Who: FEIST with Great Lakes Swimmers.
Where: Ferndale (Detroit), Michigan at the Magic Bag.
Cost: $15.00. Tickets available throught Ticketmaster or at Record Time. Correction: Although the Magic Bag website says Record Time is selling tickets, a visit to them in person revealed that not only are they not selling tickets to Feist but they're unaware of her performance. Going through Ticket Master will cost you extra, especially if you pick up the tickets (2 tickets cost $45 for 'will call').
Doors open 8 p.m.
Feist: The Jhay-inspired songstress got her start playing in a high-school punk band called Placebo (not to be confused with the U.K. modern rock act of the same name). After winning a battle of the bands contest, Placebo played their first gig opening for the Ramones, and for the next five years, Feist perfected her rock ways. She went on to play in front of countless stadium crowds as By Divine Right opened for the Tragically Hip across North America. Somewhere in between touring with some of Canada's biggest acts, Feist found time to record and self-released her first solo album, 1999's Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head). Feist joined Broken Social Scene in the recording of their sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People. The album, which was released in 2002, became a critical success among the indie crowds after winning a Juno Award for "Alternative Album of the Year in 2003. Feist had already had plans for a second solo album by this time. When she wasn't touring North America and Europe with Broken Social Scene, Feist and Renaud Letang of Manu Chao and Chilly Gonzales went back and forth between Calgary, Toronto, and Paris for its recording. Let It Die was released on Arts & Crafts in May 2004. Feist has also contributed vocals to works by Kings of Convenience, Apostle of Hustle, and Jane Birkin.
Great Lakes Swimmers