St. Vincent gave a solid, sometimes exhilarating performance on Friday in Cleveland, one that showed, as her solo career approached 20 years, why she’s inspired many other indie-minded artists.

The musician, making her first appearance in the area in front of a sold-out crowd outside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since a 2021 show at the Agora Theatre, delivered 14 songs over 90 minutes. The breadth of her material, which includes harder rocking earlier songs, piano ballads and electronic-inspired grooves, was on display, and was proof of what happens when a restless mind has time to create.

That restlessness was on display during the concert. While St. Vincent—real name Annie Clark—acknowledged the set hadn’t changed during the year-plus she toured to promote last year’s return-to-form r

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