The St. Vincent buzz began building with Marry Me, the 2007 debut by doe-eyed, Dallas-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark, and she became a full-fledged indie-rock darling with “Actor” in 2009.
At last weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival we asked some of our favorite performers to play a few songs for us near Union Park. We figured performing next to the L was more authentic than sitting in a press tent (even if the trains made a racket when they went past).