Guardian Music — Now you can hear REM's earliest tapesOn 15 April 1981, a year after they formed, REM visited Drive-In studio in North Carolina to record demo tracks. After a day's work, the result was the Cassette Set, a tape featuring three songs: Sitting Still, Wh... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Feist @ Church of the Intercession on Monday (more by Jessica Amaya) Bjork's new album Biophilia is now streaming in full at NPR. Feist, like she did in a Harlem church, played Letterman backed by Mountain Man last night. Watch... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. Bjork – Biophilia Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies Feist – Metals The Field – Looping State Of Mind Future Islands – On the Water Iceage – New Brigade Jeffrey Lewis – A more info

Stereogum — Feist is staying ridiculously busy promoting Metals, performing up a storm and hitting the TV circuit. Last night she did Letterman with Mountain Man in support. Watch that here, along with five songs shde did for a Yahoo! studio session. Cap that of... more info

Stereogum — Leslie Feist took to Harlem’s Church Of The Intercession last night to play some songs from her latest, Metals, a record that has a lot of people excited judging by the kerfuffle its Premature Evaluation raised in the comments. The “secret” sho... more info

411 Mania — An odd choice of venue... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — What a beautiful record. Truly gorgeous, the kind that wins both hearts and awards.What a beautiful record. Truly gorgeous, the kind that wins both hearts and awards. more info

Topix — As Feist celebrated her 35th birthday earlier this year with an intimate dinner among friends, she was momentarily distracted by the intense flickering of a television in a nearby room. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — What a beautiful record. Truly gorgeous, the kind that wins both hearts and awards — perfect for a dinner party, a drive along Pacific Coast Highway, or a good, healthy cry. It’s the record that Leslie Feist, who records as Feist, has hinted at o... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Leslie Feist talks to the Wall Street Journal about her new album, Metals (out today). The Wall Street Journal interviews Art Spiegelman about his new book, MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus . Was it difficult to revisit... more info