Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, aka team ThunderAnt, again return to the feminist bookstore, this time for an in-store performance by St. Vincent. There isn't as much Annie Clark face time as recent St. Vincent clips: In fact, Armisen and... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT - "LAUGHING WITH A MOUTH OF BLOOD" VIDEO (FEAT. THUNDERANT)»
Posted on February 4, 2010 in (7 comments)
Tags: Carrie Brownstein | Fred Armisen | Sleater-Kinney | St. Vincent | The Mary Onettes | ThunderAnt
Some said Dreamin' Man -- essentially Harvest Moon Live '92 -- was a curious choice for the latest of Neil Young's Archives. But Harvest is an undeniable high point along the NY discography, which rolls deep. And it now it... CONTINUE READING "HARVEST MOON" BECOMES AN UNLIKELY CHARITY ANTHEM»
Posted on January 26, 2010 in (4 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Bon Iver | Death Cab For Cutie | Kevin Barnes | Neil Young | of Montreal | St. Vincent
It was a tumultuous year for late night laffs, with Jimmy Fallon joining the fray, Conan taking over Tonight only to find awful Leno sink the NBC ship at 10PM, and Letterman enjoying career-high ratings despite (or because of?) a... CONTINUE READING THE 12 BEST LATE NIGHT TV PERFORMANCES OF 2009»
Posted on December 28, 2009 in , (59 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Conan O'Brien | Craig Ferguson | David Letterman | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Horatio Sanz | Jimmy Fallon | Julian Casablancas | Questlove | Saturday Night Live | St. Vincent | The Flaming Lips | The Roots | White Rabbits | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's been an eventful tour for Grizzly Bear, what with a tour bus accident that stranded half the band in Austria while the other half was la dolce vitaing it in Milan, ultimately forcing the cancellation of their support slot... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT AND DANIEL ROSSEN "PARTY" IN SWITZERLAND»
Posted on November 18, 2009 in (4 comments)
Tags: Dan Melchoir | Daniel Rossen | Grizzly Bear | St. Vincent
While Death Cab and Annie Clark talk up their New Moon contributions, Thom Yorke has remained suspiciously mum. We can only assume he is a fan of vampires and of letting his music speak for itself. His "Hearing Damage" leaked... CONTINUE READING ZOMG NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK LEAKED»
Posted on October 11, 2009 (70 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Grizzly Bear | New Moon | St. Vincent | Sufjan Stevens | Thom Yorke | Twilight | Victoria Legrand
Whoops, looks like two cultures just got shocked. Obviously that headline is a joke! Except that maybe it isn't? Rumors had been swirling about Thom Yorke and Bon Iver penning songs for the The Twilight Saga: Teen Vampires In Love... CONTINUE READING IS THE NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK THE BEST ALBUM OF 2009?»
Posted on September 21, 2009 in (160 comments)
Tags: Alexandra Patsavas | Alexandre Desplat | Anya Marina | Beach House | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Bon Iver | Death Cab For Cutie | Editors | Grizzly Bear | Hurricane Bells | Lykke Li | Muse | New Moon | OK Go | Radiohead | Sea Wolf | St. Vincent | The Killers | Thom Yorke | Twilight | Victoria Legrand
Old folks may be immune to the charms of an Annie Clark closeup, but for everyone else there's this video for "Marrow" in which St. Vincent makes sure to recreate her album covers a lot during a long walk along... CONTINUE READING NEW ST. VINCENT VIDEO - "MARROW"»
Posted on September 21, 2009 in , (45 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | St. Vincent
Actor has its share of tracks that could work in a late night context, but you can't blame Annie for returning to the song that was so strong on Letterman that Ted Leo demanded we post it. (Also he demanded... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT BRINGS "MARROW" TO KIMMEL»
Posted on September 3, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
Indeed, this year's Virgin Mobile Festival was totally free, and Richard Branson's attempt to "put a smile on people's faces" totally worked. Aside from those grumbling about the long lines for admission, because everybody loves complaining about something. The day... CONTINUE READING VIRGIN MOBILE FREEFEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 31, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Blink-182 | Girl Talk | Jet | Mates Of State | Public Enemy | St. Vincent | Taking Back Sunday | The Hold Steady | The National | Virgin Mobile Festival | Wavves | Weezer
Joe doesn't like Annie Clark's voice! Anne doesn't think Isis is heavy enough! Bill is still sorta pointless! A decent review session overall, with Joe's Isis zing being a highlight. He's a star. ... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW ST. VINCENT, ISIS»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Breakfast At Sulimay's | Bumbershoot | Isis | Memory Tapes | Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | St. Vincent
We were gonna post Annie's saxy performance of the Actor standout here, but then @tedleo requested it appear on Videogum. And Videogum's a sucker for @tedleo, too. ... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT BRINGS "MARROW" TO LETTERMAN»
Posted on June 25, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | St. Vincent | Ted Leo
Seeing Annie Clark solo with guitar is nothing new for those that have been seeing her shows since the pre-Actor days, but even then St. Vincent was never interested in going the simply strummed acoustic route. In order to flesh... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT UNPLUGS FOR "ACTOR OUT OF WORK," "THE STRANGERS," & "OH MY GOD"»
Posted on June 18, 2009 in , (25 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
We wrote fondly about St. Vincent's Actor and its weirdly unknowable protagonists. Even though it's her face on the cover and in the videos, you never can tell if Annie Clark's singing about herself or a character she's invented, whether... CONTINUE READING NEW ST. VINCENT - "BICYCLE"»
Posted on May 19, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
While Jack and Alison were showing Bowery just how comfortable they were singing into the same mic, Annie Clark performed her own intimate set across town at the 92Y space in Tribeca. It was an invite-only show, although a last... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT @ 92Y TRIBECA, NYC 4/14/09»
Posted on April 15, 2009 in , , , (13 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
Directors Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey, known collectively as Terri Timely, gave the warping, distorted "Actor Out Of Work" a straightforward video treatment that runs nicely counter to the song's strange chord shifts and collusions. The setup: Annie Clark sets... CONTINUE READING NEW ST. VINCENT VIDEO - "ACTOR OUT OF WORK"»
Posted on April 10, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
Actor, Annie Clark's full-length followup to 2007's Marry Me, finds the multi-instrumental vocalist/songwriter forging a fuzzier, heavier realm (in a different way than, say, Marry's symphonic, Queen-y "Your Lips Are Red"). She said she "wanted to make [Actor's songs] technicolor... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: ST. VINCENT - ACTOR»
Posted on April 8, 2009 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Glasser | St. Vincent
So far Annie Clark's new album's made waves in a few big bursts: First the extremely facial album art, next the fairy tale-cum-fuzz pedal delirium of the fantastic lead MP3 "The Strangers." By Annie standards Actor's pseudo-title track "Actor Out... CONTINUE READING NEW ST. VINCENT - "ACTOR OUT OF WORK"»
Posted on March 30, 2009 in , (10 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent
Soon after we got a closeup of St. Vincent's new album, videos of Annie going one-woman-band style on the new material began trickling out from her performance at Noise Pop. That was promising, but pretend you didn't see it and... CONTINUE READING NEW ST. VINCENT - "THE STRANGERS"»
Posted on March 6, 2009 in (15 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | Spinnerette | St. Vincent
When we posted St. Vincent's Actor album art, a number of comments focused on whether or not it was misogynist to focus so much on Annie Clark's appearance. True enough, a few folks were a bit overly excited in their... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT DEBUTS NEW TUNES AT NOISEPOP»
Posted on March 2, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Rain Machine | St. Vincent
Almost two years after the release of Marry Me, St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, is back with her sophomore album this May: It's called Actor and she co-produced it with the pAper chAse's John Congleton (Modest Mouse, Thermals, Smog, Polyphonic... CONTINUE READING ST. VINCENT'S ACTOR ALBUM ART »
Posted on February 19, 2009 in (49 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent | The Like
