Unfortunately, that one mostly just felt awkward. They sang “You And I,” their duet from 2009’s Wilco (The Album), and their performance was one of the simpler renditions on a night that saw most Metals songs amped up significantly and many older Feist numbers rendered barely recognizable.įeist and Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste did a quick run-through of his band’s AIDS charity song “Service Bell” before he helped out on Metals track “Cicadas and Gulls.”Ĭountry crooner Doug Paisley temporarily brought us to the Grand Ole Opry with his song “Don’t Make Me Wait,” and theoretically, Joel Gibb of the Hidden Cameras and Feist’s take on the traditional “The Wagoner’s Lad” should have done the same thing. 2 - wasn’t about royal courts so much as it was old-time radio variety programs - even if there were was a non-stop parade of guest musicians who came to swear fealty to the petite singer.īiggest among these names was Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. The show - taped as part of the CBC’s 75th anniversary celebrations and set to air on CBC Radio 2 on Nov. 8) at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio, Feist showed that with her new album, Metals, she maintains dominion over a loyal legion of followers. That said, at an exclusive concert held Saturday (Oct. It would seem, then, that the position of Queen of Indie Rock has about as much job security as being a wife of Henry VIII.
Vincent, Ohbijou, Rebekah Higgs, Bat For Lashes, My Brightest Diamond, Lavender Diamond, She & Him, Priscilla Ahn… The list goes on, but basically, in the time Leslie Feist has been out of the spotlight, her place in the musical hierarchy has more than ably been filled by a revolving cast of diverse, dynamic, world-class women who don’t resort to parading around in short shorts to peddle their art. Something strange has happened since Feist made us dance around with our iPods to The Reminder back in 2007.Īnd that strange thing is Florence and the Machine, Lykke Li, Lights, Jenn Grant, Dum Dum Girls, Warpaint, St.
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