Anthony Fantano
American music critic and YouTuber
Follow Anthony Fantano on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2024 | Charli XCX is set to release the album 'Brat'. |
| 2024 | He released the single 'Drake Has 24 Hours to Respond'. |
| 2024 | MGK & Trippie Redd released the album 'Genre: Sadboy'. |
| August 20 2024 | Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke filed a defamation lawsuit against Fantano, claiming he had 'acted in malice' regarding a 2023 video titled 'This Guy Sucks'. |
| February 2024 | Fantano garnered attention for his video on Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign's album Vultures 1, declaring the record 'unreviewable trash' and critiquing West's views. |
| August 10 2023 | Activision dropped the lawsuit against Fantano with prejudice, meaning it could not be refiled. |
| July 24 2023 | Fantano was named as a defendant in a lawsuit from video game developer Activision regarding a viral audio clip he created on TikTok about pizza slices. |
| 2022 | Appeared on 'NeedleDrop' on Logic's album 'Vinyl Days' |
| 2022 | Fantano made guest appearances on the tracks 'Every Drug at Once' from Lil Texas's album 'Faster' and 'NeedleDrop' from Logic's album 'Vinyl Days' as his persona Cal Chuchesta. |
| 2022 | Fantano was referenced on rapper Logic’s track 'LaDonda,' discussing his relationship with Fantano and expressing past negative feelings. |
| 2022 | Ken Carson released the album 'X'. |
| September 15 2022 | Fantano uploaded a video joking about Drake sending him messages on Instagram, which led to Drake publicly sharing his genuine messages. |
| 2021 | Appeared as bass player on 'Every Drug at Once' from Goody Grace's album 'Don't Forget Where You Came From' |
| 2021 | He made a guest appearance on the track '21 & Jaded' from Goody Grace's album 'Don't Forget Where You Came From'. |
| 2021 | Tones and I released the album 'Welcome to the Madhouse'. |
| 2021 | Spellling released the album 'The Turning Wheel'. |
| 2021 | Lingua Ignota released the album 'Sinner Get Ready'. |
| 2020 | Released single 'East (Remix)' as Cal Chuchesta |
| 2020 | Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the United States presidential election. |
| 2020 | Fantano released the single 'East (Remix)'. |
| 2020 | Green Day released the album 'Father of All Motherfuckers'. |
| September 2020 | The New York Times culture correspondent Joe Coscarelli referred to Anthony Fantano as 'probably the most popular music critic left standing', recognizing his impact on music criticism in the digital age. |
| 2019 | Chance the Rapper released the album 'The Big Day'. |
| 2019 | Veteran music critic Robert Christgau commented on Anthony Fantano's reviews, highlighting his unique style and approach to modern rock criticism. |
| 2019 | Comedian James Acaster praised Anthony Fantano's best albums of 2016 list in his book 'Perfect Sound Whatever', noting Fantano's understanding of the evolving role of music reviewers. |
| 2019 | He released the singles 'Rubber Duck (Pickup Truck)' and 'Best Teef?'. |
| 2019 | Fantano curated a charity compilation album, The Needle Drop LP, with profits donated to The Immigrant Legal Resource Center. |
| June 2019 | Fantano made a cameo as a security guard in Lil Nas X's video for the Young Thug and Mason Ramsey remix of 'Old Town Road.' |
| 2018 | Fantano released several singles including 'Coin Star', 'Don't Talk to Me' featuring Fellatia Geisha, 'Slap Chop', 'On Deck Freestyle', 'I'm in the Club (Lookin' for Some Love)' featuring Joycie, and 'Advice' featuring Rob Scallon. |
| 2018 | Daughters released the album 'You Won't Get What You Want'. |
| 2018 | Kids See Ghosts released their self-titled album 'Kids See Ghosts'. |
| March 2018 | The article accusing Fantano of promoting alt-right sentiments was deleted by The Fader after both parties claimed to have settled the issues. |
| March 2018 | Fantano stated in an interview with Polygon that he is a 'free speech purist' and endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 United States presidential election. |
| 2017 | By the end of the year, Fantano reached a million subscribers on YouTube and diversified his content. |
| October 2017 | An article by Ezra Marcus in The Fader accused Fantano of promoting alt-right sentiments, leading to the cancellation of multiple scheduled dates of The Needle Drop U.S. tour. |
| 2016 | He released the single 'Panda (Remix)', featuring Pink Guy and NFKRZ. |
| 2015 | Released album 'Anthony FanFiction, Vol. 1' |
| 2015 | Kendrick Lamar released the album 'To Pimp a Butterfly'. |
| 2015 | Kid Cudi released the album 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven'. |
| 2015 | Fantano released his mixtape 'The New CALassic' and the single 'Mykey Come Back'. |
| 2014 | Swans released the album 'To Be Kind'. |
| 2013 | He released the single 'Cal 2 B'. |
| 2012 | Death Grips released the album 'The Money Store'. |
| 2011 | Fantano decided to pursue The Needle Drop full-time while continuing his affiliation with WNPR until 2014. |
| 2011 | The Needle Drop, a platform created by Anthony Fantano, won the O Music Award in the 'Beyond the Blog' category. |
| 2010 | Fantano removed older reviews containing music clips to avoid violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Anthony Fantano, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.