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someguyfromcanada  ·  2292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 257th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Been a Feist fan for a long time but just stumbled upon

Undiscovered First from the Basement.

Or if you have more time, for a 26 minute mini concert from some house in France, which has a great segue 7 minutes in..





cgod  ·  2290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I saw Feist live opening up for the Kings of Convenience a long time ago. She was solo on stage, looping her guitar and rocking out PJ Harvey/Patty Smith style. I thought her first album was really good and she wowed me by owning the stage all alone.

I remember being interested in hearing her 2nd album. I heard her on some NPR show talking about how she lived upstairs from the recording studio and would just go down stairs and cut some tracks in her pajamas. Pretty much sounded like an album recorded in pajamas. I've liked a few tracks from her here and there but I think she didn't live up my hopes.

someguyfromcanada  ·  2290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

haha. Gonzales is one of my friends exes. Pretty talented and funny guy. Feist is also tight with Peaches

and Mocky

I first came to know her when I lived around the corner from a place called The Rivoli in Toronto which was a Thai restaurant/poolhall/hip bar and a performance space. Kids in the Hall, Broken Social Scene, the above mentioned and lots of others were regulars. Super eclectic mix. The Broadway hit The Drowsy Chaperone even opened there. Really great place. Also down the street from the studio and apartment you mentioned. At the beginnings some nights there were only like 30 people there.

So undoubtedly have an emotional connection to the place and a lot of the acts since that was when I first moved to the big city and got my first real job. I only like about half of her stuff but really liked Metals.

user-inactivated  ·  2290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

LOL at the tags. Feist is good and all, but definitely not Punk.

someguyfromcanada  ·  2290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't even know what punk is anymore after I heard people started saying Blink 182 was punk.

user-inactivated  ·  2290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Blink 182 is shit. The correct answer is shit.