Antony Sings Puccini For Italian Coffee

Antony reinterpreted "Nessun Dorma" and sang it in Italian because "when you are drinking a good coffee or listening to intense music, very often you tend to close your eyes." You tend to do this while sleeping, too. Savor at... CONTINUE READING ANTONY SINGS PUCCINI FOR ITALIAN COFFEE»

Posted on October 21, 2009 in Commercial Appeal (0 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | The Flaming Lips

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

Antony & The Johnsons Bring "Another World" To Craig Ferguson

Antony Hegarty TV-performance roll call: David Letterman, Jonathan Ross, The Culture Show, and Your Boyfriend (Dutch edition). It's been an impressive and somewhat unexpected push for an album and outfit totally worthy of it: Each time the Johnsons have brought... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS BRING "ANOTHER WORLD" TO CRAIG FERGUSON»

Posted on April 30, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Craig Ferguson | Small Black

Antony & The Johnsons' Performance Of "One Dove" For Dutch TV Does Not Make Us Feel Uncomfortable

Scott and I emailed about this a couple of times before realizing holy shit the host is Paul de Leeuw. As in the Paul de Leeuw who is definitely your boyfriend. I won't pretend to understand his local cultural mores,... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS' PERFORMANCE OF "ONE DOVE" FOR DUTCH TV DOES NOT MAKE US FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE»

Posted on April 22, 2009 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Depeche Mode | Grooms | Paul de Leeuw

Antony & The Johnsons Do "Kiss My Name" For Jonathan Ross

Antony's The Crying Light is a triumph, his various television performances have been equally fantastic, ergo this recent stop by the Jonathan Ross show is worth a few minutes of your eyes and ears. After Town Hall, we noted "Hegarty's... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS DO "KISS MY NAME" FOR JONATHAN ROSS»

Posted on April 6, 2009 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Jonathan Ross

Antony & The Johnsons @ Town Hall, NYC 2/20/09

Town Hall was built for Antony's voice. Well technically Town Hall is a a non-profit organization serving the community since 1921 and was built for hosting a variety of music, dance, film, lectures, drama, and etc., but you know, go... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS @ TOWN HALL, NYC 2/20/09»

Posted on February 24, 2009 in Concert, Photo, Tour Dates (8 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | of Montreal

Antony & The Johnsons Do "Aeon" For Letterman

Mr. Hegarty is in town because a) he lives here so he usually is but also b) he's doing two sold out nights at Town Hall starting tonight, kicking off a massive and mostly sold-out 40+ run of shows through... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS DO "AEON" FOR LETTERMAN»

Posted on February 19, 2009 in Video (19 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Arctic Monkeys | David Letterman | Micachu And The Shapes

Antony & The Johnsons Stop By The Culture Show

Since taking home that Mercury Prize for 2005's stunner I Am A Bird Now, Antony's enjoyed a cultural cachet in the UK that he's slowly, inevitably, amassing Stateside. Brits love him; or at least, Brits know him. On the Johnsons'... CONTINUE READING ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS STOP BY THE CULTURE SHOW»

Posted on January 27, 2009 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: All-American Rejects | Antony Hegarty | Bumbershoot

Today's Dark Was The Night Streams Feature The Decemberists, Antony, Bon Iver & The National Twins

The stream-a-day MySpace rollout of the Dessner brothers' Dark Was The Night charity compilation gets a bump today with a trio of tracks, courtesy of a cute little widget player and a smattering of heavy hitting contributors. There's the Decemberists'... CONTINUE READING TODAY'S DARK WAS THE NIGHT STREAMS FEATURE THE DECEMBERISTS, ANTONY, BON IVER & THE NATIONAL TWINS »

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

Stream Hercules & Love Affair (& Album Art)

Good chance this is already topping your list for best dance album of 2008, but in case you haven't heard it yet -- head here and stream the whole thing (you have to register but it's worth it). As we... CONTINUE READING STREAM HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (& ALBUM ART)»

Posted on March 7, 2008 in Album Art (9 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Hercules And Love Affair

Stereogum's 30 Favorite Live Shows Of 2007

We saw a lot of concerts this year! You probably did too, if you're the sort to be checking music blogs on your downtime over holiday break, so let's all trade notes. Stereogum's Amrit Singh kicks things off with a... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S 30 FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF 2007»

Björk @ Madison Square Garden, NYC 9/24/07

Well we saw Björk's first US show in support of Volta (at Coachella -- SNL doesn't count), so it was particularly symmetrical of us to head uptown to MSG Monday night to check the last American date of '07.... CONTINUE READING BJöRK @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NYC 9/24/07»

Posted on September 26, 2007 in Concert (4 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Björk | Santigold

New Linda Thompson (Feat. Antony) - "Beauty"

Rufus Wainwright somehow manages to be simultaneously the most debauched, celeb name-dropping man-about-town we know and the most prolific songwriter this side of a string section from Ryan Adams. So while he's giving quotes to Sienna Miller and Amy Poehler... CONTINUE READING NEW LINDA THOMPSON (FEAT. ANTONY) - "BEAUTY"»

Posted on May 30, 2007 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Linda Thompson | Rufus Wainwright