May 10, 2007 | Posted by David B. at 9:20 AM

Spent too much on cheap umbrellas

immaculate machine

Chances are, when you heard the New Pornographers were replacing Neko Case on their tour with Carl Newman's niece, you said to yourself, "Someone's taking Neko's place? And Carl Newman has a niece old enough to sing for the New Pornographers!?" Maybe Canadians age differently or something. Here's what I know: I saw them on their last tour, and Kathryn Calder did an excellent job, serving as a good Neko surrogate while adding her own personal style to the parts. She's got her own band called Immaculate Machine, and their second full-length comes out next month. Here's what it sounds like.

Immaculate Machine - Dear Confessor.

The record's good, and there are some fun surprises. One of these is that Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kopranos guests on the first track, "Jarhand." (The liner notes have a helpful drawing of Mr. Kopranos and the record's other contributors.)

As far as I know, you can't pre-order Fables yet, but it's coming out on Mint Records on June 12. Keep those eyes peeled.

Comments

Is Kathryn Calder on any New Pornographers recordings (besides live from that tour)? I feel like she is but I could very well be making it up.

Posted by: aerin at May 11, 2007 1:51 AM

aerin, I'm pretty sure she isn't - I think she only came on board for the Twin Cinema tour, after the record was done. can anyone confirm or deny?

Posted by: Robot David at May 11, 2007 8:42 AM

They're pretty fun live, as I saw on the 'Twin Cinema' tour.

Posted by: Jeff at May 11, 2007 5:50 PM

I think she may have been on Twin Cinema, but I'm not positive. I'll have to check the CD booklet.

I saw them last summer when she took over Neko's parts at concerts. She was good. From what I heard live, I think she has a tad bit of a different vocal range than Neko...like where Neko belts, she had to go into headvoice and such. Still good though. :)

Posted by: fortune at May 15, 2007 8:42 PM

kathryn is featured on twin cinema. she sings with neko on "three or four" and you can hear her backing vocals on tracks like "jessica numbers" and "bleeding heart" show (if i'm not mistaken).

Posted by: measures at May 18, 2007 5:20 PM
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