Apparently, the appeal of a girl that looks an American Doll who also happens to create manic, spastic riffs is not lost on the people. Annie Clark's St. Vincent project has been universally admired and rhapsodized over ever since she sprung from Sufjan's Stevens' band (which also serves as some kind of songwriting academy ). Her second LP Actor earned high marks across the board , and her third, Strange Mercy will likely repeat that success. In case there were still doubters, she went ahead and covered Tom Waits [...]
Last night St. Vincent took "Cruel" (which recently got a creepy, fun video ) to Letterman's stage. Though she's only been playing with the new band for a minute , they sound pretty sharp. I still have nothing bad to say about St. Vincent. Read More...
Yesterday we posted additional details about St. Vincent's Strange Mercy while Annie Clark was busy covering Tom Waits' "Big Black Mariah" at London's Barbicon Theatre as part of a Rain Dogs tribute. Interestingly, her "Big Black Mariah" is heavier than her take on Big Black's " Kerosene ." Watch: Read More...
We gave you background info on St. Vincent's new album Strange Mercy . We now have a tracklist, the Annie Clark-designed album cover, additional images, and tour dates to add to the pile: Read More...
It's ten years since Michael Azerrad first published his defining DIY '80s scene portrait Our Band Could Be Your Life , which covered an independent music culture that changed irrevocably a decade before that with the release of Nevermind . Round anniversaries make apt opportunities for retrospectives, and in the case of Our Band , this year has been a sort of meta-reflection: between a panel at SXSW, and last night's show at Bowery Ballroom, 2011 has seen a few organized moments of the present "indie" culture celebrating and reflecting on how the blueprint Michael [...]
It's ten years since Michael Azerrad first published his defining DIY '80s scene portrait Our Band Could Be Your Life , which covered an independent music culture that changed irrevocably a decade before that with the release of Nevermind . Round anniversaries make apt opportunities for retrospectives, and in the case of Our Band , this year has been a sort of meta-reflection: between a panel at SXSW, and last night's show at Bowery Ballroom, 2011 has seen a few organized moments of the present "indie" culture celebrating and reflecting on how the blueprint Michael [...]
On " Calgary ," Justin Vernon's vocals lay in a cloud of gloomy synths and anxious electric guitar tones, suggesting a sonic shift from the grainy For Emma formula. But not too much has changed - the ghostly falsetto remains Bon Iver's calling card. JV's voice has also been unmistakable on recent collaborations (GAYNGS, Volcano Choir, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ) and an asset when he takes on someone else's song. So I'm especially looking forward to the "Calgary" 123 b-side, a combined cover of two Bonnie Raitt classics, "I Can't Make You Love Me" > [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings recently announced the release of the single "The Green" from Boxharp [MySpace], an experimental/ambient-pop duo. Boxharp, Scott Solter (producer/engineer for the likes of Spoon, The Mountain Goats and St Vincent ) and Wendy Allen (Tarentel and The Ballustrade Ensemble) are readying their new album, also title The Green , out May 4th Check out more "after the jump" [mp3] Boxharp - "The Green" The title track from [...]
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