feist

Here are the things you need to know in order to fall in love with Leslie Feist: she’s much more than just the torch singer leaning against the ballad with a lone spotlight on her. In a past life, she was a shouty battle of the bands teen queen in a Calgary punk band. She’s made bashful indie boys swoon with her brash riffs playing guitar with Toronto rock band By Divine Right and her shout-out fronting of Canadian indie rock genre definers Broken Social Scene. She’s stubborn and meticulous about things like the EQ level on the stereo and her long honed guitar tone. She’s been placed in the role of the most unlikely fashion icon, but mostly she’s a tomboy who doesn’t really do make-up. Onstage she can pivot between being the solo singer captivating a room with her guitar or take on the role of leading a band of three brothers. It’s hard not to be floored by the staggering breadth and depth of the material on Feist's albums. You can hear the sound of every facet of Feist– the punk kid from Calgary, the T.O. indie rock poster girl, the Parisian ex-pat who taps the cobblestone. The lost and the found – without the slightest bit of compromise. Add Feist to you music library for a refreshing new sound.