video: st vincent – the bed

check the rest of her set, plus andrew bird on pbs.

this is the 2nd or 3rd time i’ve seen annie do “actor out of work” acoustic and it has yet to do it for me. hearing the arrangements of “the strangers” played on guitar, on the other hand… that’s something i can get into. there’s a pretty good transcription of that acoustic arrangement on indie [...]

the virgin festival, or virgin freefest, is free this year… as a festival should be when the lineup only includes 2 groups worth seeing (the national and st. vincent). free tickets will be available for claiming through ticketmaster on saturday, but the “presale” starts in just a couple hours. can’t confirm for sure, but i’ve [...]

annie clark has been including the other actor b-side, “oh my god”, in the setlist of her current 5 week tour. i couldn’t find a video of her performance at the black cat on friday, but here is annie playing”oh my god” at ny’s webster hall last week. “oh my god” is available through itunes [...]

mp3: lo moda -les jardins (de l’bouli)
st. vincent is at the black cat tonight! her show at the rock n roll hotel was one of the best i saw last year, so i’ve got high expectations for tonight. i’m just hearing opening band lo moda for the first time this morning, but it appears that [...]

mp3: st. vincent – bicycle …. [buy actor]
got actor and the actor out of work / bicycle 7″ in the mail today (thanks for the early shipping, beggars). between the front and back covers of the lp and the cover of the 7″ you’ve got 3 giant shots of annie’s head… it’s an interesting choice, [...]

video: st vincent – actor out of work
also, watch annie rehearsing the song on npr.

mp3: st vincent – the strangers
some more st vincent news today… the fourth stop on st vincent’s upcoming us tour will be the black cat on may 22. looks like annie’s moving up the food chain of local venues, but hopefully she’ll avoid the 9:30 club for a while longer at least. also, actor [...]

via flickr
very happy to find this in my email this morning.. a new st. vincent album is on the way! it’s called actor and will be released on may 5th by 4ad. annie clark was among my favorite new artists of 2007… and her incredibly playful, can’t take my eyes off her performance last year [...]

some sweet videos coming out of australia’s shoottheplayer.com this month due to the 2009 sydney festival. check out cloud control playing “buffalo country” in taylor square, st. vincent playing “what me worry” and “marry me” in the famous spiegeltent, holly throsby playing “on longing” in centennial park and more at shoottheplayer.com.
mp3: cloud control – buffalo [...]