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Watch a New (Live) Feist Track

Jennifer Marston — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:16:12 +0000

Leslie Feist is cropping up all over the headlines lately. Last week it was announced that she’ll guest on Broken Social Scene’s forthcoming new album. She also, along with Jamie Lidell and the Wilco boys, participated in Beck’s Record Club series and is set to guest on Lidell’s upcoming Compass album.

No word yet regarding a follow-up to her 2007 full-length The Reminder, but she did unveil a new song at this year’s Winter Games, which you can hear below. The song is called “He Was Free,” and, wobbly camerawork aside, it bodes well for 2010 in the world of Feist.

Image by Mary Rozzi

Feist and Beck on New Jamie Lidell Album

Jennifer Marston — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:14:17 +0000

Last Friday, we had an initial taste of Jamie Lidell‘s forthcoming new album via the song “Compass.” Turns out that number is the title track off the new release, and plenty more details regarding the album emerged today.

Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor co-produced the album. Lidell, meanwhile, rekindled some connections made during another recent collaboration and enlisted the likes of Beck, Feist, Wilco’s Pat Sansone, and R&B drumming legend James Gadson to help, along with Brian LeBarton and producer/songwriter Gonzales. Our dreams have all come true and it’s only Monday.

Expect news of a Lidell tour soon. Compass is out May 18 via Warp.

Watch: Another Beck/Wilco/Feist Collaboration

Jennifer Marston — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30:19 +0000

While we were away for the holidays, Beck’s Record Club continued cranking out the music. The previously mentioned third installment of his ongoing “informal meeting of various musicians” features the members of Wilco, along with Feist, Jamie Lidell, and Beck himself, covering the music of Jefferson Airplane member Skip Spence. Feist and Jeff Tweedy did a mellow duet of the song “Broken Heart,” which you can see/hear below.

All previously posted tracks from the collaboration are up right now at the Record Club site.

Beck, Wilco, Feist Cover Skip Spence

Jennifer Marston — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:29 +0000

A quick refresher. Five months ago, Beck started his Record Club project, which he touts on his site as “an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day.”

Previously, we’ve seen the man himself covering The Velvet Underground and Nico, as well as MGMT and Devendra Banhart covering Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Rumor surfaced a while back that Wilco would, at some point, be involved with the project, a fact confirmed via beck.com earlier this week. Better yet, neo-soul crooner Jamie Lidell and Feist just happened to be hanging around the studio when Wilco dropped by, and the whole crew covered Jefferson Airplane member Skip Spence’s classic psych-folk album, Oar. Jeff Tweedy’s son Spencer even lended a hand with some of the drumming for the project.

The eight songs recorded during that session will be released in weekly installments. The first, “Little Hands,” is up and available now.

UPDATE: And here’s a video for “Little Hands,” with footage of the whole crew hard at work in the studio.