This is a video taken from their recent gig upstairs in Whelans. The track is 'Service Bell', which Grizzly Bear performed with Feist on the 'Dark was the Night' album. Anyone who hasn't caught The Ambience Affair's live show yet is missing out. You can wait til the 18th of June to catch em upstairs in Whelans again, or if you just can't wait you can check out their excellent EP, 'Fragile Things', which is available over at Indiecater Records right now.

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Music Video of Honey Honey from the album The Reminder. Directed by Anthony Seck.

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As we reported way back in April, Feist has recorded a version of her song "1234" for Sesame Street. The episode is not due to be aired till August, but her version of the song has landed up on youtube and well then on this very site , so enjoy

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This weeks hangover mix to sooth your aching heads comes from the Alaska band Portugal. The Man(i wrote about Portugal. The Man at the start of the year , you can read it here )
tracklisting and download link in the read more


1.Grizzly Bear- Knife
2.Black Moth Super Rainbow- Sun Lips
3.Menomena- Weird
4.Feist- Sea Lion Woman
5.Ween- Your Party
6.Van Morrison- Sweet thing
7.The Beatles- Cry Baby Cry
8.Caribou- She's the One
9.Celebration- Evergreen
10.TV on the Radio- Young Liars

click here to go to download page

Portugal. The Man have a brand new album coming out this autumn called "Censored Colors" that was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie (radiohead and the Pixies) and Kirk Huffman and Phil Peterson. Afraid it wont be in the shops here but you can get all the rest of there albums off amazon so im sure the new one will be there too.

Portugal The Man myspace you can download some tracks off the bands self released EP It's Complicated Being A Wizard

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Feist was on The Colbert Report last night and played her new single "I Feel It All"

she also did an interview on the show which is in the read more section

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According to Phantom FM Feist has just been to New York where she's been recording a version of her song 1-2-3-4 for Sesame Street. A duet with Elmo no less. I can see the relevance but surely singing it with the Count would have been more appropriate.

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Feist has won the 2007 Shortlist Prize, beating off competition from the likes of Justice, Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem.

I wish I was a betting man, cause I totally called this one.

Yay me.

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Nominees for the 2007 the Shortlist Prize (kinda like a US version of the Mercury Prize) have been announced today. They are:

* Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
* Burial - Untrue
* Feist - The Reminder
* Justice - †
* LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
* M.I.A. - Kala
* Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
* Robert Pollard - Standard Gargoyle Decisions
* Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War
* Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
* Working For A Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts

No Beirut? Damn shame. My money's on Feist, but will have to check out Robert Pollard, Working For A Nuclear Free City & the new Stars. The winner is announced at some undetermined point in February.

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Feist continues her trend of having kickass videos.

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My first visit to Tripod finally came last night in the form of Feist's first Irish gig. Initial impressions of the venue were good- it's a nice size, kind of Olympia-esque, but taken down a notch or two. It certainly scores well on one important factor- the sound was amazing, even from where we were camped in the back right corner of the room.

Performance-wise the band were amazing. Both the pianist and guitarist seemed to take turns at trying to upstage Feist herself with some jawdropping (seemingly improvised) solos, but their valiant efforts were unsuccessful. Feist was a consumate professional: just the right amount of excitement & passion, but her voice never once fluctuating from note-perfect.


There were a couple of highlights, but for me the clear winner was the performance of 'My Moon & My Man'. Eamonn will find it difficult to suppress the giggles; and he knows why, but here's a clip of the exact moment I singled out to him and Tara last night as when Feist graduated from cool to supercool.

thanks to jennyhaze for the clip, regardless of the dodgy sound!

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I'm heading to Feist on tuesday night and can't wait. Partly cause i STILL haven't been into Tripod since the big changeroo, and mostly cause Feist produces little slices of happiness like this.

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