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Thursday, May 1

FEIST

A large piece of Broken Social Scene’s musical shards, which have been flinging in all directions in the past couple years, Canadian songstress Leslie Feist seems by now to have surpassed the supergroup from whence she came. Her third solo album, The Reminder, was released last year to international acclaim, accompanied by a worldwide tour to promote the album. She thankfully took time out to appear at last summer’s “Rockin’ at the Knox,” nestled in between Paolo Nutini and Elvis Costello. She performed in the pouring rain, a fitting if slightly uncomfortable backdrop for her melancholy music. Haunting and ephemeral yet deliciously poppy (the track “Mushaboom” from 2004’s Let It Die may be the cutest song ever written), Feist’s range is wide enough to avoid repetition but still fits firmly into the timeless genre attributed to erstwhile folk heroines like Joni Mitchell and Carole King. The Reminder’s biggest hit, “1234,” was featured in that catchy iPod Nano commercial, bringing Feist even more attention from the masses. She’s won too many Juno awards to mention and was nominated for four Grammys this year. Feist appears with special guest Hayden, a.k.a Paul Hayden Desser, a fellow Canadian who is reportedly one of her musical inspirations.

—k. o’day

8pm. UB Center for the Arts, Amherst Campus (645-ARTS / ubcfa.org).

$26 (box office, 852-5000 / ticketmaster.com)