ST. VINCENT covers BIG BLACK at BOWERY BALLROOM NYC May 22 2011 

"I thought the St Vincent cover was pretty good. They got some details right about the sound and the drumming especially. I was impressed." - Steve Albini

After the show, Annie said (in a Spin interview) that her hands were shaking and she wanted to kill someone due to all of the exhilaration.

She covers the Big Black holy grail..the behemoth..and she does it awsome..love her

Woah. Never expected her to cover Big Black.

This is amazing, and I am an old Big Black fan, who has all their stuff on vinyl, Good job St Vincent!!!

I´m in Love, one of my fav artists covers one of the most underrated bands ever...Epic

One of my fav artists of today covering one of my fav artists of the 80's. She's an amazing talent.

don't know much about st. vincent, know a lot about albini. that being said, this cover does more than justice to the original, it's refreshing to hear it being treated so well. pay no mind to the albini purists ripping on it, some of them are probably 17 years old and found out about him two months ago anyway.

Wow, the drummer is much more lively than Big Black's!

jesus christ jesus christ jesus christ this is too amazing

i have never seen a performance like this ever .... truly mind blowing...i am a fan now

This is the best thing that has ever happened.

It's almost impossible to see her becoming better, better and better. And there she is. She never ceases to surprise me.

theres literally not a flaw in this cover except you can barely hear the bass man omg i love this so much

this is just unbelievable, she's (they) rip it up so well. St. Vincent and Big Black forever!!!

powerful! my first exposure to st. vincent was the vid "marry me" where she's lying on the bed w/ acoustic guitar. this performance makes me appreciate her a lot more. also: love michael pollan on moog. he too has many talents...

I love that this exists

Best cover I've heard

I have two clips on RU-vid I always come back to. This one and Cookie Monster and the mystery box. Damn, she can shred!

AT LONG LAST YOU HAVE ARRIVED ANNIE - I ANXIOUSLY AND PATIENTLY AWAIT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS..........................................

Annie has mad guitar skills.

This is the most awesome thing I've heard recently! Can't get it out of my head!

Thanks St. Vincent for this Rock'n Rolla tribute! This song should live on forever!

Nothing like listening to Kerosene! I wish Annie would make a studio version of this just for in-fidelity's sake!

What an excellent cover! Such manic, lyric energy from everyone.

I didn't even know who/what St Vincent was until this Big Black cover.

Why was I worried that this would not be any good?! Annie does it just like all of the other songs she performs: perfectly!!

amazing

I've seen her twice and I am still waiting for this cover on stage...

St. Vincent never fails to amaze.

What a show...truly a privilege to be there. Well worth all the trouble it took to make it happen.

That's a very good and respectful cover - like that a lot. Might have to check out more of her stuff

That kicks ass so hard. Legit confused at some of the negative comments.

Merci pour cette INCROYABLE reprise........

Ya gotta hit that bass man!

Since everyone is (rightfully) commenting about annie I just want to say that the drummer is a monster during this set. Like, Big Black drum lines are supposed to be unnatural and he just kills it. Really impressive.

It's an odd scene of people slam dancing to St. Vincent. AWESOME!!

I would never fucking imagine St Vincent covering big black. Nice.

I'm a massive big black fan and I really enjoyed this cover - respect.

She is amazing!

One word----INCREDIBLE,

nailed it

St. Vincent needs to shred like that a lot more.

AMAZING!

amazing performance

from "I am Steve Albini, ask me anything." Redditt, 7 years ago "I thought the St Vincent cover was pretty good. They got some details right about the sound and the drumming especially. I was impressed." Me: My teeth hurt, and not in a good way.

Pure awesomeness.

still amazing

I met this girl, Annie Clark at this time, while merching for a show in Athens, Oh. Had I known, I'd bought all her wine that night. Pretty fucking amazing cover.

I really hope she does some big black covers when I see her perform in Chicago. that would pretty much make my life

i am so happy right now

love it

Respect. Takes some serious nads to cover Big Black, and they hold their own. Still, I prefer the original, but would have loved to be there live.

the two songs she chose to cove are my two favorite big black songs

Wow! Just wow!

In spirit, she nails it. Wonder what Albini thinks?

Not gonna lie... What a great cover. This song needs this kind of respect, just considering if you listen to the original record now it sounds like it was recorded in a bin

THIS IS SO INSANE!!

of all covers, nice Big Black! Impressive

who knew St. Vincent could entertain, Rock On.

this is awesome

damn, I never got into St Vincent but they did a great job with this cover

I don't think her audience knows who Big Black is. She does though, and does a great job. Go Annie go. Thank you for this!!

Unbelievably fucking cool.

? So... I was watching the audience, half way through a security guard escorted someone with an ice-pack held to their face to the front row. Cool. That is the REVERSE thing that happens at every show i have ever been to. !

she's awesome

awesome!!

my brain just melted. when you come to seattle i

Too bad about the sound quality. Sounds like it could be a great cover.

DUDE. i fucking love this woman.

Great cover...!!

holy FUCK

those squeaky feedback samples give me the chills... brrrrr

Moshing at a St.Vincent show, something I never though id see.

holy shit, i didn't expect her to do that. sick.

So badass

St. Vincent insights a Mosh-Pit... She amazes me!

I actually like this version better than the original, especially with that clear bass and those powerful drums

Annie Clark fucking rocks.

the Annie I love

my respect for her just tripled

A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

Annie is incredible. I think she may be a genius!

AMEN

Brutal.

@TeenageWildlife Yeah, I'm sure you dudes rock out much harder than St. Vincent. On air guitar, in front of your bedroom mirror. I think your anonymous youtube armchair criticism is silly.

Back when St. Vincent was a rocker!

I may be the only one who likes the synthesized vocals, but they should have either been more subtle or she should have turned them off/on at certain points in the song.

Very cool.

Rubbing a guitar and a microphone together is how Annie Clark was born.

Raw cover ! nice

@dethnerd, She also did Bad Penny which brought the house down.

@brubinstein1 Your efforts to seek out negative comments to react towards are appreciated. I take it that for people describing St Vincent as a GENIUS or GODDESS no further explanation is required

I think you might actually be hearing a Big Black influence, considering it is their song

holy shit this fucking pumped me up

I love annie so much, she's amazing.. but what I also love is how the crowd is just standing around in the begining but then by the end they're kinda moshing.

Didn't even know it was possible to cover Big Black. Love this.

St Vincent stays winning

Annie is badass by herself!!

cool