In celebration of Record Store Day which was held yesterday (April 21st), Feist and Mastodon covered each others songs and can be heard below.  

Sludge metal band Mastodon covered Feist's song 'Commotion', from her last album Metals, while Feist recorded Mastodon's single 'Black Tongue' from their 2011 album 'The Hunter'.

 The songs have been released on limited edition 7'' vinyl under the na…

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Feist is over the moon that sludge metal band Mastodon are covering her song 'A Commotion', with the singer returning the favour by covering their song 'Black Tongue'.  

The songs are to be released as a split single for Record Store Day (April 21st) under the title Feistodon.  The idea first came about after both acts appeared on the show 'Later With Jools Holland'.  

Feist explained to Rol…

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St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2012

January 30th: Silo Park, Auckland City

For the third time in as many years, the St Jerome's Laneway Festival returned to Auckland and celebrated the city's Anniversary Day in style.

Silo Park was a new venue for the festival, following 2010 at Britomart and 2011 at Aotea Square. With 22 acts performing across three stages, food stalls and a small market, the …

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The line-up for one of the biggest music festivals in the world, Coachella, has been released and will feature NZ electronic dup Mt Eden.  

The three day festival which is to be held from April 13th - 15th in Indio, California, will feature headliners The Black Keys, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Mazzy Star, David Guetta, Feist, Noel Gallagher, Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg, At The Drive-In, Florence …

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Feist and Mastodon are planning to release a split 7" specially for Record Store Day (see video below).  

For the special release, Mastodon will cover a Feist song while Feist will "pretty up" a Mastodon song.

The idea first came about when both acts were appearing on the show 'Later With Jools Holland'.  Feist explained to Hitflix "Brent [Hinds] and I were nodding at each other, and he's l…

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