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  Download: Wilco and Feist Cover Woody Guthrie

  May 4, 2009 – Wilco and Feist have teamed up to record a cover of Woody Guthrie's Depression-era song "The Jolly Banker." The remake came about at the request of Guthrie's daughter, Nora, who approached Wilco with the idea. "[She contacted us] a couple of months ago when things really started to get hairy financially and economically for the country," Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy said in a taped interview for the show Marketplace. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 17, 2009 – This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. …
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  First Look: Feist's New Music Video

  April 13, 2009 – Feist's new music video for "The Water," a tune off her breakout 2007 album The Reminder, is a lot different from the peppy web hit that was the clip for "1234." In fact, pretty much the only thing they have in common is Feist. The clip is directed by Feist's fellow Broken Social Scene pal Kevin Drew, and stars Feist with actors David Fox and Cillian Murphy. In an interview, Drew said the video's concept came about because he thought  …
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  My Morning Jacket, Spoon, Arcade Fire Fight AIDS with New Songs

  December 1, 2008 – A jaw-dropping collection of indie rock's finest have contributed exclusive new songs to Dark Was the Night, a 32-track album out February 17 via 4AD, which will benefit the Red Hot Organization, a charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. …
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  Feist: "I Need a Rest from Music"

  October 20, 2008 – It appears those furry rascals on Sesame Street may have worn out ol' Feist, for the north-of-the-border singer is planning to step away from music and "rest for a minute" after the mind-boggling success of her album The Reminder. [Via NME.com]. "[My career] has become kind of large and it really began for me very, very small, like me alone in my bedroom with my four-track and a pair of headphones," she told the Canadian Press. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 13-19

  October 18, 2008 – This week we launched an all-new daily feature on SPIN.com -- an opinionated (and humorous) editors' blog. And SPIN editors certainly had a lot on their minds: Against Me!'s live performance, Feist's influence on childrens' musical tastes, Oasis' staying power, MGMT's seriousness (of lack thereof), and more -- but thankfully, Joe the Plumber isn't included. …
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  Indie Rockers Find New Fans in the Preschool Set

  October 16, 2008 – This weekend I watched Feist's "1234" video at least 15 times. My two-and-a-half-year-old niece is obsessed. As soon as I arrived at my brother's house in Louisville on Friday, Rilla requested we play "the blue dress song." I figured she was referring to some Disney princess tune with talking birds, but she quickly put me in my place. "Feist," she said, the duh implicit. …
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  Breakout of the Year: Feist

  January 4, 2008 – One of Feist's backup singers, Mary, is crying. Another, Diane, holds an ice pack to her own bruised and swollen hand. At first glance, it would seem as though things backstage at Saturday Night Live's NBC studio have gone horribly wrong for tonight's musical guest, when in fact the opposite is true. …
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