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Join NOW!It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years since Lou Reed’s passing. In remembrance of his work and legacy, Laurie Anderson organized a day-long tribute to her late husband on Saturday, with readings, exhibitions, film screenings, and concerts. Readers of Reed’s lyrics included Steve Buscemi, Anne Carson, Willem Dafoe, A.M. Homes, and Natasha Lyonne. Performers included Anohni, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), David Johansen (New York […]
...moreAnohni has established a reputation for political commentary throughout her career, and more recently with songs like “Drone Bomb Me” off of her most recent album, HOPELESSNESS. Now she’s turned her unremitting gaze to the primary election’s exploitation of trans rights as a divisive rallying call: Did you all get the memo? This election cycle in the USA is […]
...moreAnohni, the new incarnation of Antony Hegarty, spoke with VICE about her album HOPELESSNESS, the politics and environmental crisis its songs address, and controlling the intrusion of an artist’s body into her work. In reference to her decision to subvert the influence of her particular body on the art, Anohni said: I’ve never been that interested in my […]
...moreIn the wake of this week’s forum on climate change in Paris, Antony Hegarty has released a song lamenting the destruction already wreaked, and the destruction to come, from our complicity in the mounting environmental disaster. Recorded under the name ANOHNI, “4 Degrees” highlights a predicted change in global temperature by the year 2100. Read more […]
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