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TORONTO, ON -- September 24, 2012 - 2011 Polaris Prize winners Jeremy Gara and Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire made the announcement at the conclusion of this evening's Gala, that METALS by FEIST was the winner of the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. Held at the Concert Hall Studios at Bell Media's Masonic Temple in…

Canadian chanteuse Leslie Feist swirls and twirls through a monochrome kaleidoscope while intoning her sultry ballad “Anti-Pioneer” in a new video by Danish director Martin de Thurah. A four-time Grammy Award nominee and 11-time Juno Award-winner, Feist honed her musical chops with electro-pop iconoclast Peaches and the Toronto alt-rock band Broken Social Scene. Her Gonzales-produced debut…

Click here to check out a sneak peak of Feist's newest video "Anti-Pioneer", premiering tomorrow on Nowness.com.

Feist is nominated for a 2012 Polaris Award for her album "Metals". The Polaris Award honors the Canadian Album of the Year and judgments are made by a jury of over 200 members of the Canadian music media, focusing on artistic merit only. The Polaris short list will be unveiled July 17th, and the winner will be…

Here's a video of Feist performing Metals cut "Cicadas and Gulls" in the street alongside members of Oakland dance crew Turf Feinz (delivering some incredible slow-motion moves) as well as members of …

"Feist's music and down-to-earth personality seems to breakdown the separation between listener and artist" - Fuse

"Right now Feist is making the best music of her career." - Wall Street Journal

"She’s in the same class as PJ Harvey, St. Vincent, Cat Power, Joni Mitchell or Kate Bush – gorgeous and talented women whose creativity equals their charm." - Philadelphia Weekly

"The musical quality came across…

FEIST and MASTODON

Another Record Store Day item, with a flair specific to the occasion, is “Feistodon” (Cherrytree/Interscope/Reprise), a seven-inch single by Feist, the blissfully coolheaded singer-songwriter, and Mastodon, the strenuously proggish metal band. Extensively blogged about before…

Feist's "CAUGHT A LONG WIND" will be featured tonight on MISSING
(ABC 8/7c)

Kicking off her new tour on Coachella's outdoor stage, Feist pulled out all the stops for her desert debut.  Backed by a full orchestra and a bevy of  backup singers, the Canadian indie queen added gorgeous new textures and striking details to her whimsical tunes, giving her audience one of the weekend's most charming and classiest performances.

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FEIST PERFORMS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO

 (TONIGHT at 11:35PM ET/PT on…