinion about it but was too lazy to search for it.

Joe, I just emailed you. You might need to fish it out of your spam filter.

Spidra, I think there might be some Dresden Dolls up at Buffistarawk. I like them very much. "Coin Operated Boy" seems to be their best loved song, though I expect opinions will vary. You can hear a live version of that song at their website.