Antony and the Johnsons.

Oddly enough I'm listening to the first Tyrannosaurus Rex album now (which works a falsetto very well).

What do you think of Antony & the Johnsons?

Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons?

http://photobucket.com/albums/y12/doppelgg/

honestly [and pretty sad to admit], i think it was his live show and the audience's reaction that helped rub me the wrong way. it seemed like caberet more than anything else.

i'm having the same problem, and wondering if there's much left aside from that. i've listened quite a bit to the cd a friend made for me, and if anything i'm getting more annoyed with it (and irrationally annoyed with myself for not "getting it").

Antony's voice reminds me of Bryan Ferry circa These Foolish Things more than anything else.

Wow, my dad said exactly the same thing. Marcello are you 50+? ;)

huh? whatthefuck does it matter. for what it's worth,devendra has been with one of the coco rosies for a couple years now.

Wow, people sure are touchy when it comes to sexuality. Being gay isnt a disease so why does everyone get so offended if someone labels them a homo?

So: Swanlights.

When is this actually coming out?

it came out this past Tuesday

haven't heard the new one, but i go back and forth on antony -- sometimes it sounds like the most amazing music in the world, sometimes i can't stand it. guess it isn't very good for "casual" listening.

guess it isn't very good for "casual" listening.

I think this is accurate. something like I Am A Bird Now, which I think is a great record, falls into that category of stuff that I think is great but can't just put on whenever because it's way too heavy

^^

pretty weird thread, looking it over. is there um a better antony thread?

Played Swanlights streaming on NPR at work and was like "ehhhhh" but I wasn't in any sort of ideal setting to be listening to it so I will stfu now.

i admire his music more than i like it, but his turn on blind is remarkable. he should put his voice to that type of material more often imo.

I thought I read--probably on P4k--that Antony's not even on the next Hercules and Love Affair record that's supposed to be coming out early next year

not surprising, is it? he was just a "featured performer." in other words, a one-shot deal.

I wasn't sure what his relationship with the band was, tbh

heard antony's cover of "pressing on" by bob dylan recently -- stunning stuff.

http://pitchfork.com/news/58586-antony-announces-new-album-hopelessness-co-produced-with-oneohtrix-point-never-and-hudson-mohawke/

Antony's take on OPN's "Returnal" was a brilliant promise but, wow, ANOHNI is one horribly awkward choice for a project name.

really psyched for this

https://youtu.be/Fi0q0O4V5Qs

Pretty fucking excited right now

+1 great tune

I do keep starting it up and catching my brain expecting to hear the Night of the Demon sample from "Hounds of Love" after that opening drum hit though

best thing she's done since "blind", wow

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— James Austin Johnson (@shrimpJAJ) June 29, 2022

I know I wrote at least one (album review-disguised as) show preview, but can't find it---here's something from 2013 Pazz & Jop comments:

Avicii ft. Linnea Henricksson---"Hope There's Someone" is written by Antony Hegarty, and totally fits that credit, though Spin's Philip Sherburne says she (talent show winner) "affects a Bjork-like hush", but does B. hold-extend-bend notes like this? Anyway, works like Hegarty's usual aural curves, which she rides with her own sense of dynamics

I know in the review/preview I indicated that I thought he had a better voice than Bryan Ferry (somewhat similar but with a better vibrato, seemed like)

I heard his album and a friend's house and I said "Is this the new Tracy Chapman?"

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, March 8, 2005 7:22 PM (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Have never thought of this before and now can’t un-hear it.