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Hayley Williams, St. Vincent and Lana Del Rey Perform Covers for Jack Antonoff’s Charity
Bleachers frontman and prolific producer Jack Antonoff, along with his sister Rachel Antonoff, took their 7th annual Ally Coalition Talent Show that supports LGBTQ+ youth virtual this year. Even though it was streamed on Twitch, that didn’t make it any less impressive. This year’s lineup included St. Vincent, Hayley Williams, Sleater-Kinney, Lana Del Rey, Spoon, The Chicks among many more. St. Vincent’s Annie Clark sang The Beatles’ 1968 ditty about Paul McCartney’s sheepdog, “Martha My Dear,” Lana Del Rey delivered “Silent Night” while sitting in front of her Christmas tree and Hayley Williams, with her hair up in a towel, did Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.” Other highlights included performances by Maggie Rogers, Brittany Howard and Antonoff performing “This is Me Trying” by&...
St. Vincent Promises a ‘Tectonic Shift’ on Her Sixth Album, Due in Early 2021
St. Vincent’s new album, the follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCATION, is “locked and loaded,” ready for an early 2021 release, she revealed in a MOJO interview shared on Reddit. St. Vincent, born Annie Clark, joked to the British mag that, “I’m American so I will only use gun metaphors.” She told the publication to expect a “tectonic shift” on the yet-to-be-titled LP. “I felt I had gone as far as I could possibly go with angularity. I was interested in going back to the music I’ve listened to more than any other — Stevie Wonder records from the early ’70s, Sly and the Family Stone. I studied at the feet of those masters.” Additionally, Clark said future tours would be more scaled-down affairs. “My last tour was a whole bunch of production and high-concept video and razzle-dazzle and I ...
St. Vincent Covers Nine Inch Nails to Honor NIN’s Rock Hall 2020 Induction
In honor of the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony happening this weekend, Amazon Music just released a special series of covers honoring this year’s class of inductees. St. Vincent and Jehnny Beth of Savages put their flair on Nine Inch Nails’ “Piggy” and “Closer” respectively. Eyelids took on Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” off 1990’s Violator, while Real Estate covered “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers. And while T. Rex was honored with a tribute album of covers this year, The Kills will be covering their iconic track, “Cosmic Dancer.” To honor the late Whitney Houston, Brandy will be covering one of the singer’s tracks, which will release in 2021. In other Amazon Music news, the service re-released The Birth of Biggie on the&nbs...
St. Vincent Joins Forces With Yoshiki for Fresh Take on ‘New York’
St. Vincent teamed with Japanese musician/composer/producer Yoshiki to craft a fresh version of her song “New York,” which dropped today (Aug. 28). St. Vincent’s signature tune was originally released on her Grammy-winning 2017 album MASSEDUCTION, and the reimagined version features Yoshiki’s classically inspired arrangements, creating unpredictable new textures. St. Vincent said in a statement that she was “honored” to work the multifaceted artist. “Yoshiki’s arrangement added to the song in the way time or distance transform longtime friends or relationships: the original is still recognizable, but subtly and significantly altered,” she said. “I admire how St. Vincent approaches music in an innovative and courageous way,” Yoshiki said in a statement, adding, “Her music breaks the boundar...
St. Vincent Digs Up Backstage Cover of Tool’s ‘Forty Six & 2′
St. Vincent’s Annie Clark reminisced about a simpler era in a recent Instagram post, sharing an old video featuring a backstage solo cover of Tool’s “Forty Six & 2.” Watch below. The brief clip was captured prior to a gig promoting 2017’s MASSEDUCTION. It shows her pulling off an impressive double-duty: singing while plucking the knotty riff on acoustic guitar. “TOOL as preshow warm-up during MASSEDUCTION solo tour,” she wrote in a caption. “Pink bunnysuit hanging in background. Will always love this band. Miss you guys.” Clark is a noted Tool fan. During a BBC Radio 6 appearance in 2018, she played both “Forty Six & 2″ and Pantera’s “Cowboys From Hell” when asked which riffs she wishes she’d ...
St Vincent Shares Video of Herself ‘Fumbling Through ‘Stairway to Heaven”
St. Vincent is a guitar player, and like anyone passionate about their craft she misses noodling around in guitar shops. So what did she do? Shared a video of herself “fumbling through” the song everyone fumbles through while testing out a new ax: Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” “Since guitar stores have been closed, I thought you might have missed the sound of someone fumbling through ‘stairway to heaven,’” she captioned the Instagram clip before poking fun of some other classic songs you’re bound to hear in a guitar store. “(Not pictured but honorable mention, ‘smoke on the water’ ‘sweet home Alabama’ ‘black dog’ ‘where ever I may roam’). Love to all my guitar players out there. I know. I miss it too.” St. Vincent has been active on social media since quarantine started, and even be...
St. Vincent Brings the Piano Bar Vibes on ‘The Eddy’
Netflix’s The Eddy premieres today (May 8), and its soundtrack features a new song sung by St. Vincent. Since the film follows the struggles of keeping a jazz club in Paris afloat, St. Vincent’s version of the theme song quickly brings you to the middle of a dimly lit and smoky piano bar with a glass of strongest libation in your hand. Joanna Kulig, who plays Maja, one of the show’s leads, sings the theme song on the show. Randy Kerber, who worked with The Eddy director Damien Chazelle on La La Land co-wrote the soundtrack with Glen Ballard, who has done production for Alanis Morissette and Michael Jackson. St. Vincent is no stranger to the piano ballads and showed off that musical side with 2017’s MASSEDUCATION. More recently, St. Vincent has been entertaining fans with her podcast, Showe...
