Feist cancels ... again

She's two for two now ...

Word just came from the Belly Up that Feist's show June 30 has been canceled. She canceled last time she was set to play the Belly Up. UPDATE: Scheduling conflict is the reason being given.

Jeez. So disappointing that I'm not even going to use this opportunity to gratuitously post another photo of her.

Have a hunch I'm kind of on a Feist kick?

"The Reminder" doesn't come out for another week, but Ms. Leslie Feist has posted the album for streaming on her Myspace page. So head over there if you can't wait to hear it ... or avoid the page at all costs if you, like me, are waiting until it comes out to get that full release-date excitement out of it.

Feist's Myspace page streaming "The Reminder"

Feist announces San Diego date

This was announced Friday, which, I know, makes it ancient news in the blog-o-land-o-sphere, but there should be no diminished excitement that Feist will play the Belly Up on June 30, a Saturday.



Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon. Opening for her will be Grizzly Bear, a band that got a lot of indie love last year and just kind of made me sleepy.

Like Sherman marching to the sea, Feist's momentum toward mainstream success continues to build.

Her last San Diego show was canceled (blame it on the bossa nova), so fingers crossed that this one goes off.

Feist — One Evening (MP3)

Smart comment

There was something about the Feist video, mentioned on here yesterday, that I couldn't put my finger on. Then a commenter to the posting completely nailed it. "The architect" pointed out that it looks like a Gap ad, and he's totally right. Looks like a couple other commenters on Prefix and Stereogum had the same idea, too.

Fall into the Feist...

Feist - 1 2 3 4
Music Video Codes at Roxwel.com

New Feist track

The first leak from the upcoming Leslie Feist album.
The song is more electro than I expected, but it's just so good to hear that voice again.

Feist — My Moon, My Man (MP3)

"The Reminder" comes out May 1.

If you're not familiar with Feist, she's one of the most enticing voices and lyricists in music right now. Her last album, "Let It Die," wasn't huge outside of the indie/blog world, but it deserves to be.

Part of the point of Baby Heisman is that I'm not going to gush just to fill space or give everyone their due. So if you haven't heard her before, head to her Myspace page. I said it in a past post, but "Mushaboom" is one of the best songs of the past five years.

Cashing in: Feist (PLUS ALBUM NEWS!)

I'm not sure why I find this one so odd, but "Gatekeeper," the opening track off Feist's "Let It Die," is being used in a commercial for the financial company HSBC Direct. I was on the couch working the crossword when I first heard it last week, and the song was so unexpected, so out of place that I had to run the lyrics through my head until I got to the chorus to figure out what it was — even though I've heard it a million times.

Word is she turned down McDonald's request to use "Mushaboom" (one of the best songs of the past, oh, say, five years) in an ad, but she did give it up to Lacoste to promote a new men's fragrance. Now if only wearing it would make her come running...

If you don't have, "Let It Die" do so now. All the adjectives have already been used, but smart, soulful and delicate immediately come to mind. This is a can't-miss album for Valentine's Day, too. It sets the pinpoint perfect mood for dinner time, cocktail time or bedtime.

Plus, Feist recently announced that new album "The Reminder" will be out May 1. Rejoice! I'm already all warm and tingly.

If you need something to tide you over, I am Fuel, You are Friends has MP3s of Feist's rare 1999 album "Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)." Hear what she was like before she was the blogging man's pinup girl.

"Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)" post

And just in case...
Feist — Gatekeeper (MP3)
Feist — Mushaboom (Postal Service remix) (MP3)