AP - As the singer Feist celebrated her 35th birthday this year with an intimate dinner among friends, she was distracted momentarily by the intense flickering of a television in a nearby room.

AP - 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.

Sept 29, 2011's Day in Rock digest

The Canadian folk singer's fifth album is released on October 3

The Reminder, Feist’s last album, blew the fuck up because it had a few good singles with great videos, because it showed up prominently in some commercials, and because it generally sounded just about perfect as a low-volume dinner-party soundtrack. That reads as extremely faint praise, but it’s not; The Reminder was a perfe...