St. Vincent to Play L.A. Tonight, San Diego Saturday

This entry was posted by harry s truman on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 9:16 am.

We’re happy to announce that after years of unquiet admiration, we’ll finally get to see St. Vincent. She’s touring in support of her acclaimed new album, Actor, and will play San Diego’s Casbah on Saturday, May 30.

According to the LA Times music blog Pop & Hiss, the new record was written and recorded on a laptop in St. Vincent’s apartment. 

Her 2007 debut, “Marry Me,” was recorded over a number of years. Actor, by contrast, was pieced together over a nine-month period on a computer in Clark’s apartment in Brooklyn, where she relocated after her initial success.

“I had just moved to New York, and I couldn’t make a lot of noise, and I was really inspired by the idea of recession,” Clark said. “If I had a melody I really liked, I would double-time it later in the song, and take it half-time and use it somewhere else, or invert it and transpose it. I was really into this idea of using one simple idea in as many ways as possible, like milking every idea. It’s music for the new American recession.”

The Casbah’s doors open at 5:30 on Saturday, so only get there at the usual time if you want to miss the show. You can (and should) purchase Actor in a variety of physical and digital forms over at Beggar’s Banquet Records. Tourdates after the jump.

5/28/2009 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
5/30/2009 San Diego, CA Casbah
5/31/2009 Phoenix, AZ Modified
6/2/2009 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
6/3/2009 Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr.
6/4/2009 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
6/5/2009 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
6/7/2009 Chicago, IL Epiphany
6/10/2009 Lexington, KY The Dame
6/11/2009 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
6/12/2009 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
6/16/2009 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
6/18/2009 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
6/19/2009 Austin, TX Mohawk