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Band of the Week: Hercules and Love Affair

These days, if you want to enjoy dance music, the stakes couldn’t be any lower. Just listen, dance and repeat to your heart’s content. But that wasn’t always the case. In the late '70s, “disco sucks” wasn’t merely an expression of preference, but a rallying cry...  read more

New Antony single, tour in the works

Last time we checked in with Antony, he was hard at work on the next Antony and the Johnsons record, a group you may recall for its amazing, Mercury Prize winning record, I Am a Bird Now. Since then, things have been pretty quiet on the, ahem, Johnsons front, what with Antony busy vocalizing with his Hercules and Love Affair side project of late....  read more

Hercules & Love Affair scores June U.S. release date

Disco is not dead! On the contrary, it's stronger than ever—as strong as Hercules, in fact—thanks to the dancefloor-igniting sounds of DFA Records DJ act Hercules & Love Affair. Despite the plurality of the name, Hercules & Love Affair is basically longtime New York City-based DJ/producer Andrew Butler, with guest appearances throughout the self-titled debut by a few colorful pals, including Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons), NYC soul-pop singer Nomi, and downtown DJ/promoter/jeweler Kim Ann Foxman. The band's moniker stems from the Greek myth of Hercules and his supposed affair with another man. "There's an image where he...  read more