Video: Fiona Apple, 'A Mistake'

"Oh my God, did somebody get a picture of that?" the guy next to me hollers. "Preferably on your iPhone?!" Fiona Apple was pacing the stage to enthusiastic applause after wrapping up a smoking performance of "Fast As You Can" and, snark aside, the dude had a point. It was Thursday evening at famed Austin BBQ club Stubbs , NPR's SXSW showcase, Apple's big return as a performer, and everybody wanted to capture it for posterity—to the point where the outstretched arms with cameraphone screens obstructed the performer if you were standing in the wrong spot. Certainly [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Chromewaves A live wire is dangerous -- and, yes, exciting -- because of its power and unpredictability. But it's also an adjective that can be hard to come by at SXSW , where 2000-plus acts play here, there and everywhere, and often deliver rote set after set. But live [...]

Seven years after the release of Extraordinary Machine , Fiona Apple has made her glorious and much-anticipated return to the stage for NPR's showcase Wednesday night at Stubb's during SXSW. Enjoy Anything We Want and Every Single Night , the first taste of Fiona's fourth album titled (get ready for it) The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do. Fiona Apple's upcoming area shows include Bowery Ballroom on [...]