Collaborations between yesterday’s innovators and today’s eclectics can sometimes be a recipe for disaster – two extreme styles battling to be the best, or the loudest heard. Not here. St Vincent and David Byrne are a match made in heaven. The story goes that the two met after a bunch of charity dos which...
For a band with such an inspirational back catalogue, it is a crying shame that many of the young generations would not know ‘Tusk’ or ‘Go Your Own Way’ unless it appeared on an episode of Glee or Geordie Shore (apparently the former have already “paid tribute”). So you can breathe a sigh of...
St Vincent has paired up with David Byrne to record a new album, Love This Giant, slated for release on September 10, and the pair are offering a free download of the lead track ‘Who’. Byrne and Annie Clark have been working on the record for two years, co-writing the bulk of the songs...
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by it all, so – without wishing to give away our entire shopping lists –...
Deviating from the ‘a picture of my head’ model that has dominated St Vincent’s cover art until now, Strange Mercy presents us with a crooked, milky mouth of death that’s a much more appropriate indicator of the experience ahead. Replete with distortion, angrily revving guitars, addictive melodies and exquisite vocals, Annie Clark has produced...
St Vincent is yet another brilliant artist releasing a record on 12th September (there are albums from Laura Marling, Slow Club and Peggy Sue out the same day). We love love love Annie Clark here at FFS, and this album has not disappointed our eager ears one bit. Head over to NPR to hear...
Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think of any tweeting folk musicians in the comments below. Akron/Family Angus and Julia Stone...
Schmercury nominee and undeniable genius Annie Clark (or St Vincent, to her fans) has recorded a live performance with Fever Lake Sessions, which incorporates tracks from her stupendous album, Actor.
Brian's been agonising over our Schmercuries shortlist this weekend, trying to work out which of the wonderful albums to vote for in our poll. Sadly, FFS's resident owl is quite the procrastinator, so what he's actually done is pick his favourite song from each album. Whilst this hasn't helped him make his...
Ed Droste has announced, via Twitter of all news conduits, that the forthcoming Grizzly Bears tour will be graced by the incredible, ethereal presence of St Vincent, whose latest album, Actor is utterly splendorous and one of our nominees for the Schmercury Prize.
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