Aug 11, 2009, 4:34pm
MBV

Frank Yang As distinctive as Annie Clark's creative vision is, live she's also much-defined by her band, or lack thereof. The first time I saw her in February 2007 , she was supporting Midlake and operating solo, and as such made heavy use of looping pedals and a Stompin' Tom-approved board for percussion. The next time, she'd expanded to a power trio format. This time, she was fronting a five-piece St. Vincent complete with utility players tasked with handling a myriad of instruments including guitar, bass, keys, violin, saxophone and clarinet [...]