Thursday, September 8, 2005

Antony and the Johnsons Antony and the Johnsons win Mercury I love this little news item; because I like pointless controversy. Antony Hegarty despite growing up in California and having a career based in New York somehow won the Mercury Award -- the award for best Brit pop album. I've heard a little bit of Antony and the Johnsons I guess going back a year, and only a little. Even on the stations I listen to he wasn't getting played that much (it has been pointed out they are essentially still on an indie label). I like them largely because they are very different from everything else I hear, very very different. The only thing I might think to compare him to was Tim Curry's cover of Jay Hawkins I put a spell on you, or imagining what Klaus Nomi might have sounded like doing jazz blues. Salon had a review of of a New York show earlier in August with some background Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Audiofile Antony and the Johnsons, Lou Reed likes him so.... The favorites to win the Mercury had been the Kaiser Chiefs, they're not happy. I predict a riot. 11:44:52 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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