The DVD is worth it for this:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KggSIrfL-90&feature=related]YouTube - ‪Gonzales (with Feist) live at Trash‬‏[/ame]

I really love all of Gonzales stuff from the bits and pieces I've heard from his albums. It's just that they're all available in Germany and the UK, I want to get them but I'm in the US and it makes my life more difficult.

Can you get his albums through Arts & Crafts?

Solo Piano, lolololol. Well you can get Ivory Tower too, and then there's The Unspeakable (world's first chamber rap). And there's Soft Power, too!

 

He has a few others too (Uber Alles, The Entertainist) that are straight-up rap/spoken word/mess of things, but it's actually pretty good. It's actually really funny, especially if you read about his life then it'll make more sense.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py8i3UOSZUU]YouTube - ‪Gonzales - Higher Than You‬‏[/ame]

 

Soft Power and Presidental Suite are poppy and rappy still. Really good stuff, one of my favorite music videos of all time.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pESuX9E24]YouTube - ‪Gonzales - Take Me To Broadway‬‏[/ame]

 

Solo Piano is the only album he doesn't rap/sing in, it's all his piano work. He's IMO one of the best pianists out there today, he's performed with Drake at the Junos and he's on his new single.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnKQhX3V2vo&feature=related]YouTube - ‪GONZALES / Manifesto‬‏[/ame]

 

And then there's recent years where he's worked on Ivory Tower for his film of the same name and The Unspeakable, world's first chamber rap album. Ivory Tower is like Solo Piano, and there are two or three songs where he raps. It's very good.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfbi3e68iwA]YouTube - ‪Chilly Gonzales - You Can Dance‬‏[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuF8IbhNRVc]YouTube - ‪"Shut Up And Play The Piano" - Chilly Gonzales‬‏[/ame]

I've only really listened to Soft Power. What amazes me about him is how he can seamlessly transition from genre to genre. Very underrated, I don't think people take him as seriously as they should. He is always pushing the creative envelope. I'll check out those videos you posted.

Agreed! He's one of my hugest influences, I really look up to that man... If you like Soft Power then you'll love Presidental Suite. I'd make a thread for him but I don't know if anyone else here has much of an interest in his work...

Back in April:

 

More recent:

 

Today:

YES. :D Thanks for the updates!

nice!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R98GTZobZ24]‪#1‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

Stay tuned at listentofeist.com

 

@feist_music

dp :(

New album Metals is set to be released October 4th.

http://www.spin.com/articles/first-listen-feists-new-album-metals

 

descriptions of five of the new tracks...

HOLY GOD ANTI PIONEER

I love Feist, this is a long time coming! should be good! :)

Finally. :D

A couple aforementioned songs from that spin article:

 

Anti-Pioneer

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxAoiY4pCHY]‪Feist - Anti-Pioneer‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

Comfort Me

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoLIk4ZIkqM]‪Feist - When you Comfort Me‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

*excitement*

bumpppp....

 

Feist just announced a few tour dates

 

Feist's new album, Metals is out October 4 on Cherrytree/Interscope. In November, Feist will hit the road for a string of U.S. dates. Check out her itinerary below, along with a brief video preview for the new album. And if you're feeling artistic, color in the album cover for Feist's Facebook contest.

Feist:

 

11-02 Brooklyn, NY - Howard Gilman Opera House

11-04 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre

11-06 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

11-08 Dallas, TX - Majestic Theatre

11-12 Los Angels, CA - Wiltern Theatre

11-14 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre

11-16 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

11-17 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre

 

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/43363-feist-announces-fall-tour/

 

 

First tourdate which I'll be able to go to is on my birthday! :D

 

I should go and have Feist sing me happy birthday :lol:

She'll be in Chicago four days before my birthday! And... well, in Texas ON my birthday. :P Definitely skipping class on friday to drive out to see her.

LA date, but nowhere near my birthday. :P

 

I'll probably go to it since I regret missing her on her last tour.

I will wait patiently for the Canadian shows.

I was fortunate the see Feist with Broken Social Scene and she played 'I Feel It All' as a treat, which was AWESOME - but a solo show would be awesome, I LOVE 'Sealion'

Intuition is my personal favorite. :)

Spaghetti cowboy... featuring Leslie Feist??

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeylOHwpBgo]‪Feist - Metals #2‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

Metals

 

1. The Bad In Each Other

2. Graveyard

3. Caught A Long Wind

4. How Come You Never Go There

5. A Commotion

6. Bittersweet Melodies

7. Anti-Pioneer

8. The Undiscovered First

9. Cicadas And Gulls

10. Woe Be

11. Comfort Me

12. Get It Wrong, Get It Right

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph4xSFmkldU]‪Feist - Metals #7‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]