The Uncensored Triumph of Neko Case — elle.com

Neko Case is a magician on stage, possessed of the power to completely transform each venue she plays. Case in point (sorry, had to): Back in May, Case played a twilight set at the Sasquatch! Festival, and turned the massive outdoor amphitheater into a space as intimate and closely drawn as a living room. She commanded its main stage, mounted in the middle of a sprawling, sun-streaked canyon, and every lyric coaxed the crowd closer. "Man," "Bracing For Sunday" and the majority of The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, September's triumphant release, had people pushing to the front in a steady tide. Case is a poet and her deliberate delivery makes her a dependable tour de force. (She's also a celeb #ELLEFOLLOWS , and her awesome snaps and filter-free tweets keep us on our toes.) It's not that big stages are her thing, though: all stages are her thing, and with 20 years of hard rocking experience behind the mic under her belt, it's easy to see why.

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