St Vincent

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

Nirvana reunion: Dave Grohl's 13-year-old daughter steals the show

Violet Grohl performed Heart-Shaped Box with the surviving members of Nirvana and guest performers St Vincent and Beck at an LA charity gala

Eve Barlow

06, Jan, 2020 @10:55 AM

St Vincent/Nina Kraviz: Masseduction Rewired review

Russian producer Kraviz moves St Vincent’s 2017 album through a variety of gloomy musical lenses, from footwork to dub

Aimee Cliff

13, Dec, 2019 @10:30 AM

The 100 best albums of the 21st century

We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree

Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1-50); Laura Snapes and April Curtin (51-100)

13, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM