A universally revered SHERO of indie rock, the Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Feist joins Carmel Holt for a fascinating conversation about the intersection of her art, motherhood, grief, and recent experimentation with communal, interactive performance. The aptly titled sixth album and show, Multitudes, shows once again just how eternally artful and visionary Feist’s work is, and reflective […]
On July 9th, Leslie Feist will launch a new podcast series – co-presented by Talkhouse and Earios – entitled ‘Pleasure Studies,’ which aims to be a self-described “spiritual companion” to her acclaimed 2017 LP ‘Pleasure’. As the original home of writing and podcasting created exclusively by artists, Talkhouse is honored to be Feist’s home for […]
Hildegard is the collaborative project of Montréal-based artists Ouri and Helena Deland. Their latest record, Jour 1596, was created in the span of 1,596 days, during yearly week-long retreats to rural Québec. Here, the duo discuss two of their shared influences, Duke Ellington and Beverly Glenn-Copeland, who both have tracks on the album dedicated to […]
Nathan Phillips is an experimental pianist and songwriter who performs as Big Bend; Shahzad Ismaily is a musician, composer, recording engineer, and owner of the Brooklyn recording studio Figure 8. Shahzad co-produced the new Big Bend record, Last Circle in a Slowdown, which was just released last month on Shimmy-Disc. To celebrate, the collaborators and […]
This week’s Talkhouse Podcast came together in a fun way, when a new-ish artist referenced the work of a more established band in a song, and the head of a legendary indie label thought they should meet. That sounds complicated, but don’t worry I’ll explain. Our guests are Claire Rousay and Kevin Drew.Kevin Drew is best […]
Three Great Things is Talkhouse’s series in which artists tell us about three things they absolutely love. To mark the February 16 and 18 screenings at Metrograph of Susan Seidelman’s 1987 comedy Making Mr. Right, a modern screwball comedy starring Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich which was Seidelman’s follow-up to Desperately Seeking Susan, the legendary […]
Late last year, Talkhouse Film contributors and a select few friends of the site voted on their favorite theatrical releases of 2023; the aggregated results were published on Talkhouse yesterday. Below are ballots from a selection of the filmmakers who took part in the voting process.Aitch Alberto 1. Priscilla 2. Flamin’ Hot 3. Bottoms 4. […]
Feist’s Multitudes ended up being a real constant in my year. I’m a huge fan of hers. Both sonically and lyrically, the record is lush and intricate at the same time. Her writing style is super personal while she’s exploring topics that really struck home for me this year — it’s obviously interpretable, so whatever […]
Mike Lindsay is a Mercury Prize-winning producer, and a member of the experimental folk band Tunng; Anna B Savage is a singer-songwriter based in London. Mike produced Anna’s latest record, in|FLUX — out this Friday 2/17 on City Slang — so to celebrate, the two caught up about the creation of it, and much more. […]
Daniel Alvarez and Jordan Dunn-Pilz are the duo behind the Brooklyn-based dream pop band TOLEDO; John Ross is the vocalist and guitarist of the also-Brooklyn-based indie rock band Wild Pink. TOLEDO just announced their debut record How It Ends — out September 23 via Grand Jury Music — so to celebrate, the three friends (and […]
