SPOILER ALERT! Annie kills Chuck Bass. Just kidding. She does, however, provide the music for a swanky Valentines day party that the girls wind up at. Says Annie on Twitter “They don’t show when I smash my guitar on the bar, but pretty sure they will tonight”

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It seems like it’s been so long since St Vincent’s Strange Mercy came out, but let’s remember that it’s never too long to wait for a great video for an incredible song. Enjoy this two-story version of Annie Clark.

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St Vincent continues to spice up her live shows with great cover choices. This time she’s pulling from Pearl Jam’s early work with this cover of “Black.” [via CoS] You can check out more St Vincent covers at the St Vincent covers archive I assembled last year.

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Last night St Vincent brought her new track “Cheerleader” to the always-receptive Conan O’Brien. She was in top form, as always (does she even have any other form?). [via AP]

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#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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Annie Clark took to Jimmy Fallon’s show last night to perform her cover of the Pop Group’s “She Is Beyond Good and Evil.” I would never have paired her up with the Pop Group, but I’m beyond glad that she decided to start covering them — this is such a gem. [via Audio Perv and [...]

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St Vincent has a solid track record of choosing great bands to cover (seriously: Tom Waits, Big Black and Pop Group? That girl’s a music snob). Here’s another great one to add to the collection. MP3: St Vincent – She Is Beyond Good and Evil (Pop Group) Download this and more at the St Vincent [...]

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Given that her beautiful new album comes out tomorrow, I thought this would be a great time to put together a collection of all the covers St Vincent has done over the years. Must’ve been a popular idea, since CoS beat me to it by compiling some youtube streams of her greatest covers. I’ve got [...]

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