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.
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