Janelle Monáe gives a commencement speech at Loyola Marymount University's 2024 Graduate ceremony. JC Olivera/Getty Images hide caption
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Kara Jackson's Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is on our shortlist of the best albums out April 14. Lawrence Agyei/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On her sixth album, Feist's barely adorned honesty is consummate, the result of someone who has lived enough to have a story and worked enough to set it brilliantly to song. Sara Melvin & Colby Richardson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Feist's latest album is called Pleasure. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Feist On World Cafe
Feist says her goal with Pleasure is to "[go] back to a place that would be sustainable, that I can imagine enjoying when I'm 90." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A still from Feist's "Pleasure" video. Vevo hide caption
Sleater-Kinney (from left, Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker) will release new music as part of a series to benefit Planned Parenthood. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The New Yorker hide caption
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Feist performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
When Apple used the song "1234" in a 2007 iPod commercial, it turned Canadian singer Feist into a star. A panel at this year's SXSW agreed that music licensing remains lucrative — and complicated. YouTube hide caption
'How Did This Song Get In That Commercial?' Some Answers From SXSW
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Vintage Cafe: Feist
Jeffrey Remedios (left) and Kevin Drew, co-founders of the label Arts & Crafts. John Vettese/WXPN hide caption
Jeffrey Remedios & Kevin Drew On World Cafe
Feist performs at the World Cafe 20th-anniversary concert. John Bartol/WXPN hide caption
World Cafe: 20th-Anniversary Concert Highlights
Feist's fifth album, Metals, is out now. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Feist On World Cafe
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KCRW Presents: Feist
Feist's new album, Metals, comes out Oct. 4. Mary Rozzi hide caption
Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox (clockwise from upper left), Bjork, Los Campesinos! Courtesy of the artists hide caption
