Newswire St. Vincent will take her savvy songstressing on spring tour

After a blow-out 2011 that found St. Vincent’s Strange Mercy on numerous Top 10 lists, including our own, and after appearing on Conan earlier this week and performing a slick mirroring of Elvis Costello’s 1977 SNL appearance, St. Vincent will hit the road this spring. The North American tour kicks off just after Coachella, and includes a stop at First Avenue on May 12, a venue that was criminally under-attended the last time she landed on stage there. But the boost from last year’s Annie Clark media explosion should change all of that.

Maybe you haven’t seen our One Track Mind with Clark? Well guess what—we’ve kept that video on the Internet just for you, and you can watch it here.

You can also watch Clark shave a man in the music video for “Cruel” below.

Full tour dates:

April 14, 2012—Coachella—Indio, California
April 17, 2012—Rialto Theater—Tucson, Arizona
April 21, 2012—Coachella—Indio, California
April, 24, 2012—Fox Theater— Oakland, California
May 3, 2012 —Lupo’s—Providence, Rhode Island
May 5, 2012—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, New York 
May 7, 2012—Altar—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 8, 2012—Newport Music Hall—Columbus, Ohio
May 9, 2012—Bogart’s—Cincinnati, Ohio
May 10, 2012—Deluxe At Old National Centre—Indianapolis, Indiana
May 11, 2012—Vic Theatre—Chicago, Illinois
May 12, 2012—First Avenue—Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 14, 2012—Slowdown—Omaha, Nebraska
May 15, 2012—Cain’s Ballroom—Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 17, 2012—Minglewood Hall—Memphis, Tennessee
May 18, 2012—Cain’s Ballroom—Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 19, 2012—Variety Playhouse—Atlanta, Georgia
May 21, 2012—Cannery Ballroom—Nashville, Tennessee
May 22, 2012—Bijou Theatre—Knoxville, Tennessee
May 23, 2012—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, North Carolina
May 24, 2012 —The National—Richmond, Virginia