Specifically, Leslie Feist of Canada. She’s done some live radio performances recently, both of which are excellent — and free to listen/watch:
LINK/AUDIO
AUDIO/VIDEO
Her website has more media, including music videos and her appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. I also found two higher quality music video downloads than are available on her site:
LINK [website]
VIDEO ["Mushaboom"]
VIDEO ["One Evening"]
Her debut album, Let It Die, has gotten mixed reviews (her live work is seemingly where it’s at thus far) — but I like “One Evening” (as video-ed above) and “Gatekeeper”, especially.
BUY/LISTEN [iTunes] // BUY/LISTEN [Amazon]
LINK [Pitchfork review]
Update: TenAJs posted another music video — this one is Windows-only, and you’ll need MPC and DivX to watch it:
VIDEO ["Inside and Out"]
Update: … and another (thanks again TenAJs):
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Regarding her album, I’ve come to like every single track. It’s awesome. “Gatekeeper” is an unlikely, but an appreciative, gem.
To add to your video downloads list, I have Feist’s “Inside and Out” video. I request that you remove the link from this comment post after you read/download it and if you yourself would like to share it, upload the file elsewhere.
[video, 80 megs]Cheers!
likewise, and thanks!
i think the file is corrupted — it only worked in VLC for me, and just for the first few seconds. if you have a better copy, send it over and I’ll put it up.
Hi, sorry about that. I downloaded it and it works fine for me (viewed in MPC)… I think I made the post too soon as I was still uploading it so possibly you didn’t get the full file.
Could you try again?same problem — and i use a Mac, so MPC isn’t an option. i’ll take your word for it and stick it up anyway for the Windows users, at least until i can nab a PC and give it a shot myself.
Hm, there is another video of Mushaboom, directed by Patricia Daughter:
http://64.207.133.64/spotPopup.php?id=1669
(Got it from RSA Films)
While I’ve come to like the other one, this makes more sense to the song and, for better or worse, more extravagant. I think that’s her roommate, Peaches, in pink :)
nice!
Feist, Feist, Feist! it’s in time you realise what wonderful work has been done on that album! when it got out it just seemed as a nice debut from a girl with a magnificent voice and charm but now that it’s been playing and playing in everybody’s Pods and blogs and i can easily imagine - cafes, tea shops, evening with friends - i start to get it really - it’s great from start to end! for me “Inside and Out” is the standout track, i even played it on the dancefloor for a bit last year! and now the new video for “Mushaboom” - brilliant! love this performance of “Secret Heart”, btw…
AND you just cannot not love this performance of the same song! (apologies for posting two comments in a row like that!)
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