When not collaborating with Charlotte Gainsbourg on IRM, Beck continues adding covers collections to his Record Club. His (and MGMT and Devendra Banhart's) go at Songs Of Leonard Cohen included mixed results. We have higher hopes for his take on... CONTINUE READING BECK RECRUITS WILCO, FEIST, JAMIE LIDELL FOR SKIP SPENCE "RECORD CLUB" TRIBUTE»
Posted on November 13, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Beck | Feist | Holiday Shores | Jamie Lidell | Jefferson Airplane | Moby Grape | Skip Spence | Wilco
Kings Of Convenience summon silence. Bowery Ballroom was thoroughly hushed for KoC's first NYC show in ages last night, a palpable silence perfect for hearing every note of the Norwegian duo's forthcoming Declaration Of Dependence LP tunes, and even more... CONTINUE READING KINGS OF CONVENIENCE (AND FEIST) @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 9/10/09»
Posted on September 11, 2009 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Feist | Kings Of Convenience
Ticketholding Wilco fans in LA and NYC have already seen Leslie and Tweedy recreate their (The Album) vocal duet in the flesh; last night's Letterman was for the rest of us. Jeff and Feist enjoy a laid back but engaged... CONTINUE READING WILCO & FEIST DO "YOU & I" FOR LETTERMAN»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | David Letterman | Feist | Mayer Hawthorne | Wilco
In a few days the city's indie kids will make their way out to Coney Island for the Voice's annual Siren festival, chances are many of the same kids who made the trek last night to see Tweedy and Yo... CONTINUE READING WILCO/YO LA TENGO @ KEYSPAN PARK, CONEY ISLAND 7/13/09»
Posted on July 14, 2009 in , , , (9 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Ed Droste | Feist | Franz Ferdinand | Grizzly Bear | Wilco | Yo La Tengo
We got the word on this one from a reader named Kate, who informs us of the following: Broken Social Scene were going to have a show on the island in Toronto but because of the city strike they had... CONTINUE READING BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE REUNITE ON THE TORONTO HARBORFRONT»
Posted on July 13, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Brendan Canning | Broken Social Scene | Emily Haines | Feist | Jason Collett | Jools Holland | Kevin Drew | Mercury Prize | Metric
First Feist joined Grizzly Bear and her old Broken Social Scene pals in Toronto. Now, continuing her goodwill mission, she's ventured all the way to Los Angeles to reprise her Wilco (The Album) contribution "You & I." (Thanks for the... CONTINUE READING WILCO & FEIST DO "YOU & I" LIVE IN L.A.»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in , (17 comments)
Tags: Feist | Wilco
Last we heard, BSS were recording a new album with John McEntire. They're already playing rockers from it at "secret" hometown shows with Feist. The video's a bit boomy, but watch them do it up at the Courthouse.... CONTINUE READING NEW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - "FORCED TO LOVE" (LIVE IN TORONTO)»
Posted on June 22, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Feist
Grizzly Bear continue to be everywhere lately: the Top 10 of Billboard's album chart; on the cover of comics when I attended MoCCA (small-press comic fest) this weekend; Canada. You know, everywhere. When Ed landed in Toronto, he twitterly lamented... CONTINUE READING FEIST JOINS GRIZZLY BEAR IN TORONTO»
Posted on June 8, 2009 in (21 comments)
Tags: Feist | Grizzly Bear
The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
Offering post-Mermaid Avenue Guthrie action, Jeff Tweedy & Co. cover "The Jolly Banker," a song that's clearly as relevant as ever. Download it for free if you're "unemployed / underemployed or otherwise broke" (and can promise to make it up... CONTINUE READING NEW WILCO WOODY GUTHRIE COVER»
Posted on May 1, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Feist | Kurt Cobain | Lovvers | Nirvana | Wilco | Woody Guthrie
So many actors getting work on Stereogum today. The new Feist video for The Reminder's fluid and spacious gem "The Water" is a 15 minute piece written and directed by Kevin Drew and starring David Fox, Cillian Murphy, and Leslie.... CONTINUE READING NEW FEIST VIDEO (FEAT. CILLIAN MURPHY) - "THE WATER"»
Posted on April 10, 2009 in (38 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Cillian Murphy | Feist | Grizzly Bear | Kevin Drew
The followup to 2007's soothing Sky Blue Sky is out in late June on Nonesuch. In addition to Lolla-fav "One Wing," it's got "You And I" (featuring Feist) and "Wilco (The Song)." Spy more working titles at Wilcoworld with the... CONTINUE READING NEW WILCO LP'S GOT FEIST, "WILCO (THE SONG)"»
Posted on March 27, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Feist | Wilco
On Horn Of Plenty, "Service Bell" was just a lonely little Droste with a dorm room and a four-track. Years later he gets to revisit the track with a band full of Brooklyn's finest and a lady named Leslie. It's... CONTINUE READING GRIZZLY BEAR'S "SERVICE BELL" NOW WITH EXTRA FEIST»
Posted on January 28, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Dark Was The Night | Feist | Grizzly Bear | Low Vs Diamond
Both Justin Vernon and Leslie Feist have popped up in recent days as contributors to that heavily stacked Dark Was The Night compilation, and both will again for their collaborations with Aaron Dressner and Grizzly Bear, respectively. (If that double... CONTINUE READING BON IVER COVERS FEIST»
Posted on January 23, 2009 in (19 comments)
Tags: Audrye Sessions | Bon Iver | Bumbershoot | Feist
Feist has won all sorts of awards for teaching math to the less fortunate, but her charity doesn't stop there. The angelic indie folk star also donated a new recording to Dark Was The Night, a comp from HIV/AIDS awareness... CONTINUE READING NEW FEIST & BEN GIBBARD - "TRAIN SONG"»
Posted on January 17, 2009 (25 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Black Eyed Peas | Dark Was The Night | Explosions In The Sky | Feist
Mostly because she played one, but your Gummys votes suggest you'd think so anyway. Leslie helped Stephen bring some musical cheer to his Xmas special last night, and later sprinkled angel's dust on his head which led to Stephen watching... CONTINUE READING FEIST LOOKED LIKE AN ANGEL ON A COLBERT CHRISTMAS»
Posted on November 24, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Elvis Costello | Feist | Stephen Colbert
When you think "Feist," you generally think "Feist video." When you think "Feist video" you likely imagine one-take clips featuring airport walkways, blue sequined jumpers, or a magical Canadian stick that makes oil drums explode. Feist's "Honey Honey" clip is... CONTINUE READING NEW FEIST VIDEO - "HONEY HONEY"»
Posted on October 21, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Feist
Stephen Colbert's very special Christmas Special, the one for which Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger is writing all the songs, just got a little more Special. The CC Insider (via Videogum) reports that Adam's tunes will be performed by singers... CONTINUE READING ELVIS COSTELLO, FEIST, TOBY KEITH TO JOIN FOR A COLBERT XMAS»
Posted on September 16, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Adam Schlesinger | Elvis Costello | Feist | Fountains Of Wayne | John Legend | Jon Stewart | Stephen Colbert | SXSW | Theophilus London | Toby Keith | Willie Nelson
Leslie Feist seems so innocent. But just look at that face. Don't be fooled by the sweet and gentle voice behind the only album you and your partner can agree on during bedroom time. She is a diabolical marketing genius,... CONTINUE READING FEIST FEELS IT ALL ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA»
Posted on July 25, 2008 in (19 comments)
Tags: Feist | Good Morning America
It was only a matter of time before Feist brought "1 2 3 4" to Sesame Street and gave the Count a run for his money. So it goes: The Canadian indie iPod-er will appear on the 39th season premiere... CONTINUE READING FEIST COUNTS TO FOUR ON SESAME STREET»
Posted on July 14, 2008 in (30 comments)
Tags: Feist | Sesame Street
Feist fans, here's a reminder: Leslie didn't write "Brandy Alexander" all by her lonesome. Like "1234," there's a co-writing credit to go with the success, and here it belongs to Canadian vet Ron Sexsmith, who'll release his own version of... CONTINUE READING RON SEXSMITH RECORDS THE SONG HE WROTE WITH FEIST, WITHOUT FEIST»
Posted on June 9, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Feist | Ron Sexsmith
In Leslie's Colbert Report interview we learn that she received dual-citizenship for doing that iPod commercial (truthiness questionable), she uses the word "spangliness," she has indie rock "sewn up in [her] DNA," and her pyrotechnics aren't as impressive as Roger... CONTINUE READING FEIST PERFORMS ON COLBERT, HAS INDIE ROCK DNA AND DUAL CITIZENSHIP»
Posted on April 29, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Feist | Stephen Colbert
A snippet of the Constantines and Feist's whispery "Islands In The Stream" has been circulating for a while, but we finally have a full stream. Yes, you can now stream "Islands In The Stream" (and buy it on a limited-edition... CONTINUE READING FEIST & THE CONSTANTINES DO DOLLY & KENNY»
Posted on April 11, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Feist | The Constantines
Last night in Calgary, Alberta, Leslie Feist was the toast of the Junos, taking home top honors for the year's best single ("1234"), album, pop album, alongside trophies for top artist and songwriter. That's 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 5,... CONTINUE READING FEIST TAKES HOME A HANDFUL OF JUNOS»
Posted on April 7, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Feist | Juno Awards | SXSW | The Golden Filter | Wintersleep
Feist's "I Feel It All" single comes stacked with a few instances of the ultimate promotional tool: the remix. Fair enough, some of you were getting a little restless at the remix glut after we took a listen to Grizzly Bear's stabs and flourishes at the track, but it's worth noting that Chilly Gonzales and Britt sort of kill it. Gonzales's version is a total track transformation (think sexy, dusky, dancefloor). And as mentioned, Britt adds to the track by cutting stuff away, reforming Leslie's rollicking roots rock tune by sculpting it in his own band's image. The result is as spare and lean as a Spoon track with no guitars necessary: just a taut thwumping bass line, a tambourine, and a rising and ebbing and echoing Feist vocal. Nice job, Britt From Spoon.
Posted on February 22, 2008 (11 comments)
