st. vincent

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************* Busy night in Dallas, hit these up after the St. Vincent show: Santigold at House of Blues, and the official afterparty at the Cavern, featuring Amanda Blank, Devlin & Darko, and Sober. ************* elsewhere: Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from the Smith Western

Dallas' own St. Vincent returns home on June 18 to headline the Granada Theater, and we have 5 pairs of tickets to give away; email us at gorillavsbearcontests@gmail.com and I'll pick 5 winners at random the week before the show. I'm guessing this'll be a far cry from the time we hosted Annie at the Doublewide 3 years ago and 20 people showed up (i...

Directed by Ian Kibbey + Corey Casey. ***************

Actor is the profoundly cinematic new LP from Dallas' own St. Vincent (out May 5 on 4AD). Annie Clark mentioned recently that the new record was inspired by -- among other things -- vintage Disney features like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, and that influence is evident on opening track "The Strangers," which begins like the score to a whimsical, slightly unsettling woodland scene...

st. vincent | actor Actor out May 5 on 4AD. ******************

Annie Clark talks about old people, tries to explain Luby's humor to some Australians, and plays a lovely piano version of "Marry Me" for Shoot the Player at a place called the Famous Spiegeltent: *****************

More photos of St. Vincent at Fun Fun Fun Fest '08 after the jump... *************************************

st. vincent, ostensibly preparing for Fun Fun Fun Also, motherfucking Kool Keith! Yes. GvsB is unbelievably psyched to be a media sponsor of Austin's FFFFest for the second year in a row. Other highlights include Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Atmosphere, Islands, and the list goes on...