This week on Tracking, a weekly series in which we discuss our favorite songs of the year, you can listen to additions from Niki & the Dove, Santigold, Lower Dens,…
St. Vincent

Nothing is better than when St. Vincent gets really fucking heavy, right? Nothing is better than when Annie Clark, she of the birdlike bone structure and mad guitar skills, gets…

Here are the weird and wonderful visuals for St. Vincent’s “Cheerleader,” from one of last year’s best albums, Strange Mercy.

If there are four things you never expected to hear in one sentence, they would probably be “Shia LaBoeuf,” “Kid Cudi,” “ten-minute short film” and “serial killers.” But lo and…

Strange Mercy is Clark’s most whole, poignant work to date. It’s an exciting evolution for St. Vincent’s sound — a visceral album full of beauty and chaos. And, perhaps most exciting, it sounds like Annie Clark is still just beginning.

St. Vincent frontlady Annie Clark has been busy promoting her forthcoming third record, Strange Mercy, the successor to her 2009 breakthrough Actor. The eccentric songstress released first single “Surgeon” a…

“Surgeon” is the super hyped new single from songstress St. Vincent. All week the website strangemercy.com has been slowly teasing fans as they tweeted #strangemercy to unlock the new song.…

On September 13, St. Vincent will release Strange Mercy, a new album. In a viral marketing campaign, St. Vincent has set up a website, strangemercy.com where one can watch some…

St. Vincent frontwoman Annie Clark has promised new material in 2011, whether it’s an LP with her band or her long-awaited collaboration with ex-Talking Head David Byrne. Fittingly, Clark’s started…

“MANIAC“, easily one of my favorite tracks from Kid Cudi‘s upcoming new album Man on the Moon II, was introduced to the late night circuit last night on Jimmy Fallon

One of the most anticipated collaborations on next month’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, “Maniac” with Cage joining Cudi on the mic, came with a…

HIGHLY REC’D: Zola Jesus – Valusia EP 21-year-old Nika Rosa Danilova (of Nika and Rory (we love), of Former Ghosts, etc.) has a cold, stately voice, half opera-star and half…
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