St. Vincent And Daniel Rossen "Party" In Switzerland

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 Video (4 comments)
Tags: Dan Melchoir | Daniel Rossen | Grizzly Bear | St. Vincent

ZOMG New Moon Soundtrack Leaked

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»

Is The New Moon Soundtrack The Best Album Of 2009?

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?»

New St. Vincent Video - "Marrow"

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 Tour Dates, Video (44 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | St. Vincent

St. Vincent Brings "Marrow" To Kimmel

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 Video (18 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent

Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2009 In Photos

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»

All Points West Wet 2009 In Photos

When APW presented its inaugural festival last year, we weren't alone in taking issue with the experience: lack of food options, a fair but generally recycled undercard which played more like "a bunch of bands opening for Radiohead," an extremely... CONTINUE READING ALL POINTS ~~WEST~~ WET 2009 IN PHOTOS»

Old Folks Review St. Vincent, Isis

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 Video (8 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Isis | Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | St. Vincent

St. Vincent Brings "Marrow" To Letterman

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 Video (0 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | St. Vincent | Ted Leo

St. Vincent Unplugs For "Actor Out Of Work," "The Strangers," & "Oh My God"

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 MP3, Video (25 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent

Sasquatch! 2009 In Photos

Everybody loves Memorial Day weekend, but nobody loves Memorial Day weekend like those that make it to Sasquatch! As friends have returned from their treks across country, they've shared nothing but raves for this year's festival, from the Gorge's breathtaking... CONTINUE READING SASQUATCH! 2009 IN PHOTOS»

New St. Vincent - "Bicycle"

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)
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Dark Was The Night Live @ Radio City Music Hall, NYC 5/3/09

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»

St. Vincent @ 92Y Tribeca, NYC 4/14/09

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 Concert, MP3, Photo, Tour Dates (13 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent

New St. Vincent Video - "Actor Out Of Work"

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 Video (32 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent

Premature Evaluation: St. Vincent - Actor

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 MP3, Premature Evaluation (16 comments)
Tags: Glasser | St. Vincent

Stream Shins, Bright Eyes, National Covering Merge Classics

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, and others. If that's a party you... CONTINUE READING STREAM SHINS, BRIGHT EYES, NATIONAL COVERING MERGE CLASSICS»

New St. Vincent - "Actor Out Of Work"

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 MP3, Video (10 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent

SXSW 2009: Wednesday In Photos

SXSW 2009 opened with a bit of bad luck turned good: It was too foggy for our flight to land in Houston, so they re-routed us directly to Austin, cutting out the layover, etc. Not all the passengers were happy,... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: WEDNESDAY IN PHOTOS»

New St. Vincent - "The Strangers"

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 MP3 (15 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | Spinnerette | St. Vincent

St. Vincent Debuts New Tunes At NoisePop

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 Video (7 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Rain Machine | St. Vincent

St. Vincent's Actor Album Art

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 Album Art (49 comments)
Tags: St. Vincent | The Like

Progress Report: Midlake

We rarely conduct interviews at Stereogum. Bands inevitably answer the same questions over and over again, and that's no fun for anyone. But if we could catch our favorite musicians between album promo cycles, they might have new insights to... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: MIDLAKE»

Posted on November 14, 2008 in Progress Report (19 comments)
Tags: John Grant | Midlake | St. Vincent

Sufjan Stevens And St. Vincent Cover Phil Collins @ BAM

On Saturday night, Sufjan Stevens returned to the site of his BQE suite -- the Brooklyn Academy of Music -- for the latest installment in the BAM Takeover series. Suf was listed only as event curator, selecting rising composer Nico... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS AND ST. VINCENT COVER PHIL COLLINS @ BAM»

Posted on September 29, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Phil Collins | St. Vincent | Sufjan Stevens

My Morning Jacket Meet Their Biggest Fan On Conan

Did you see Conan last night? That Anne Hathaway is delightful. Did you know she used to be in a college a cappella group? My Morning Jacket were on too, and they did "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream (Part... CONTINUE READING MY MORNING JACKET MEET THEIR BIGGEST FAN ON CONAN»