I just got an email with a little bit of a peek into what is in store for us when the new Antony and The Johnsons’ Swanlights album comes out later this fall. If you remember the album will be accompanied by a 144 page hard cover book chuck full of Antony’s paintings, collages, photography [...]
July 28, 2010
Categories: 2010 Watchlist -- LPs, Upcoming Releases . Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Secretly Canadian, Swanlights . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
The announcement was made yesterday that we can expect a new album out of Antony and The Johnsons this coming October 6th via Secretly Canadian (the 5th in Europe on Rough Trade). The album will be called Swanlights and will have a special edition release that will include a 144 page book featuring paintings, collages, photography, [...]
May 6, 2010
Categories: Upcoming Releases . Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Rough Trade Records, Secretly Canadian, Swanlights, The Crying Light . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Patrick Some musicians are just more inaccessible to the listening public than others. For example, Antony and The Johnsons. It takes a certain person to be able to appreciate the novelty and brilliance of Antony Hegarty but for most the listening experience ends just a few minutes into the first song and then they [...]
January 29, 2010
Categories: 2010 Watchlist -- Singles, tMiM Classifications, tMiM Hatchery . Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Mirror Mirror, The Irrespressibles . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
Apparently Antony Hegarty loves a good cup of Joe. So much in fact that he is endorsing Italian coffee brand Lavazza by recording the aria “Nessum Dorma” (“None Shall Sleep”) from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot backed by the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra. This performance truly highlights Hegarty’s voice and presents it in a way that most [...]
October 21, 2009
Categories: Tracks and Clips . Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Antony Hagerty, Giacomo Puccini, Lavazza Coffee, Nessum Dorma, Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Turandot . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
Amazon is pushing the indie market pretty hard these days. First they came out with their top 100 indie bands of all time and the proverbial feces hit the fan. Now they have 50 editor picked albums that are on sale for $5.00 digital download and let me tell you there are some great indie [...]
June 3, 2009
Categories: Free Downloads . Tags: Jeff Buckley, Bon Iver, Antony and the Johnsons, John Vanderslice, Amazon.com, El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Other Lives, Deer Tick, Dan Deacon, Bichop Allen, Gary Lucas, Almost Free Downloads . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
More and more often late night TV shows have been spotlighting indie acts as their musical guests. I always tend to miss then ones that I want to see each week so I am going to start posting the late shows weekly schedule of the bands that you all might find interesting and want to [...]
May 4, 2009
Categories: Misc. . Tags: Adele, animal collective, Antony and the Johnsons, Bat for Lashes, Carson Daly, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Franz Ferdinand, Jay Leno, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, The National, Van Morrison . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
As if Pitchfork didn’t need anymore power and influence on the indie music scene they have now teamed up with NPR Music’s “Live in Concert From All Songs Considered” to bring you audio and video of selected concerts. Pitchfork.tv will broadcast the video and NPR Music will offer the webcast and podcast audio. The first [...]
March 5, 2009
Categories: Tracks and Clips . Tags: All Songs Considered, Antony and the Johnsons, NPR Music, Pitchfork . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
Which recording artist has the finest web log? Piece of cake: that’s Amanda Palmer, of the Dresden Dolls. It’s funny, passionate, neurotic, gossipy, breathless, profane, long-winded, and in the end, touching. For a sample, try this recent entry: i had a poster of brian setzer above my bed that i ritualistically HAD to KISS before [...]
February 24, 2009
Categories: Music Culture . Tags: Amanda Palmer, Amy Winehouse, Antony and the Johnsons, Australia, Beirut, Brian Setzer, Coachella, Conor Oberst, Dresden Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, Leonard Cohen, Melbourne, Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Public Enemy, Robert Smith, Stray Cats, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeah's . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
That distinctive voice behind Antony and the Johnsons? Who has returned for an extremely baroque third LP, The Crying Light? Typified by tracks found here? The interested listener might already know that he is the voice behind this duet with Bjork. Now I can sleep. And of course I mean right now, here at the [...]
January 26, 2009
Categories: Music Culture, Tracks and Clips . Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, baroque pop, Bjork, chamber pop, The Crying Light . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
