WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
The El Rey, one of Los Angeles' more intimate venues, is the perfect backdrop for St. Vincent's performance. I was lukcy enough to experience this first hand at the concert last week. Though the location is standing room only, the sparkling chandeliers and dim lighting suggest elegance and charm that compliment the singer's dreamy, down-tempo vocals.
St. Vincent, the stage name of talented musician Annie Clark, is diminutive and humble, her only hint of defiance are the wild curls that cascade around her shoulders and bounce rebelliously in her face. The impressive voice that we were introduced to a couple of years ago when touring with Sufjan Stevens proves to be only more melodious in concert. What most were not aware of, however, is how talented and versatile, not only her band, which includes three men who alternate between violin, bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, drums and woodwinds were, but St. Vincent herself, who expertly strums an electric guitar during vocal breaks and instrumental rifts. St. Vincent is not an emotionally devoid guitarist either, she seems to curl into her instrument, falling to her knees a couple of times, as though the emotion in the song were punching her in the abdomen.
Arctic Monkeys Humbug
The Casualties We Are All We Have
Colbie Caillat Breakthrough
Collective Soul Rabbit
David Guetta One Love
Imogen Heap Ellipse
Tamar Kaprelian Delicate Soul
Matisyahu Light
Mellowdrone Angry Bear
Mew No More Stories
Ingrid Michealson Everybody
Willie Nelson American Classic
The Pinx Look What You Made Me Do
Dolores O'Riordan [Cranberries] No Baggage
Smile Empty Soul Consciousness
Smokey Robinson Time Flies When You're Having Fun
Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence
Shonen Knife Super Group
Subnoize Souljaz Blast From The Past
Trey Songz Ready
Victims Of Circumstance Roll The Dice
Wildbirds & Peacedrums The Snake
Zechs Marquise Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare
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