News
January 26 Show Commissioned By MOMA
Nov 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Antony and the Johnsons are heading to Radio City Music Hall on January 26 in support of last year’s haunting album, Swanlights. We have the details. More
Apr 11, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Otherworldly collective Antony and the Johnsons has released a suitably ethereal video for “Swanlights." We have the clip. More
Featuring Dancer Kazuo Ohno
Oct 12, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Today Antony and the Johnsons premiered new video “The Spirit is Gone,” a cut off of new album Swanlights, (also out today). We have the clip. More
Book and Album Project Due October 12th
Jun 30, 2010
By Laura Studarus
As previously reported, Antony and the Johnsons are plotting an October 12th release for newest album, Swanlights. Now the album cover and tracklist have been revealed, which also includes the news that Björk sings a duet on one song. In addition to a traditional CD release, a special edition of Swanlights will include the album inside a 144-pagebook of banleader Antony’s paintings, collages, photography, and writing. More
May 06, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Antony and the Johnsons have announced their fourth full-length release, out October 5th in the states (October 4th in the rest of the world). More
He's Got Me Looking So Crazy Right Now
Jun 16, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
Antony and the Johnsons have been covering Beyoncé's pop heavyweight "Crazy in Love" on the stage for some time now. The New York-based singer thankfully doesn't inject any irony mugging into the proceedings, instead opting to cut to the very marrow of a quite depressing song. Without Beyoncé's glitz getting in his way, Hegarty lays out lines like "Such a funny thing for me to try to explain/How I'm feeling and my pride is the one to blame," like desperate pleas for salvation. On August 4th we'll get to hear how close Antony and his haunting chamber players get to the song's essence when the studio version of the cover is released.
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Under the Radar articles on Those Performing This Weekend
Apr 16, 2009
By Mark Redfern
We have posted to our website select previous Under the Radar interviews with some of the great artists playing the Coachella festival this weekend. If you're heading out to the festival, then check out these interviews at the links below to either give you a primer on an unfamiliar artist or remind you why they are one of your favorites whose set you will definitely be catching. Even if you're not hitting the desert festival, this is a great collection of back issue content newly posted to the site. More
Interviews
Feb 01, 2009
By Matt Fink
With 2005’s I Am a Bird Now, an album that introduced us to a songwriter with an otherworldly vibrato and an ear for songs that ached with an uneasy desire for transformation and transcendence, Antony Hegarty entered his name on the list of artists who will never be mistaken for someone else. More
Reviews
Swanlights EP
Secretly Canadian
Jun 02, 2011
By Anthony Lombardi
Antony and the Johnsons have always been generous to their fans, traditionally unleashing a string of singles/EPs both preceding and following their LPs that contain a clutch of B-sides that rank alongside the best of their work. More
Swanlights
Secretly Canadian
Oct 11, 2010
By Hays Davis
While the songs of Swanlights play like a logical extension of the progression from the last two albums by Antony and the Johnsons, they also feel like a possible conclusion, and maybe even a necessary one. More
Apr 23, 2009
By Mark Redfern
On day three of Coachella My Bloody Valentine threatened to burst a thousand eardrums. As we entered the festival site around 12:30 PM they were handing out complimentary earplugs in anticipation for the aural attack. Other highlights included a blood-splattered Fucked Up, an energetic Friendly Fires, and the incredibly strange Throbbing Gristle. More
