Sure, most everyone attending this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival are familiar with a lot of the main acts like Bjork, Dylan, The White Stripes, Muse, or even Spoon, but if you have dropped $145 for a 3-day pass, you should make best of this opportunity to see a band you may not be familiar with that just might blow your friggin mind. Some of my favorite band discovery moments have happened @ ACL Festival, and this series of posts over the next week will feature bands that may or not be known by you, but who I am looking forward to seeing, and believe that they are going to be some of the highlight performances for many who catch them at this years festival.

She might appear to the book smart quite girl next door, but St. Vincent, whose real name is Annie Clark, exposes the dark, sexy, harsh realities of love and relationships through her eclectic mix of art indi-pop that bounces, screams, jangles, and drifts beautifully through her most recent release Marry Me. Lyrics like, “I’m crawling through landmines/Just to know where you are/There’s smoke in my eyes/Because you’re burning the ground” spark interest almost instantaneously. A late addition to the Festival lineup this subtle siren, once a Polyphonic Spree-er, is quickly turning heads on the indie-rock circuit with her live performances in which, reportedly is no slack when it comes to making the guitar sing. St. Vincent is currently touring with The National, and will no doubtedly be making herself more well known to most of us over the coming months.

St. Vincent will take the Austin Ventures Stage @ 4 p.m. Saturday 9.15 and will also be playing one of the Hot Freaks! sponsored shows later that evening @ The Mohawk. Marry me St. Vincent!

Mp3>>All My Stars Aligned

Mp3>>Marry Me

This entry was posted on Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 9:44 am and is filed under ACL Festival 2007, mp3's.