Feist

 You thought you were finally done hearing Feist's "1,2,3,4" when the iPod commercials finally stopped airing huh? Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids. Feist will be appearing on the 39th season premiere of Sesame Street with a new rendition of the song. The video of the performance is the cutest thing you'll see all day...I promise. However, I'm glad I don't have kids, because they'd probably play it over and over until I jumped out of the window.

Feist was nominated for four Grammy Awards and has won multiple Juno Awards, prizes she calls "for the parents." She's had quite a year thanks to the extra attention she got from being featured in one of Apple's commercials for its iPod Nano. Speaking with BBC News, Leslie Feist admitted she had no idea the impact the Apple iPod Nano add featuring her "1234" tune would have. "I felt a definite shift," Feist told the network. "It seemed to pique a lot of curiosi... MORE

Troubadour Leslie Feist, better known as just Feist may have lost the Grammy for Best New Artist to Amy Winehouse earlier this year, but you ain't gonna be seeing Amy Winehouse on Sesame Street any time soon. On the other hand Feist will reportedly be appearing on the long-running children's program singing her The Reminder hit "1234" and a duet with Elmo she especially wrote for the fuzzy and ticklish little red dude. No air date has been announced. This isn't the fir... MORE

One, two, three, four   Tell me that you love me more  Sleepless, long nights That was what my youth was for Oh teenage hopes are lying at your door Left you with nothing But they want some more Oh, oh, oh You're changing your heart Oh, oh, oh You know who you are  Sweetheart, bitter heart Now i can't tell you apart Cozy and cold Put the horse before the cart Those teenage hopes Through our tears and the lies Too scared to run off To one little life Oh, ... MORE

You'll notice that to the left in my "songs you should be listening to" the song My Man My Moon sits patiently, ready to be heard. I'm sure many have heard the song before. It's fun and lovable. But really I'm just calling it out because I like it AND because it has the word moon in it. If you look out at the moon tonight it's a really neat sight. It almost looks like the man in the moon is smiling down on us all. I don't know why I've always been amused by this-some... MORE

To quote Zero Wing.... "All your base are belong to Apple". Today Apple announced they have surpassed Wal Mart as the America's number one supplier of music. I bet in the year 2000, Wal-Mart execs would have laughed you out of the room if you told them a retailer with no physical presence would outsell them before the decade was over. "We launched iTunes less than five years ago, and it has now become thenumber one music retailer in the world," said Eddy Cue, Apple's v... MORE

This is my favorite track on Feist's amazing album, The Reminder. If you haven't heard this, you gotta check it out. And if you have, give it another listen.

Amy Winehouse who? Feist is the new "IT" girl. (Was it the iPod commercial?) Feist is the winner of the Seventh Annual Shortlist Music Prize for her 2007 album The Reminder. If you're a Feist fan, you probably got to swooning over the Canadian singer-songwriter way back when 2004's Let It Die broke through. But now in 2008 the swooning is being done by the panel of the Shortlist Music Prize - recording artists Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) and Ronnie Vannucci (the Killers... MORE

Feist has done it again. The Canadian singer-songwriter has released a new music video for The Reminder track "I Feel It All" and it's just as awesome as the iPod-loving "1234." In it Feist is a firework conductor. What is a firework conductor exactly? Check it and you'll find out. Feist, "I Feel It All" off The Reminder Feist is taking it easy until the end of February, then she jetsets out for some shows in Australia.

Feist added several stops to her already extensive summer tour. She plays in Detroit MI Thursday April 10th and covers most of the US before hitting Canada. NME has tour dates for Feist ranging from April 10th all the way to November 9th! Feist Tour on NME.com Feist - "My Moon My Man" directed by Patrick Daughters:

Is it a coincidence that Feist is quite feisty? I think not. I just got in from her show and man is she full of spunk. She has so much spirit, but the kind that would blossom among a much smaller crowd than there was tonight. There we were all in our velvet seats, like a good obedient audience: the exact opposite of what she wanted. She actually asked if everyone could imagine themselves in a dive bar, the kind with one bathroom stall and sticky floors. I was there, ... MORE

There were a lot of great albums that I listened to in 2007, but these are the ones I dug the most, in no particular order. Feist, The Reminder - Because "I Feel It All" was one of the most beautiful, real songs of 2007, and because the rest of the album was just about that good too. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible - Because they captured the unease and uncertainty and dislocation of these very troubled times. Alina Simone, Placelessness - Mogger Alina Simone's debut is beau... MORE