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On the Culture Front: Cock Opens Off-Broadway, PEN Festival Storms New York and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Timber Timbre, Radio City Music Hall, Royal National Theatre, Feist, Joyce Theater, Cock Play, New York Theater, Pen, PEN World Voices, Cock Royal National Theatre, New York Art, New York News

Mike Bartlett's buzzed about new play, Cock, from the Royal National Theatre opened to a thunderous and mostly deserved standing ovation at the Duke Thursday night.

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Concert Whereabouts (May 7 - May 13)

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Mike Doughty, Black Cat, Concerts, Feist, Strathmore, Dc Concerts, 9:30 Club, M. Ward, m83, Willie Nelson, DC Music Scene, Dc Around Town, DC News

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming may not be Anthony Gonzalez's strongest effort, but M83 is where they belong in D.C. -- at the 9:30 Club. There will be a guaranteed dance party on Saturday. In fact, there will be two of them.

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What To Do This Weekend

Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Video, Frieze Art Fair, NY Events, Kentucky Derby, New York Weekend Events, Jonathan Toubin, Cinco De Mayo, Kentucky Derby 2012, Feist, Cinco De Mayo 2012, New York News

2012 Frieze Art Fair Where: Randall's Island Park, East River and Harlem River; (212) 463-7488 When: Friday-Monday, 12PM-7PM on Friday and Saturda...

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Feist And The Beach Boys Among Upcoming NYC Shows

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, Beirut, The Beach Boys, New York Concerts, Bam, Feist, New York Events, The Antlers, New York News

By Daniel Jumpertz Celebrating the opening of the Frieze New York art exhibition, Martha Wainwright performs a full concert in the MoMA PS1 Perform...

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New Orleans Jazz Fest: More Like Coachella Than You'd Think

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Creole Wild West, DJ Soul Sister, Cee Lo Green, Jazzfest, Goodie Mob, Feist, Music, Culture News

Jazz Fest has not reached the uber-hipster level of a Bonnaroo Lollapalooza Coachella, and we like it that way. But it is evolving. Chances are the kids were never going to pick up the red bean cabana shirt mantle; they'll probably come up with Jazz Fest hankie shirts or something undreamt of as yet.

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Feist+Mastodon=FEISTODON!

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Mastodon, Feistodon Record Store Day, Record Store Day, Record Store Day 2012, Feist Mastodon, Feist, Music, Feistodon, On Our Radar, Culture News

Indie pop darling Feist and metal band Mastodon have combined forces for Record Store Day in an effort called Feistodon. The two-track split 7" will f...

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Antony Bitar's Holiday Download, Chatting with Gary Clark Jr. and Macedo, Plus a James Mee Anthem

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Andrew Oedel, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Albert King, Billie Holiday, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Esperanza Spalding, Muddy Waters, Fred Kevorkian, The Supremes, Rilo Kiley?S Jenny Lewis, Radiohead, Sia, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Regina Spektor, Diana Ross, Anton Bitar, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Macedo, Feist, Rolling Stone, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi, Nils Montan, Michelle Macedo, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Gary Clark Jr., Video, Zero7, Macedo, Entertainment News

Antony Bitar released his self-titled debut album in September, and his rendition of the Christmas classic "Silent Night" is a special gift that Antony is giving to Huffington Post readers for the holidays.

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Is This The Coachella 2012 Lineup?

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: The Shins, Foo Fighters, Lmfao, Wilco, Coachella 2012 Lineup, No Doubt, Moby, Coachella 2012, Feist, The Root, Coachella Rumors, Radiohead, Los Angeles News

Its that time of year again... when holiday cheer and leaked Coachella line-ups fill our Facebook news feed. The latest "2012 Lineup" from StarzUnc...

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Feist Channels Her Inner Girl From 'The Ring'

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Track of the Day, Feist Music Video, Video, Feist, Feist Metals, Metals Video, How Come You Never Go There Video, Feist How Come You Never Go There, Culture News

Feist has her first video for Metals out, a black-and-white forest scene set to the album's first single, "How Come You Never Go There." The song is l...

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Major Indie Rock Outfit Plays Final American Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Amy Millan, Fillmore, Broken Social Scene Break Up, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Feist, San Francisco, Canadian Music, Canada, Do Make Say Think, Indie Rock, Culture News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Broken Social Scene have been called a lot of things -- Canadian supergroup, rock collective, family, alt-pioneers, "guitar-maelstrom...

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Feist On Making Metals and Feeling It All

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: New York, Nyc, Metals, Feist, Canada, 1234, Interview Feist, Musician Feist, Feist Music, Music Feist, Feist Interview, Feist Musician, Entertainment News

On a recent, rather warm August evening, I met the acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter Feist at a cozy antique hotel in the East Village. Sitting in the courtyard, I found her to be as authentic as the words she puts to music.

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Sade at Honda Center: Style as Enlightenment

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Smooth Operator, John Legend, Orange County, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Michelle Obama, Soul, Kate Betts, Sade Adu, Music, Cleo Laine, Audrey Hepburn, Christine McVie, Jazz, Halle Berry, Honda Center, Soldier of Love, Norah Jones, Anaheim, Greta Garbo, Paul S. Denman, Yukimi Nagano, Feist, Josephine Baker, Sade, Sophie Muller, La Around Town, Concert Reviews, Los Angeles News

Sade's show at Honda Center in Anaheim August 30 was such a triumph of visual and sonic beauty, I started to wonder if pure gorgeousness could fix the economy or make political parties get along.

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Dog Ears Music: Poolside Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Jesca Hoop, The Caretaker, Broken Social Scene, William Basinski, Steve Winwood, Danielle Evin, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry, Max Richter, ALbert Hammond Jr., Music, Air, The Beatles, mp3s, Bangups, Tracy Bonham, Pavement, Feist, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Doves, Alice Coltrane, Architecture in Helsinki, Dog Ears, B.B. King, Seabear, Enon, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Bangups, The Caretaker, Laurie Anderson, AIR, and others.

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Feist, 'How Come You Never Go There'

Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Feist Music, How Come You Never Go There, Feist, Music, Feist How Come You Never Go There, Feist New Music, On Our Radar, Video, Culture News

If we were to go off the title of Feist's upcoming album, Metals, we'd be in store for something harder than the "Mushaboom"-era Feist. On Friday, the...

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British Buzz Boy James Blake Arrives in Brooklyn

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, London, Universal Motown, Music Hall of Williamsburg, James Blake, Feist, Joni Mitchell, Dubstep, Electronica, James Blake Concert, New York News

Blake's style of music is a hybrid of experimental dub step, lo-fi, and electronica and his lyrics show his vulnerability, passion and sensitivity.

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BLOGWATCH> Beck's Record Club Writes and Records Albums In 24 Hours

Beck's Record Club | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Process, Pop Music, Os Mutantes, Feist, Beck, Wilco, Los Angeles Music, Thurston Moore, Music, Music News, Record Club, Sonic Youth, Arts News

Beck and a cast of musicians gather and record an album in a day, and the videos are rough, and unrehearsed, and sometimes incredible....

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A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Robert Smith, Patty Larkin, Zero 7, Cliff Chenfeld, Joan Baez, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tobias Winterkorn, The O.C., Paul Minor, PJ Harvey, Gary Louris, One Tree Hill, Feist, Dar Williams, David Bowie, The Muppets, Jarvis Cocker, Bossa Nova, José González, Martha Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, KT Tunstall, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins, The Jayhawks, U2, Brian Eno, Jack Johnson, Vanessa Carlton, The Kings of Convenience, Robyn Hitchcock, Elias Araya, Video, Entertainment News

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John Legend Talks New Album With The Roots, Politics And Twitter

Samantha Zalaznick | Posted 05.25.2011

"We were kinda inspired by what was going on with the election and all the increased levels of activism and optimism, and we wanted to make an album that captured that sentiment."

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Daryl Hall & John Oates Interview Part 1: Honey Bunches of John Oates

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Zooey Deschanel, Collection, Mustache, Foreward, Hall & Oates, Music, Hall and Oates, Duo, Regina Spektor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Box Set, 500 Days of Summer, 1980s, Feist, John Oates, Pop, Sweet Stache, Maneater, Daryl Hall, Entertainment News

"Of all the groups or duos out there, [SNL] pick us to use because we've achieved this iconic status of sorts," Oates said. "They're not going to pick someone the world doesn't recognize."

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The Anti-Diva List

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tracy Chapman, Janis Joplin, Heart, Joni Mitchell, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Norah Jones, Ann Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Chrissie Hynde, Paula Abdul, Feist, Vh1, Diva, Style News

No Maybelline sponsorships. No sequins. No gowns. These anti-divas derive strength from the power of their musical prowess. They don't employ stylists -- just guitar techs.

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Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, This Week's New Album Releases, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Cookie Monster, Christopher Guest, Heroes, Aerosmith, Mary J Blige, Donovan, Tiki Lewis, Sylvia Massey, David Bazan, Alex Turner, Sony Music, Herbiew Hancock, Derek Webb, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Edgar Winter, Les Sabler, Queen Latifah, Beijing's White, Chris Young, John Fogerty, Jamie Cullum, Rod Stewart, Chuck Ragan, Katherine Mcphee, Led Zeppelin, Harry Shearer, Holywood Undead, Ozzy Osbourne, Joshe Homme, H Is Orange, Queens of the Stone Age, Jawnee Burx, Radney Foster and the Confessions, Marshall Tucker Band, Andy Warhol, The Pretenders, Pitbull, They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Susana Baca, System of a Down, Blue Oyser Cult, Soulja Boy Tell'Em, Yonder Mountain String Band, Reverened Horton Heat, Pink Floyd, Buddy Guy, Michael McKean, The Factory, James Ford, Trey Songz, The Black Crowes, Adam Block, Richard Lloyd, The Wiggles, Farewell, Heavy Young Heathens, Carlos Santana, Andrew W.K., Los Lobos, Queen, Jonny Lang, Arctic Monkeys, Whitney Houston, Sam Baker, Crack the Sky, Experience Hendrix, Staurday Night Live, Mariah Carey, Legacy Recordings, Feist, Universal Music Group, Duran Duran, Hafez Nazeri, Motown, Brandi Shearer, CuCu Diamantes, Simian Mobile Disco, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Paul Rogers, Robin Guthrie, Matt Dillon, Van Cliburn, Vanilla Fudge, Canned Heat, Jay Skinner, Denny Doherty, Alice Cooper, 3 Doors Down, Paul Morrissey, Jamie Cook, The Doors, Strawbs, The Apples in Stereo, Diana Krall, Lady GaGa, Jimi Hendrix, Drive-by Truckers, John Phillips, Tool, Chevelle, Echospin, Sylar, Datarock, Entertainment News

It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.

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Wilco (The Album)

Chris Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Ipod, Wilco, Album Reviews, New Releases, Alt-Country, Wilco (the Album), Feist, Uncle Tupelo, Music, Jeff Tweedy, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

Wilco have now released seven studio records and every single one has been met with critical adoration.

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Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carl Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Greg Calbi, Paul Stookey, Christmas, Cd, Michael Cera, J.D. Souther, Apple, Peter Buck, Folk, Lindsey Buckigham, Capitol Records, Gregg Ogorzelec, John Stewart, Belle & Sebastian, Stevie Nicks, Arrested Development, The Bristols, Digital Download, Ellen Page, Mike Mills, Phil Everly, Mary Travers, Bill Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Barnes & Noble, Punk, Jason Reitman, Carlos Grasso, Borders, Michael Stipe, Paul & Mary, Glenn Frey, David Lindley, Toronto, Buddy Holly, Dana G. Smart, Jay Boberg, Canada, Rock, Trio Los Panchos, Athens, Mitch Easter, I.R.S., Asylum Records, Warren Zevon, Southern California, Labor Day, Compact Disc, John David Souther, Don Dixon, Hindu Love Gods, Feist, Yo La Tengo, Don Henley, Kimya Dawson, Amazon, Peter Yarrow, 45s, Jim Croce, Texas, Juno, Best Buy, Jon Stewart, Georgia, John Denver, Jr. James & the Late Guitar, New West, Jackson Browne, Astrud Gilberto, Itunes, R.E.M., Peter, Ppm, Hib-Tone, Peter Paul, Entertainment News

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

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Feist Sings 1-2-3-4 On Sesame Street

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Feist Sesame Street, Feist 1-2-3-4, Feist Nano, Feist, Eat the Press, Video, Media News

It's hard to tell what just got hipper: Feist or Sesame Street, thanks to the union of both in the opening episode of the show's 39th season.

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