“One thing my viewers would not figure out is how many times I have moved because I have have kept the same plain backdrop with my collection of vinyls in the back with a digital representation of the album cover over my shoulder.”īefore Fantano amassed the following he has today, he started working at Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR) in Hartford in 2007, where he created and hosted,“The Needle Drop.” He also launched “The Needle Drop” as a blog, which later led him into starting video reviews in 2009.Ī post shared by Anthony Fantano WSIN and WNPR really were the two places that brought me closer to what I wanted to do,” Fantano said. “It’s cool to know that people really pay close to attention to that,” he said. Despite moving around, Fantano has kept his background the same. So he decided to keep his outfit trend going.Īnthony Fantano's background is recognizable to fans of his videos. Fantano said he did not notice his outfit pattern but was impressed with how viewers noticed something so simple. One "Needle Drop" viewer noticed him wearing a yellow flannel whenever he gave a good music review and red when it was bad. The songs or albums are either “light,” “decent” or “strong.” The only seven albums to earn a perfect 10 from him are “To Pimp a Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar, “The Money Store” by Death Grips, the “Kids See Ghosts” duo of Kanye West and Kid Cudi, "To Be Kind" by Swans, “You Won’t Get What You Want” by Daughters, “The Turning Wheel” by Spelling and “SINNER GET READY” by Lingua Ignota.įantano said he reads the comments viewers leave, and sometimes they inspire him to try something new or keep doing what he is doing. I wanted to really understand where certain styles came from and how we got to the point we are in now,” he said.įantano rates albums and songs using a 0 to 10 scale. “There was a point where I would make myself listen to anything before the mid ‘90s. He said he used to study how a genre or artist has evolved and how certain decades inspired some artists now.
As he reviews an album, but he goes deep into the production, lyrics, style and cover art.Īccording to Fantano, what makes him different is his music knowledge and the way he grew up listening to and understanding all styles. A post shared by Anthony Fantano his first video on YouTube in 2009 - in which he talked about a positive concert experience going to see Sunn O))) with a black curtain background - so many of Fantano’s reviews have changed but one thing that has not is his delivery.
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