Thursday, February 19, 2009

Antony and the Johnsons, 2/19


At Town Hall. Great show. His voice is really pretty phenomenal. Everyone there was either gay or from Eastern Europe. Antony was pretty chatty and likable, and drew lots of laughs as well as a few standing O's. The band was tight -- great acoustic guitarist, and nice jazzy sax player who doubled as their lead guitar on "Fistful of Love." "You Are My Sister" and "Hope There's Someone" were excellent. One of their concert staples is a pretty eery rendition of "Crazy in Love" -- something I had forgotten until he sang the end of the first verse and I was like "Oh, that's what that is!" Here's a vid of it at another show.

Also. Town Hall has some of the worst seats in history. Just awful. I'm not even a big person and I could barely fit.



Edit: Sick version of "Fistful of Love":