NEKO CASE - Middle Cyclone

What an album cover, huh? I think someone has been watching Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Campy or clever, I love it.

Neko Case has announced the details of the follow-up to her acclaimed 2006 release Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. The new disc, titled Middle Cyclone, hits stores March 3rd via Anti. The album will feature collaborations with M.Ward, as well as members of New Pornographers, The Sadies, Los Lobos, and Calexico.

The record label has just released a "making of the album" video, which offers a really interesting insight into Neko Case's creative process. Watch it below...



Middle Cyclone Track List:

01. This Tornado Loves You
02. The Next Time You Say Forever
03. People Got A Lotta Nerve
04. Polar Nettles
05. Vengeance Is Sleeping
06. Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
07. Middle Cyclone
08. Fever
09. Magpie To The Morning
10. I'm An Animal
11. Prison Girls
12. Don't Forget Me
13. The Pharaohs
14. Red Tide
15. Marais La Nuit

THE HOTTEST STATE Soundtrack - FEIST, CAT POWER, BRIGHT EYES, M.WARD, WILLIE NELSON

I haven't yet seen the movie, directed by Ethan Hawke, but the soundtrack to the upcoming film THE HOTTEST STATE is absolutely wonderful. Singer/songwriter JESSE HARRIS penned all the songs, which have been covered by the likes of FEIST, CAT POWER, BRIGHT EYES, EMMYLOU HARRIS, WILLIE NELSON, NORAH JONES, M. WARD, and THE BLACK KEYS for the film. Harris himself sings three of the tracks as well.

The film, released August 24th in LA and NY, stars Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Sonia Braga, and Michelle Williams.

STREAM - The Full Album

STREAM - Bright Eyes - Big Old House

TRACK LISTING

1) Rocha - "Ya No Te Veria Mas (Never See You)"
2) Willie Nelson - "Always Seem to Get Things Wrong"
3) Feist - "Somewhere Down the Road"
4) Bright Eyes - "Big Old House"
5) Emmylou Harris - "The Speed of Sound"
6) Jesse Harris - "It Will Stay With Us"
7) The Black Keys - "If You Ever Slip"
8) M. Ward - "Crooked Lines"
9) Norah Jones - "World of Trouble"
10) Brad Mehldau - "Never See You"
11) Cat Power - "It's Alright to Fail"
12) Jesse Harris - "One Day the Dam Will Break"
13) Tony Scherr - "You, the Queen"
14) "Morning in a Strange City (Cafe)"
15) Rocha - "No More"
16) Jesse Harris - "Dear Dorothy"
17) Rocha - "Never See You”
18) "There Are No Second Chances"

The soundtrack in now available. PURCHASE - The Hottest State Soundtrack