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What a great way to start your week.

We know, we know—that picture is tough to look at. But the track is easy to listen to.

Home to the Pixies, Cocteau Twins, Bauhaus and Throwing Muses, will see a profile by author Martin Aston.

St. Vincent heads over to the dark side.

Put a Byrd in it.

She can’t escape without crumbling.

Check out her appearance on the “Portlandia” tour.

Annie Clark spoofs Elvis Costello’s famous 1977 “SNL” performance in St. Vincent’s stop over at “Conan.”

In this economy, it’s ridiculously difficult to find work, but for those who do, there are upsides and downs.

Another testament as to why St. Vincent should do a live covers record, Annie Clark covers “She is Beyond Good and Evil” by the Pop Group.

Annie Clark gets buried alive.

Listen to and download the new track from Annie Clark: “Surgeon.”

Annie Clark played “Big Black Mariah” during a tribute show.

David Byrne and Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, have apparently been collaborating on songs recently!  I know that David Byrne projects that involve young, talented women on the indie scene isn’t exactly big news anymore, (see: Dirty Projectors, Santigold, and Petra Hayden, who was also just revealed as a Byrne collaborator), but he picks them [...]

The comedy duo known as ThunderAnt star in St. Vincent’s new video for “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood.” ThunderAnt is Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and SNL‘s Fred Armisen. Watch them creep Ms. Annie Clark here and watch their other bits here.

Yes, we sometimes have to admit that there are other sites where you may gather the latest in music news, and this is one of those times. Pitchfork has announced the lineup for its annual festival (July 16-18 at Union Park in Chicago), and this year looks to be a memorable one. Pavement will close [...]

Annie Clark, the singer better known as St. Vincent, released a clip via her Myspace of the new video for “Laughing With a Mouth of Blood” (off her latest effort Actor). The video features the comedic stylings of thunderAnt, a duo composed of SNL’s Fred Armisen and former Sleater-Kinney badass Carrie Brownstein.

We just read that Walter Hill (48 Hours) will direct Mickey Rourke (whose character is a priest who is really a hitman) and Forest Whitaker in a film called St. Vincent, which reminded us of our favorite records of this year: Actor by Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent). Clark composed a great portion of Actor [...]