Features
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best 60 Albums of 2009
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2009, highlighted by a bevy of American indie rock juggernauts, the return of a hip-hop master, and a couple of the finest voices on the planet.
Wednesday, December 9 2009
The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2009
We got it all in 2009. The stuff right here -- this is singing, this is songwriting. It lives, it breathes, and it bites. Hard.
Friday, December 21 2007
The Best Albums of 2007
From tech house to Radiohead and Americana to indie and everything in between, PopMatters picks the best 60 albums of 2007.
Reviews
Thursday, November 3 2011
St. Vincent: 7 October 2011 - Lawrence, KS
The overall impression Annie Clark gives is of someone who is ultimately untouched even by the subjects of her own lyrics.
Monday, September 12 2011
St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
St. Vincent makes a strong case that high art can have a popular dimension and pop music can be high-minded and artful.
Monday, March 8 2010
St. Vincent: 11 February 2010: Phoenix, AZ
St. Vincent (AKA Annie Clark) is a magnificent performer with a talented, intelligent group of musicians by her side. I defy anyone with blood still flowing through their veins to remain still and unmoved during her performances.
Thursday, May 7 2009
St. Vincent: Actor
St. Vincent plays in any number of genres, but buries them so deeply in the concrete and rebar of her thundering industrial clatter that they take some coaxing out. And even then they only come out in pieces, coated in the dust of her unique sound.
Tuesday, August 7 2007
St. Vincent: Marry Me
A bizarrely endearing engagement shows that Annie Clark has a knack for grandiose orchestrations, but tempers these more restlessly than Sufjan Stevens.
Blogs
Friday, September 3 2010
Interview with St. Vincent @ Pitchfork 2010
St. Vincent aka Annie Clark has always been an artist who marches to her own beat.
Wednesday, August 4 2010
Pitchfork Music Festival: 16-18 July 2010 - Chicago
Despite a blistering heatwave and some sound issues, Pitchfork put on their most electrifying music festival yet.
Monday, March 1 2010
St. Vincent: 18.Feb.2010 - Chicago
St. Vincent enchanted Chicago's Metro last week with her eclectic mix of synthesized funk, orch-pop, electronica, art-rock, and even understated use of hip hop.
Friday, June 19 2009
St. Vincent - "Actor Out of Work" / "The Strangers" / "Oh My God" (live) (video)
St. Vincent recently sat down for an unplugged performance with Lake Fever Productions. She claims to not own an acoustic guitar... scary way to start…
Friday, June 12 2009
St. Vincent: 8/9 June, 2009 - The Metro / Prizker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
Words and Pictures by Kirstie Shanley
