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"Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist, and as a member of Broken Social Scene. Born in in Amherst, Nova Scotia, she was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta. Feist got her start in music as the lead vocalist for a punk band called Placebo (not the more famous British band Placebo), who won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at a Ramones concert. After five years of touring, Feist was forced to take time off from music to recover from voice damage. She moved from Calgary to Toronto in 1998 and took up guitar; by 1999, she was the guitarist for By Divine Right. She also released her debut solo album, Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head), that year.

In 2000, Feist moved in as a roommate with Peaches - the '701' - and Gonzales, and appeared as a guest vocalist on The Teaches of Peaches. She spent more than two years galavanting around Berlin with Gonzales and Peaches, and began developing songs with Gonzales that would later appear on Let It Die. She then joined the recording sessions for Broken Social Scene's albums Feel Good Lost and You Forgot It in People. She subsequently moved to Paris. While in Europe, she collaborated with Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience as a guest vocalist on their album Riot on an Empty Street. She also appears on The New Deal's 2003 album Gone Gone Gone.

Feist recorded her second solo album, Let It Die, in Paris in 2002 and 2003. That album, a combination of jazz, bossa nova and indie rock, was hailed as one of the best Canadian pop albums of 2004, and attracted a significant international audience as well. On these records, and in performances, Feist played a 1965 Guild Starfire which aided in her jazz-like tone. In early 2006, Feist returned to Europe to record a follow up to Let It Die with Gonzales, Mocky, Jamie Lidell, and Renaud Letang. An album of remixes and collaborations titled Open Season was released April 18, 2006 in Canada."

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Show Reviews for Feist

Date & Venue	Reviewed by
Jun 27, 2007 - Fillmore Auditorium	lissanana
Dec 7, 2006 - Paramount Theatre	lexicon