New Antony & The Johnsons Video - "Crazy In Love"

Always a show-stopper, Antony Hegarty's cover of Beyoncé's Hot 100 jam "Crazy In Love" is a masterclass on how to cover a song: with its rearrangement and reinterpretation, this version projects the mirror-imaged flip side to the sentiment B and... CONTINUE READING NEW ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS VIDEO - "CRAZY IN LOVE"»

Posted on August 14, 2009 in Video (18 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Beyoncé | of Montreal

Coachella 2009: Cure, MBV, Antony Assault The Sound System

Surprise, it wasn't My Bloody Valentine's 15-minute aural assault "You Made Me Realise" that caused Sunday's biggest audio mishap. Organizers cut the speakers during the Cure's "Fire In Cairo" (two songs into a third encore) only to watch the band... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: CURE, MBV, ANTONY ASSAULT THE SOUND SYSTEM»

New Antony & The Johnsons Video - "Epilepsy Is Dancing"

Part time movie critic Antony Hegarty and his fellow Johnsons have followed up I Am A Bird Now with yet another powerfully cathartic song cycle The Crying Light, a set which sees Hegarty move from his inner trauma and gender-based... CONTINUE READING NEW ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS VIDEO - "EPILEPSY IS DANCING"»

Posted on January 20, 2009 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | of Montreal

Antony Loves "Aggro-Sincerity," Does Not Love Sean Penn In Milk

NY Mag has a good profile on Antony "The Johnson" Hegarty, paving the way for the release of his heavily rotated and rather excellent upcoming album The Crying Light. In it you'll find interesting self-descriptors of his aesthetic ("heavy sincere-ism,... Milk'">CONTINUE READING ANTONY LOVES "AGGRO-SINCERITY," DOES NOT LOVE SEAN PENN IN MILK»

Posted on January 13, 2009 in MP3 (12 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Sean Penn | The Hold Steady

Stereogum's Favorite Artists' Favorite Things In 2008

We love year-end lists, it's really a shame that no one made any this month. To remedy that, we asked a handful of our favorite artists what music they dug most over the last twelve months. No Age, Grizzly Bear,... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S FAVORITE ARTISTS' FAVORITE THINGS IN 2008»

The 20 Albums We're Most Excited To Hear In 2009

There a few more days of pretending to look busy at work ahead, but as far as our iTunes are concerned 2009 can't get here soon enough. We're done with the lists. It's time for the new. We pored over... CONTINUE READING THE 20 ALBUMS WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2009 »

Antony & The Johnsons' The Crying Light Album Art

Visually and conceptually, the cover for Antony & The Johnsons' forthcoming The Crying Light links directly to album art (and title track) for the recent Another World EP. (If you don't remember what it looked like, take another look.) Both... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS' THE CRYING LIGHT ALBUM ART»

Posted on December 12, 2008 in Album Art, Tour Dates (4 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty

New Lou Reed (Feat. Antony Hegarty) Video - "Caroline Says, Pt. II"

We posted the audio version of "Caroline Says, Pt. II." It's from Lou Reed's December '06 performance of Berlin at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. As mentioned, Matador's releasing said concert as a 14-track soundtrack under the descriptive title Berlin:... CONTINUE READING NEW LOU REED (FEAT. ANTONY HEGARTY) VIDEO - "CAROLINE SAYS, PT. II"»

New Antony & The Johnsons Video - "Another World"

Earlier this month, Antony Hegarty made Prada a song, and they made that song a video. For "Another World," the title track from the Johnsons' forthcoming, heavily rotated stopgap EP (and the first single from next year's full length The... CONTINUE READING NEW ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS VIDEO - "ANOTHER WORLD"»

Posted on September 30, 2008 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty

New Antony & The Johnsons - "Shake That Devil" & Another World EP Teaser

Antony and the Johnsons' followup to 2005's excellent, Mercury Prize-winning I Am A Bird Now, the Another World EP, is out next month, a stopgap before the next proper full-length, The Crying Light, due in January. I Am A Bird... Another World EP Teaser'">CONTINUE READING NEW ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - "SHAKE THAT DEVIL" & ANOTHER WORLD EP TEASER»

Posted on September 24, 2008 in Tour Dates, Video (2 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty

New Björk (Feat. Antony Hegarty) Video - "The Dull Flame Of Desire"

If you recall, there was a fan-made video contest for Björk's "Innocence." Well, turns out there was more than one winner: The contest's three runners up were called back to help with the video for "The Dull Flame of Desire."... CONTINUE READING NEW BJöRK (FEAT. ANTONY HEGARTY) VIDEO - "THE DULL FLAME OF DESIRE" »

New Antony & The Johnsons (For Prada) - "The Great White Ocean"

Prada commissioned Antony to create a piece of music for uses apparently exclusive to their Fashion Week show on Wednesday night. It's a full song, with the Johnsons, and it's pretty -- guitar picked with a vocal melody recalling I... CONTINUE READING NEW ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS (FOR PRADA) - "THE GREAT WHITE OCEAN"»

Posted on September 12, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Solange | SXSW | The Decemberists

New Lou Reed (Feat. Antony Hegarty) - "Caroline Says, Pt. II" (Live At St. Anne's Warehouse)

We've mentioned Julian Schnabel's documentary Lou Reed's Berlin along with Lou Reed's diss of Lester Bangs. The film's out this fall, the diss largely forgotten. Anyhow, Lou Reed's Berlin includes a December 2006 performance of the 1973 album at St.... CONTINUE READING NEW LOU REED (FEAT. ANTONY HEGARTY) - "CAROLINE SAYS, PT. II" (LIVE AT ST. ANNE'S WAREHOUSE)»

New Hercules & Love Affair - "Blind (Serge Santiago Remix)"

For many who love Hercules & Love Affair, "Blind" was the intro track, probably because "Blind" was the album's first single and video. But the post-Arthur Russell disco cut holds an even more primary position in H&LA lore: it's the... CONTINUE READING NEW HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR - "BLIND (SERGE SANTIAGO REMIX)"»

Posted on May 28, 2008 in MP3, Video (12 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Hercules And Love Affair | Serge Santiago

New Hercules & Love Affair Video - "Blind" (Feat. Antony)

This is one helluva video from Brooklyn-based disco-funked DFA crew Hercules & Love Affair, aka the project of Andrew Butler here with Antony on vox. Antony sounds great singing about stars and their brightness. The pea-soup fog, Biblical dancers, Solid... CONTINUE READING NEW HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR VIDEO - "BLIND" (FEAT. ANTONY)»

Posted on January 25, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: Antony And The Johnsons | Hercules And Love Affair

Antony & The Johnsons W/Brooklyn Philharmonic @ BAM, Brooklyn 3/9/07

There's no shortage of artists teaching the indie kids to dance these days, but Antony Hegarty is leading the charge in teaching the hipsters to appreciate high art. Of course that depends on your definition of what qualifies for high... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS W/BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC @ BAM, BROOKLYN 3/9/07»

Posted on March 12, 2007 in Concert (15 comments)
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