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VanIslander · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: Antony & the Johnsons

Incredible music!

The NY band is on tour in Australia in January.

I like them so much that if I'd heard them earlier this year and knew they were gonna be on tour early in 2006 I would've re-arranged my life accordingly.

Anybody else have heard them?

http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/album/cds.html

Antony's voice has been said to sound like a combination of Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone and the Elvis of "Love Me Tender".

In an interview with the famous muscisian who's his number one supporter (Lou Reed), Antony said Ray Charles changed his life when he was doing punk band music in high school and that he has since done a form of music he can only describe as a new stle of "soul music". He is presently infatuated with Otis Redding.

No wonder I like his music.

Lion Brown · Joined: 06 Sep 2005

Listening to it as i read your post. First listen:interesting stuff.
I have an image of a big black transvestite singing and playing piano in an empty lounge bar.

VanIslander · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:55 am Post subject:

Butterfly · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait

Really interesting music. Meaningful.

sid · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Location: Berkshire, England

Winner of the Mercury Music Prize and MOJO album of the year!

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

Lion Brown · Joined: 06 Sep 2005

Yeah, the Mercury Award is a pretty big deal in the UK.
It is given to the best album from a British or Irish band, and while Antony and the Johnstons are based in N.Y.C., the singer was born in the UK.

periwinkle · Joined: 08 Feb 2003

Ooops~ I read the topic as "Anatomy and the Johnsons". Very different from what I expected to read about. Embarassed

Butterfly · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait

boom boom