Feist

Leslie Feist's voice has a warm, buttery ooze that melts down the microphone with a gentle timbre. Her solo material can be categorized as indie pop, but Feist balances sophisticated baroque styling with a trip-hop derivative that weaves in and out of classic folky frameworks while her ethereal vocals layer over one another in gossamer harmonies. When she plays solo, Feist is the master of the looping effect pedal. She'll strum her electric guitar and catch a riff on it and then pick out a catchy arpeggio to stack on top before looping up to five layers of her heavenly vocals to sound like a one-woman pop symphony.