St Vincent

St Vincent review – Annie, get your scream on

O2 Academy, Oxford
Annie Clark unleashes extraordinary vocal power and guitar work as she kicks off the UK tour for her cathartic latest album, Daddy’s Home

Kitty Empire

25, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM

‘Nine Inch Nails is inappropriate for a Christmas party’: St Vincent’s honest playlist

The art-pop star was raised on Pearl Jam, wants Jacques Brel played at her funeral and thinks Iggy is sexy. But which song would she interrupt a haircut for?

As told to Elle Hunt

06, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM

The 50 best albums of 2021

And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

17, Dec, 2021 @6:52 AM

The Nowhere Inn review – St Vincent mockumentary snarks on music stardom

Pop acts St Vincent and Carrie Brownstein try to tackle issues of control, authenticity and stardom in music but get mired in anxiety

Phuong Le

26, Oct, 2021 @1:00 PM

Bryan Adams photographs Cher, Grimes and Iggy Pop for Pirelli calendar

Jennifer Hudson, St Vincent and other music stars also feature in touring-themed photoshoots conceived by rocker-photographer

Mark Brown, arts correspondent

05, Aug, 2021 @11:01 PM

The best albums of 2021 so far

From drill’s high watermark to Tuareg rock, Colombian pop and London jazz, here are our music editors’ picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes

14, Jun, 2021 @3:16 PM

St Vincent: Daddy’s Home review – master of reinvention warps the sounds of the 70s

Playing with identity and touching on family matters, Annie Clark’s sixth album with wilfully twisted musical backing is hugely impressive

Alexis Petridis

13, May, 2021 @11:00 AM

St Vincent: Daddy’s Home review – a compelling family affair

Channelling 70s New York funk and her father’s release from prison, the ever brilliant Annie Clark loosens up on her soulful sixth album

Kitty Empire

08, May, 2021 @1:00 PM

Julia Stone on working with St Vincent and changing her sound: ‘This feels like a first record’

With a bigger, brighter and more shimmering sound, Stone’s new album is the one she’s long wanted to make

Katie Cunningham

29, Apr, 2021 @10:00 PM

St Vincent: ‘I’d been feral for so long. I was sort of in outer space’

Inspired by her father’s release from prison, Annie Clark’s new album asks where to run when ‘the outlaw’s inside you’. She discusses his incarceration, the delusions of love – and why she remains as perverse as ever

Laura Snapes

04, Mar, 2021 @1:36 PM

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – playful and potent collaboration

Damon Albarn provides the melodic anchor to this pioneering album that balances concept and fun

Kitty Empire

25, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – the poignant sound of social distancing

Damon Albarn’s cartoon band mark their 20th anniversary with a record whose star guests – Elton John, Robert Smith and St Vincent among them – are folded into a fluent, brilliant whole

Alexis Petridis

15, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM