St Vincent on Graham Norton... Bizarre but good!

57Deluxe

Her Guitar

https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/st-vincent-discusses-her-new-signature-ernie-ball

Veganic

I am on the fence. I started listening before I saw how she dressed (and to be honest I find it a bit off-putting). I like the dissonant guitar work but the songs don't seem that strong. I rarely have a clue what she is singing about. 

I read somewhere she was in The Polyphonic Spree in some capacity who I like.

CountryDave

I like the quirky approach and enjoy the performance approach too.
Also, I've played the EBMM Signature model and apart from the Albert Lee models it could be my favourite sig model from any brand. Great sounds and fan Musicman playability. 

axisus

Not my cup of tea to be honest, but I do like the fact that she's promoting the idea of girls playing guitars.

ICBM

Not that impressed. She was OK, but I didn't hear anything very original or interesting - and very overtly PJ influenced. A non-traditional guitar sound at least, but she didn't really play anything unusual. I would have to say style over substance...

I do like the guitar design, although it needs a headstock that actually goes with the rest of it instead of having the standard MM one tacked on.

Philtre

Annie Clarke is one of the most original, creative and inspirational electric guitar players right now. An opinion shared by Steve Vai, David Byrne and many other luminaries. She's great.

AlexC

I love Annie Clark. Obviously that kind of left-field music isn't going to be to everyone's taste, but to say she cannot play... Not true. What people are saying is that they don't like the way she plays. Wonderful thing about the electric guitar is it is only limited by the imagination. To some, distorted pentatonic Rock is all. But things move along and once you've mastered that Chuck Berry lick then the world is your oyster. Watch the edit above. Can't play? 

JezWynd

The all bum album

shrinkwrap

Legionreturns said:

Sorry @shrinkwrap I just read that back and it sounded condescending. Totally wasn't meant to be, I just don't read papers or anything that might have lead me to that information! No offense meant!

No offense taken - I don't do tabloids or gossip stuff either. Some of these things are just for cheap publicity but not this one - I think the album is to do with the break up of the relationship -  check out her duet with Jools Holland on piano..
Bowie, Byrne, PJH - great - plenty of substance in her other songs even if unusual topics.

stratman3142

ICBM said:

... I would have to say style over substance...

We have different tastes in many areas, but we can agree on that one.
Good luck to her, but it's not for me.

amarok1971

Not for me either. 

EricTheWeary

I quite like her. Probably not what I’d be bobbing along to in the car but she knows her way around the guitar, tries to do interesting stuff with it and is recognisably somebody in modern pop music who is identified with the guitar. I like the performance side of it too. I’ve no idea about the tabloids/ gossip stuff.
 JezWynd said:

The all bum album

Not actually her bottom according to that clip from Graham Norton. 

Voxman

She designed the guitar

maltingsaudio

Watched her from side of stage on Park at Glastonbury a few years ago,absolutely phenomenal performance and stage presence and boy could she play live. 

Listening at home and on “media” doesn’t make me want to go out and buy her stuff.

Veganic

While we are on St.V, the riff to birth in reverse, where have I heard it before?  Played slower and possible as the end of a song.  It's doing my head in.
TIA.

Philly_Q

I haven't heard enough of her music to decide whether I like it or not, but I liked that Graham Norton appearance.

I think it's great that there's at least one high-profile contemporary artist who not only features the electric guitar in her music but is also pictured with a guitar more often than not.  We need people like that.

jeztone2

I think she’s a really clever businesswoman. She’s realised her Kudos early on. Then got the Q readers onside first. Then gone in with a guitar maker associated with technical rock players. 

I take my hat off to her. The music isn’t without merit. She’s talented. But really she’s a marketing genius. 

mikeyrob73

If it’s cold enough to wear a scarf then surely she needs a wee bit more on? 

Plectrum

mikeyrob73 said:

If it’s cold enough to wear a scarf then surely she needs a wee bit more on? 

I'm told it's really hot in those studios

Lew

Hahaha oh dear this is for real! So bad I'm actually laughing. It's like one of those shreds parody videos. Terrible cover of Big Black. What a travesty.