St. Vincent

Video: St. Vincent – “Cheerleader”

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

Maniac: Music by Kid Cudi, Directed by Shia LaBeouf

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…

Album Review: St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

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.

REC’D: New St. Vincent – “Cruel” from Strange Mercy

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…

New MP3: St. Vincent – “Surgeon”

“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.…

Tweet #StrangeMercy, Unlock New St. Vincent MP3

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 – “Some of Them Are Old” (Brian Eno cover)

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…

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WATCH: Kid Cudi, Cage & St. Vincent Do “MANIAC” on Fallon

“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

Kid Cudi – “Maniac” f/ Cage (St. Vincent Sampled)

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…

MONDAY

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…

The New Pornographers “Your Hands (Together)”

A.C. Newman, Neko Case and the rest of the New Pornographer gang is back with a new album entitled Together, which is hitting stores on May 4th — the same…

St. Vincent “Laughing With A Mouth Full of Blood”

Look out for Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein in this surprisingly and delightfully funny music video.

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim “Please Don’t” (feat. Santigold)

Star songcraftsman David Byrne, who released a beautiful and underrated album with Brian Eno (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today) in 2008, is readying a release with none other than Fatboy…

The Best Songs of 2009

Artwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius. The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it…

This Week’s Touring News

Photo by Vince Kmeron New tour dates have been announced for Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, The Big Pink, Hot Chip, The xx, Passion Pit, Japandroids, St. Vincent, Jay-Z, Neon Indian, and…

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New Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke, and Killers on ‘New Moon’

The indietastic soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight sequel has leaked, spurring a lot of excitement amongst the blogs. Excitement not misplaced, may I add. I’ve only had a short while…

St. Vincent – Marrow

The video for St. Vincent’s “Marrow” is one of the great instances when a music video adds to the listener’s appreciation for every moment of a song. The beautiful contrast…