Genre : Folk/Alternative/Indie
Hometown : Nova Scotia, Canada
Born in : Leslie Feist was born in 13 February 1976
Started Her Career at : age fifteen, Feist got her start in music when she founded, and was the lead vocalist for a Calgary punk band called Placebo (not that Placebo). At one concert she met Brendan Canning, whose band hHead performed immediately before hers, and with whom she joined in Broken Social Scene ten years later. Feist's solo debut album, Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), was released in 1999. It is composed of 10 songs, including "Monarch" and "That's What I Say, It's Not What I Mean.
Catching Point : Feist has been noted both as a songwriter and as an innovative interpreter of other artists' songs. Her songs are featured in many advertisment as well as TV Series. Prior to the airing of an Apple iPod nano commercial featuring this song, The Reminder was selling at approximately 6,000 copies per week, and "1234" at 2,000 downloads per week. Writer Josh Tyrangiel called the song a “masterpiece,” praising Feist for singing it “with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that's all her own". On 6 April 2008, Feist won a Juno Award for the single as "Single of the Year".
Websites :
Official Page
MySpace Music
Discography :
Albums :
* Monarch (Lay Your Jeweled Head Down)
Tracklist:1. "It's Cool to Love Your Family" - 3:54
2. "The Onliest" - 4:03
3. "La Sirena" - 4:28
4. "One Year A.D." - 4:50
5. "Monarch" - 5:10
6. "That's What I Say, It's Not What I Mean" - 3:36
7. "Flight #303" - 2:48
8. "Still True" - 3:52
9. "The Mast" - 4:43
10. "New Torch" - 4:19
* Let It Die
Tracklist:1. "Gatekeeper" – 2:16
2. "Mushaboom" – 3:44
3. "Let It Die" – 2:55
4. "One Evening" – 3:36
5. "Leisure Suite" – 4:07
6. "Lonely Lonely" – 4:10
7. "When I Was a Young Girl" – 3:08
8. "Secret Heart" – 3:49
9. "Inside and Out" – 4:17
10. "Tout Doucement" – 2:31
11. "Now at Last"– 3:16
Australia version also includes:
- Gatekeeper (Full mix)
- Lover's Spit (live on XFM w/ Broken Social Scene )
* The Reminder
Tracklist:1. "So Sorry"– 3:12
2. "I Feel It All" – 3:39
3. "My Moon My Man" – 3:48
4. "The Park" – 4:34
5. "The Water" – 4:46
6. "Sealion"– 3:39
7. "Past in Present" – 2:54
8. "The Limit to Your Love" – 4:21
9. "1234" – 3:03
10. "Brandy Alexander" – 3:36
11. "Intuition" – 4:36
12. "Honey Honey" – 3:27
13. "How My Heart Behaves"– 4:26
Others :
Remix Album:
*Open Season
Tracklist:1. "One Evening" (Gonzales solo piano)
2. "Inside + Out" (Apostle of Hustle unmix live at the BBC)
3. "Mushaboom" (Mocky mix)
4. "Gatekeeper" (One Room One Hour mix)
5. "Lonely Lonely" (Frisbee'd mix)
6. "Mushaboom" (k-os mix)
7. "Snow Lion" (with Readymade FC)
8. "Tout doucement"
9. "The Simple Story" (with Jane Birkin)
10. "Lovertits" (with Gonzales)
11. "Mushaboom" (The Postal Service mix)
12. "Gatekeeper" (Do Right mix)
13. "One Evening" (VV mix)
14. "When I Was a Young Girl" (VV mix)
15. "Mushaboom" (VV mix)
Collaborations:
Bless This Mess with By Divine Right
Listen To:
Secret Heart
1 2 3 4
Mushaboom
*See Comment for Details*
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