Anthony Fantano
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| File:Theneedledrop2.PNG Anthony reviewing The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's latest release, Belong. | |
Type of site | Music review |
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| Created by | Anthony Fantano |
| URL | 1) theneedledrop.com, 2) www.youtube.com/theneedledrop |
The Needle Drop is a blog/vlog created by Anthony Fantano, where he reviews "rock, pop, electronic, and experimental music of the independent persuasion." The blog started back in the fall of 2007, while the video reviews started in February of 2009. He reviews albums, individual songs in a segment called "Track Reviews" (stylized as "TRKRVWZ"), and occasionally has a "Question of the Week".
In 2011, Anthony was interviewed at SXSW about the rise of music vlogging, along with Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog, and Michael Roffman, president and editor-in-chief of Consequence of Sound.[1] In March he was featured in an article from The Guardian also about the rise of music vlogging.[2]
His Youtube channel currently has about 27,000 subscribers, and over 5 million upload views.[3]