Antony and the Johnsons News

Antony and The Johnsons to bring Swanlights to the UK

The Royal Opera House will be playing host to the first UK performances of Antony and The Johnsons ' Swanlights.

Watch: Exclusive Clip From The Documentary 'Turning' Featuring Antony And The Johnsons

Once you've heard the voice of Antony Hegarty , you're unlikely to forget it.

Director's Cut: Antony and the Johnsons: "Cut the World"

There's reason one might be intimidated by the idea of sitting down with Antony Hegarty and the video director Nabil.

Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World

Antony Hegarty's music has never been for the faint of heart.

The Word On... Antony and the Johnsons, Cut the World

Stream Antony and the Johnsons’ new record ‘Cut the World’ in full

Antony and the Johnsons have a new live record out this week, "Cut the World."

Antony And The Johnsons - Cut the World

Cut The World is an appropriate title for an album which spans the musical history of Antony and the Johnsons. ", as Hegarty begs on the title track (and only new song on the album).

New Antony and the Johnsons: “Cut The World”

Watch the serene and horrifying clip of the previously unheard title track from Antony & The Johnsons' upcoming collection of live symphonic performances, Cut The World.

Video: Antony and the Johnsons – “Cut the World”

As previously reported , Anthony and the Johnsons' new live album features a previously unreleased track called "Cut the World".

Watch the Antony and the Johnsons video for "Cut the World", featuring Willem Dafoe

Read our interview with Antony about Meltdown here.

Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World

To simply listen to Cut the World , the new collection of live recordings from Antony and the Johnsons, is to hear something heartening.

Album: Antony and the Johnsons, Cut the World (Rough Trade)

That's the theory, at least, and in several cases, the new arrangements by Nico Muhly, Rob Moose, Maxim Moston and Hegarty himself do lend greater depth and emotional heft – not least "I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy", where the short, stark melodrama of the opening verse is followed by a long silence, before a more dreamlike arrangement of piano and high woodwind and reeds, warmed with strings, extends the initial idea into more exotic territory.

Antony and the Johnsons' "Cut the World" Video Coming to Pitchfork.tv on YouTube Next Week

On Monday, August 6, Pitchfork.tv on YouTube will premiere the music video for "Cut the World", the previously unreleased title track from Antony and the Johnsons ' upcoming live album , out August 6 on Rough Trade in the UK and August 7 through Secretly Canadian in the U.S. The video was directed by NABIL , who has directed videos for Kanye West ("Mercy", "Coldest Winter"), Bon Iver ("Towers", "Holocene"), Frank Ocean ("Swim Good", "Novacane"), and many more.

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As both a vocalist and songwriter, Antony Hegarty has built a hopelessly loyal fanbase on a foundation of earnestness and individuality.

Antony and the Johnsons, Cut the World, review

But – as any witch worth her solstice will tell you – a studio hex has nothing like the power of a live one.

Antony And The Johnsons - Cut The World

There are plenty of 'special' voices in modern music, voices which prompt all of those familiar muscle memories and feelings of respite from the world outside, but truly unique voices are rare.

Antony and the Johnsons, Fleetwood Mac: Listen: Antony Covers Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"

The tracks from the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me , keep on coming.

Antony and the Johnsons: new live album "Cut The World" in August

Cut The World , a live album by Antony and the Johnsons , is to be released August 7 on Secretly Canadian (August 6 UK).

Antony and the Johnsons to curate Meltdown

Southbank Centre announces that musician / visual artist Antony has accepted the invitation to curate the 19th Meltdown festival, which takes place in August for the first time in 2012.

Album Review: The Unthanks – Diversions Vol 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony and the Johnsons

Antony Hegarty possesses one of the most incredible voices in recent decades, so taking on Antony and the Johnsons' songs is no small task.

News in Brief: Felt, the Unthanks/Antony and the Johnsons/Robert Wyatt, Field Music, Bruise Cruise

First Third Books will soon publish a limited edition photobook documenting the history of 1980s cult pop group Felt. The book collects over 140 photographs, with an introduction by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley.

The Fresh And Onlys: A New Record, A West Coast Perspective, And Some Dish On The Black Lips

Shayde Sartin's musical odyssey started in the coalfields of West Virginia, took a scary turn to Tampa, Florida, and eventually ended up in San Francisco, where he has found success in a number of well-regarded musical projects and as a floor manager for Amoeba Music's store in the city's famous Haight-Ashbury District.

Antony and the Johnsons & orchestra played Radio City Music Hall (pics, review, setlist)

A thick cloak of darkness draped the stage of Radio City when Antony Hegarty began to sing.

Antony and the Johnsons Announce Swanlights Concert

Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons) has been commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art to put together a large-scale concert and performance event called Swanlights , with Antony and the Johnsons, on January 26th at Radio City Music Hall. Swanlights will feature a 60-piece orchestra, and is the evoloution of The Crying Light , which was presented at the Manchester Opera House for the 2009 Manchester International Festival.

Antony and the Johnsons – Swanlights EP

Antony and the Johnsons - Swanlights EP

There was a sense that Antony Hegarty was at a creative crossroads on last year's Swanlights , struggling to free himself from the rueful corner he'd so beautifully painted himself into.

Antony and the Johnsons to Perform At TED

TED is a non-profit that is dedicated to the spread of ideas and the conference aims to bring people from the fields of technology, entertainment and design together to discuss new ideas.

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There is a myth that great artists operate in seclusion.

Annie Lennox Open to Collaborating With Antony and the Johnsons

Last month, Annie Lennox took to her blog and professed a profound admiration for New York's favorite sullen orchestra-pop musician Antony Hegarty , he of Antony and the Johnsons .

Antony and the Johnsons :: The Dylan Covers

His distinctive voice, both vocally and lyrically, make it nearly impossible for many artists to capture the proper temperament.