(You could catch that tone in September when The New York TimesвЂ™ Jon Pareles contrasted her music to вЂњthe glossy, computerized, impersonal pop of the 21st century.вЂќ) TheyвЂ™re invested in this music being smarter, more sophisticated and representative of higher values than the supposedly manufactured, out-for-a-buck stuff they hear on pop radio. Certain other fans react by cheering that the world has for once embraced вЂњqualityвЂќ music. Predictably, some of their former devotees then reject them as supposed sellouts. Yet thereвЂ™s a part of her audienceвЂ“and, it sometimes seems, of Feist herselfвЂ“that persists in imagining her as an вЂњindie chanteuseвЂќ too pure and vulnerable for all that money-and-fame business.ДЇeist occupies a niche in music today beside groups like Wilco and MontrealвЂ™s Arcade Fire, all figures from local indie or alternative scenes whoвЂ™ve crossed over to the mainstream. As вЂњMushaboomвЂќ shows, she was never indifferent to success, or at least the comforts it could bring. In a sense, what weвЂ™re hearing in this gentle pastoral is Feist finally working out her relationship with money. The last track on her first new album since then, Metals, closes a circle from вЂњMushaboom.вЂќ вЂњGet It Wrong, Get It RightвЂќ is an ode to the rural retreat sheвЂ™s now built not in her fantasies but on solid ground, north of Toronto: вЂњRiver dam, lake fills up the land/ SkippinвЂ™ stonesвЂ¦ build a home.вЂќ Of course, Leslie FeistвЂ™s paygrade got a big bump three years later, when an iPod commercial made her boppy вЂњ1234вЂќ a global smash and Feist an art-pop star who can sell out venues across the western world and even have a cameo in the new Muppets movie. вЂњIt may be years until the day/ My dreams will match up with my pay.вЂќ In her lilting 2004 breakout single, вЂњMushaboom,вЂќ Feist sang about the feeling of yearning for a country home when really youвЂ™re stuck in a downtown-Toronto apartment: вЂњIn the meantime, IвЂ™ve got it hard/ Second-floor living without a yard,вЂќ she sang.

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