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On the streets: Chatting with Annie Clark of St. Vincent
I ran into the amazingly talented Annie Clark (St. Vincent) this afternoon on Seventh Street. Hot on the heels of her widely praised show at Central Presbyterian, Clark was incredibly humble when I told her of the rave reviews I had been hearing since last night. The bill at the church last night, which included Anni Rossi, M. Ward, Department of Eagles and Camera Obscura, was so hot that I thought Twitter was going to melt at one point.
When I told Clark that people had been howling ever since, she — very modestly — said that was “silly.”
Clark’s new album “Actor,” which comes out on 4AD in May, has been called a “mindblower” by the Statesman’s Michael Corcoran, and many expect it will be one of the year’s best.
The lithe woman who knows how to shred said she had just come from seeing the Dirty Projectors at a day show. She cutely said that the Brooklyn-based band, which plays a showcase at 9 p.m. Thursday at Emo’s, totally owned and “ruled it so hard core.” Clark also said she was planning to return to the church tonight to see Grizzly Bear perform at 8:30 p.m. That show will be packed beyond belief, so go early or go somewhere else.
St. Vincent plays again at midnight Friday at Antone’s at the Billions Corporation showcase.
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