"Music has given me my whole life," St. Vincent says. "It was hard work, but it's worth it because every night you get to spend 90 minutes with people and go someplace completely out of this world."
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Daddy's Home (out May 14), Annie Clark's sixth album as St. Vincent, takes the sounds and sleaze of early-1970s New York as its aesthetic backdrop.
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Singer Jorja Smith. Her latest release, Be Right Back, is on our shortlist of the best albums out on May 14.
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Sleater-Kinney performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 19, 2019. On July 1, drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the band after more than 20 years.
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Kacey Musgraves made a point of showcasing her gentler side during her 2015 Tiny Desk Concert, but as it so often does, rowdiness prevailed in the end.
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St. Vincent has reimagined 2017's MASSEDUCTION forforthcoming release MassEductation, out Oct. 12 on Loma Vista.
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