i cant wait to get her full length lp. shes got an ep out and i saw her open for Midlake back in february and she was great. shes also a member of the polyphonicspree. and shes opening for sufjan this summer in europe

heres a track from the forthcoming lp
http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/mp3/stvi ... ow_now.mp3

and you can listen to some of her stuff on myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/stvincent
one of my favorites is Marry Me

I listened, but wasn't super thrilled about it. She does have a great voice though. And some of the background effects were pretty cool.

Sweet voice. Sweet music.

Some nice bossa nova influences.

she opened for National when i saw them.. alright nothing great i thought

right now. nothing great, but fine.

the album is great (will prolly be in my top 10-15)... live she's hit or miss

saw her 4x this year, twice solo opening for The National, both were just ok. the 2x i saw here with her band (headlining and opening for Arcade Fire), were killer though.

shes going back out on tour. the album didnt hold up for me as much as i thought it would, but still top 20.
St Vincent - 2007/8 Tour Dates
Nov 26 - Night & Day Manchester
Nov 27 - Glee Club Birmingham
Nov 28 - Freebutt Brighton
Nov 30 - Bush Hall London
Dec 1 - Rotown Rotterdam
Dec 2 - Gebaude 9 Cologne
Dec 3 - Lido Berlin
Dec 4 - Molotow Hamburg
Dec 7 - Rotonde @ Botanique Brussels
Dec 8 - Ekko Utrecht
Dec 10 - La Casa Milan
Dec 11 - Point Ephemere Paris
Feb 17 - San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *
Feb 18 - Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
Feb 23 - Chicago, IL Schubas (early & late shows) *
Feb 24 - Columbus, OH Wexner Center - Ohio State University *
Feb 26 - Washington, DC The Rock and Roll Hotel *
Feb 29 - New York, NY Bowery Ballroom *

* w/ Foreign Born

i saw her open for the national and thought it was up and down. but i'd see her again. february it is.

All My Stars Aligned and Landmines are my favs

Now Now's one of my fave songs of the year

i'm such a sucker for guitar harmonics

Your Lips Are Red and Paris Are Burning are my other faves

I dig your screen name. Reference to Xavier?

nah, but i like him

good album that hasn't gotten much talk here.

I saw her play last night and enjoyed it. Most of the songs translated well in a live setting. Now Now might have been my favorite. During Jesus Saves a recording of the 'bom bom boms' was being played while she sang over it...not quite sure how I feel about that. She played a sweet version of Dig a Pony.

She looks 100 times better in person compared to the album cover.

caught her the other night with a full band to back at the brooklyn academy of music. i thought she had really progressed since i last saw her.

sufjan stevens came on to close with her on a cover of "in the air tonight":

St. Vincent Announces New Album: Actor

Marnie Stern's Cutest Guitar Hero title under threat

When idiosyncratic guitar-shredder Annie Clark released her first album as St. Vincent, she named it after a running joke from "Arrested Development", arguably the greatest televised comedy of all time. So it's time to start speculating about Actor, the former Polyphonic Spree cultist's forthcoming second album. What's the story with that title? Team America inside joke? Open letter to casting directors of indie romantic comedies? I hope it's the latter. Seriously, she would kill it.

4AD will release Actor on May 5. Clark produced the album herself alongside Modest Mouse boardsman John Congleton. She also sings and plays guitar, bass, and keyboard on it, which might indicate why it's taken her two years to release her Marry Me follow-up. The album will also feature woodwinds, French horns, and three percussionists, all of which are fitting considering Clark's Sufjan connections.

Worth noting: Right now, there's a song on the album called "Black Rainbow", which is ridiculous because there are no black rainbows. The whole point of a rainbow is that they're a lot of different colors. Someone should tell Clark about that before it's too late.

The album's first single, "Actor Out of Work", will be out April 20. Clark will eventually announce full North American and European tours; in the meantime, she's got dates coming up at Noise Pop (in San Fran) and SXSW (in Austin).

Tracklist:

01 The Strangers
02 Save Me From What I Want
03 Neighbors
04 Actor Out of Work
05 Black Rainbow
06 Laughing With a Mouth of Blood
07 Marrow
08 The Bed
09 The Party
10 Just the Same But Brand New
11 The Sequel

Dates:

02-27 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (Noise Pop Festival)
03-18 Austin, TX - Central Presbyterian Church (4AD SXSW showcase)
03-20 Austin, TX - Antone's (Billions Corporation SXSW showcase)

opening song, the Strangers

^^ pretty good. not blowing me away, but i like the turn it takes half way through.

Bought both her records last week, and they're great...the new one is so good. Great voice, really interesting music, and really strong lyrics.

She's pretty inventive with the guitar work and not too shabby live.