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David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Gillian Welch, The National, Feist, many more contribute to Dark Was the Night comp
Today is World AIDS Day. Appropriately enough, it's also the day that the line-up was revealed for Dark Was the Night, a compilation release which will benefit AIDS/HIV awareness group, The Red Hot Organization.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsKevin Drew talks Feist song short-film adaptation
After three years of directing music videos... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCast announced for Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
As details for Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Vie Héroïque) continue to come together, one thing is for sure: director Joann Sfar (of Ignatz-winning Rabbi's Cat fame) would prefer this biopic not be traditional. According to The Playlist, he refuses to use the word "biopic" at all, and his film will use special effects by the team that worked on Pan's Labyrinth. How this will color his 40-year sweep of Gainsbourg's life (from the early '40s to the '80s, stopping short of the poet/songwriter's death in 1991) is not as clear, but Sfrar insists that this won't be work in... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsScarJo, Feist, more featured at Nobel Peace Prize concert
The Nobel Peace Prize has a concert? Why, yes it does. And this year's show, in celebration of Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, is being hosted by singer-on-the-side Scarlett Johansson.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsStephen Colbert's Christmas special sports crazy talent
Christmas will come early for Stephen Colbert fans this year... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFeist teaches kids to count to four on Sesame Street
As far as songs getting stuck in our heads go, Feist's "1234" is significantly better, then, say, the hook from any of Soulja Boy's recent jams, amongst many other things. And if you have any children under the age of seven, prepare to have that Apple-beloved little ditty rattling around once again for weeks to come.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFeist and Constantines offer "Islands in the Stream" cover
Winking covers of cheesy '80s tunes by established indie artists are a dime—or, on Amazon, $18.97 new and $8.99 used—a dozen these days. Still, Feist and Constantines' cover of Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s 1983 hit "Islands in the Stream" is really quite stunning. With nary a bit of cheek, they've stripped the song down to the quietly earnest acoustic slow-jam it should have always been. Better still, Bryan Webb and Leslie Feist sound like they actually wanna make love to each other, which is not the impression we get from this chummy, vintage Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton performance…:... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFeist wins five Junos, goes around the country again
Quite possibly fueled by the fact that she won 1,2,3,4…5 (couldn’t resist) awards this past Sunday, April 6, at the Canadian Juno Awards, Feist has decided to tour for even longer than she was planning on before. So now, if you miss her the first time, you can see her the second time she tours the U.S. and Canada. The Calgary, Alberta native won her glass and aluminum statuettes for Single of the Year, “1,2,3,4,” Album of the Year for The Reminder, pop album of the year, The Reminder, Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. All in... read more
Found in: Music, NewsFeist enlists puppetry troupe for next music video
What do you do after your last video becomes a ubiquitous hit following its inclusion in a certain MP3 player's television ads? Let puppets do your work for you, of course. According to several reports, Canadian songstress Feist has enlisted the help of the Calgary-based The Old Trout Puppet Workshop for the video of her latest single, "Honey, Honey," off the Grammy-nominated album The Reminder. The Old Trout Puppet Workshop produced puppetry for the early 1990s blockbuster Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. (What? No Rick Moranis this time around?) Their work has also been featured on stage, in productions of... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGreen Owl Comp features Deerhoof, Feist, Of Montreal, more
Green Owl Records wants you to help clean up the environment. And really, how can you resist? Just look at that cute, green face above! But perhaps you need a little more urging, because a crudely drawn image of a green figure with claw-like hands may not be convincing enough. What if Green Owl Records threw in a two-CD/one-DVD collection that includes rare and unreleased tracks from your favorite artists? Then would you help clean up our polluted world? You probably would, given that the compilation, informatively titled Green Owl Comp: A Benefit for the Energy Action Coalition features contributions... read more
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