Ant Hill Music

Goodbye post # 1

2008-03-09T19:07:00.003-04:00

Hey ya'll,

I'm not sure how many of you are still visiting us here over at blogspot, but I just wanted to let you guys know that anthillmusic is taking a permanent break from updating. I know its a travesty that we have to let you guys down, but the truth is, it is a lot easier to keep yourself updated about Anthony if you visit his myspace and youtube.

You guys have succeeded our expectations by even giving us a visit, but me and Alex are certainly moving ahead with our lives. I have been incredibly busy with college and working, and as much as I love hearing what you all have to say and communicating with Ant about his music, it is definitely time to say goodbye. The good news is that Ant is doing better than ever, and as far as I know, a fan of his set up a Forum for other Ant fans to chat, the forum is in fact moderated by Ant himself.

So keep checking his myspace and youtube, and supporting him.

That's all this site was about in the first place.

I love you very very much, and we are keeping the site up for the previous posts as a small memento.

-Kat

Time Bomb has been released!!!

2008-01-21T11:05:00.000-05:00

Ant's cd Time Bomb has been released, including the 10 tracks plus 2 bonus tracks.

You can head over to his myspace

and click the google buy now icon on his profile!

Happy Buying!

Best of Myspace

2007-11-18T14:10:00.000-05:00

Hey there kiddlywinks, I just posted this on my website but of course it's only proper to post it here!

Guess who's was included in this weeks Best of Myspace podcast? Why, everyone's favorite homegrown British musician Anthony Hill!

At this link you'll find him about 4min:50sec into the mix. It's a mighty good mix I'm enjoying right now, and made even better by this inclusion!

It's also available on iTunes but not in the US yet so that is the direct link. And here's the link to old Best of Myspace podcasts!

Best of Myspace chooses the musicians to feature by nominations so looks like Anthony is getting some more attention which is great! In this mix you'll find his new version of the favorite "Shimmy Like Kate" in all its hand-clapping glory and a great plug by the host, Gill Mills!

So please check that out and if you like any of those artists let them know, and if you especially like Ant's song let him know on his myspace and youtube videos!

Tack och Hejdå!
Alex

New Cover

2007-11-08T19:36:00.000-05:00

Ant just posted a new cover on his youtube, a cover of "she's so lovely"
head on over and check it out, enjoy some new ant yay!
here's the link: shes so lovely
love you,
kat

sorry

2007-11-03T23:25:00.000-04:00

sorry for not being around much...i have a committment to you guys but its gotten to the point that im too busy.
im promise when im on winter break i will try to catch up you even though theres not too much going on with ant, mainly because hes really busy as well.
anyways thanks for sticking around anyways.
bye,
kat

Time Bomb track listing and new cover

2007-10-06T17:55:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone once again, I just wanted to inform you that Ant posted the track listing of Time Bomb over at his myspace, so head over and check if your favorite songs are on there!

Also, Ant did a cover of Robbie William's Road to Mandalay, its posted on his YouTube so go check that out also and leave Ant some thoughts on how you feel he did on his cover.

See you later alligator,
Kat

Ant is back

2007-10-02T20:09:00.000-04:00

And better than ever kids! He has a new song posted on his youtube and its amazing. I just told him earlier in the week that he needed to go back to his simpler ways, and he did and I am in love love love with his new song. You can listen to it here!! Really take a couple minutes out of your day to listen, its really great.

I apologize for not giving you guys the updates you deserve, it's hard to be a full time college student and work full time, and I know Alex feels the same, considering we haven't even had the time to catch up between ourselves, let alone to catch up with Anthony.

Anyways, I missed you, keep coming back!

Sawatdi,
Kat

Cover art contest

2007-09-18T23:16:00.000-04:00

The winner of the cover art contest has been announced, and is up on Ant's myspace!

Congrats to Laura from Spain, and to all of you who participated.

Now we just have to wait for the CD to come out ;)

So long, Farewell,
Kat

OH YES!

2007-09-17T20:54:00.000-04:00

It's true, Anthony is back from Spain :cheers:!!!!

I know all of us missed him dearly and are glad to have him back, so head on over to his myspace and leave him comments of love!

Anywho, he posted a new blog, with some pictures of his trip, and also told us that along with the great pictures he took, he also brought back a cold, so no more recording for a little while. I know sad, but if we could wait while he was in Spain, another week or so won't kill us right?!

Hasta Luego,
Kat

Another Cover

2007-09-10T07:47:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone, small update here, Anthony posted a new cover on youtube a couple days ago, you can find it here! It's a pretty good song, while you are at it you can watch the original, Ant changed some things around and totally made it his own!

Hwyl,
Kat

Little hiatus

2007-09-07T14:32:00.000-04:00

Because of the fact that Anthony is taking a trip to spain there wont be much updating here just for a little bit, im sorry to have to do this, but i hate to have new visitors come to the site and say "why arent there any new posts".

Me, Alex, and Anthony are all extremely busy right now and will try and keep you up to date on everything that is happening, but unfortunately cannot do that if we cannot keep in contact with Ant for a week or so haha!

So keep visiting the site, we love to hear from you!

Joi gin,
Kat

Une Autre Cover

2007-08-29T21:13:00.000-04:00

This is a quick one, wish I could give this cover of Razorlight's "Somewhere Else" the gushing it deserves but alas, I'm off. Give it a listen/watch. It's sure to please! Comme toujours? Mais oui!

Merci mes amours, Alex

I leave you with some Jeff Buckley:

"Ah mon amour
dans tes grande yeuxs
a toi toujours
rien que nous deux"

New Oasis Cover

2007-08-27T17:16:00.000-04:00

of Live Forever. It's quite possible this is my favorite Oasis song ever....besides Supersonic and Some Might Say...anyhow. There have been some kind of childish remarks on the video but it really is yet again, another stellar cover. I think it's the best cover he's done so far. There's just something indescribably lovely about this song and version.

Link: leave comments my dears!

Live Forever Acoustic Cover

Heippa, Alex

A little PR

2007-08-25T15:32:00.000-04:00

Since Ant is so busy, I don't think it'd be too outrageous to go off topic at this time and do a little PR for some people who I also enjoy listening to:

~~~~~~UPDATE:

Shotgun Crackers

There's just something really refreshing and catchy about their songs. I'll be taking some more listens once spazz stops being so slow, but I can tell they remind me a bit of The Kinks with some of the vocals in parts. Sometimes you just want music that's uncomplicated and happy, not meant for deep thought...just singing and dancing!

Shotgun Cracker's Spazz

Fabienne Delsol

Sounds so much like Holly Golightly and April March it's really not a joke. Holly Golightly is a favourite of mine so I highly recommend Fabienne. She sings not only in English but French as well, comme April.

(go down about 3 posts to get them)
Post w/ free mp3s

Fabienne's Myspazz

~~~~~~End Update

Easterband

Easterband is the band Johänna's mum is in. They remind me of a cross between the Scottish band Big Country in it's earlier days, and The Sugarcubes from Iceland. Big Country had the traditional folk sound mixed with modern rock down well and in The Sugarcubes, Einar's voice was very unique, gruff. They're two of my favorite bands actually and Easterband reminds me of them. Take a listen!

Easterband Myspazz Page

LemonDrop Records

is the new record label Kevin at The Pelican's Perch has started with his amigo Charlie (not the dude from Driveshaft though....although I do sing "you all everybody" everytime I hear his name...).

Kevin also writes his own music and will be recording it in the studio soon, with all the bells and whistles! His blog is one that I read on a daily basis, because the music he posts about is just fantastic.

The approach to this new record label is one I think everyone could get behind. To read more about it, visit:

LemonDrop Records Website

The Revolution Begins!

The Pelican's Perch mp3 blog

Anton Nessvi

is a Swedish musician Elin introduced me to through her blog. This kid has got mad skillz. His cover of Arctic Monkey's "A Certain Romance" is one that everyone should hear. And his original song "Cherrytree Hills" showcases that he can not only write, but sing his own material.

"And I think you should know that there's no other pills,
that can take you to places like Cherrytree Hills"

Anton Nessvi's Spazz

Rob Davies

is an English musician that Ant did a plug for and since then, I'm hooked. He's talented for sure, just like Anton. He has three original songs up on his myspace page and they are so definitely worth your time to hear. He's a great guitar player and lyricist.

Rob Davie's Spazz

Miss Pennie Lane

is a youtuber. She covers mostly Lily Allen songs and a few others. Her voice is heavenly. She hits those high notes and voila! She'd love to hear what you think, and maybe you could join the bandwagon that could convince her to do full songs! It's terrible to hear her wonderful voice for only half the song's length!

MissPennieLane's YouTube

Faceless Witch

who's real name is Rose, has done a great great great cover of Ant's "Girls In Stereo". She calls it an 'attempt' but I think it's a winner! Ant's getting so famous people are covering him! She's also covered Kate Nash and has an original song as well. Check her out!

FacelessWitch's YouTube

That's all the PR I can think of for now, but please check them out and if you like what you hear let them know!

Terimah kasih, Alex

Covers I'd Like to See

2007-08-25T15:23:00.001-04:00

Ant is busy, that's for certain, but if the ol' bean gets a chance here and there to learn some of these, that'd be simply marvelous! These are the songs I'd like to see him do covers of. If there's one you'd like to see, leave it in the comments!

In no particular order:

Al Stewart-Year of the Cat
Wreckless Eric-Whole Wide World
Tiny Tim-Tip Toe Through The Tulips (ooh I'm evil!)
Jeff Buckley-Your Flesh Is So Nice/Yard Of Blonde Girls (normally I would give someone hell if they tried to cover a Buckley song, that's how strongly I feel about his music, but you know what, Ant could very well pull these off!)
Timo Räisänen-Don't Let The Devil Ruin It All
The Fratellis-Whistle For The Choir
The Boy Least Likely To-Be Gentle With Me
The Von Bondies-Mairead/Cass & Henry
Guillemots-Made Up Love Song #43 -Trains to Brazil
The Bravery-Bad Sun

I know it takes a lot of work to learn these and practice them, but these are the ones I'd like to hear Ant's interpretations of.

Also, another little helpful thing for you to woo your ladies in Sweden with Anthony, this here will help with the pronunciation. It's 100% free, no gimmicks and downloads in like, pfft, 10 seconds about. I use it for my Slovak and I've downloaded every other language on the list as well. I'm that in love with learning new languages! Give it a whirl, no doubt Elin and Johanna won't be able to resist you!

Laew phob gan mai!, Alex

Well look who's been busy!

2007-08-24T21:36:00.000-04:00

Keeping what Kat said in mind, luckily we've got two little surprises for you!

A cover of The Bravery's 'An Honest Mistake'. I really liked The Bravery when I first heard this single, that was what, 1 or 2 years ago? Then the Killers hype took the limelight, whom I also love and The Bravery was well forgotten for me, except for their song Bad Sun off their newest cd, a sure winner with the whistling. Whistling compositions, harmonicas and a well integrated bagpipe, those knock me off my feet...but anyhow!

This is such a great interpretation of An Honest Mistake. It's slowed down and he does a great job with the higher notes. It's one of the songs where you get to see that Ant really does have a good voice, not many people are so blessed with!

And also, a new video blog Ant has done. You can learn all about his latest endeavor into the Swedish culture. Talar du svenska? Jag talar svenska lite grann. Ant, if you're reading this I suggest you print this out. I've found it obscenely helpful at not only Swedish, but my Slovak is fastly improving. And the girl who runs it is very helpful as well.

Doskoro,
Alex

Sorry

2007-08-22T21:17:00.000-04:00

Sorry everyone for the lack of updates, its been incredibly busy not only for anthony, but also for me and alex!

I hope you will forgive us for slacking off a little, the beginning of the school year is always a little hard.

Keep checking back and hopefully things will settle down soon!

Adeu,
Kat

Cafepress Store Now Open

2007-08-07T10:49:00.000-04:00

Ant's Cafepress store is open now. Here's the link!

At the moment there are some t-shirts, stickers, and buttons up for sale. In the future there will be all sorts of other items including mugs, calendars, posters and more.

Ant receives a commission for all that he sells and he will be able to put that money towards music and recording equipment rather than asking for donations. This way you get even more out of it!

For now the designs are simple but in the future there will be some more art competitions to choose some more things you'd like to see on your genuine Ant Hill Music purchase!

So go check that out, and keep those designs for the cd cover rolling in. Don't forget, not only are we looking for art submissions, but the CD title. So if you think you're not exactly the most creative person out there, but can come up with something groovy for a title, send it in!

Uvidimsja, Alex

Merch News

2007-08-05T21:56:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone, this is a short post but I just recieved a little bit of news informing us that Ant is opening a small store featuring t-shirts :)

So when its open we will let you guys know where to get your exclusive Ant Hill t-shirts yay!

So keep checking back for more news on the store!

Ate Logo,
Kat

Songwriting

2007-08-02T19:51:00.000-04:00

Hello once again everyone,
I know it seems like things are kind of quiet around here in the past couple days, but it seems like Ant has been writing some new songs, so there is a good reason behind it!

Ant posted a new blog on his myspace informing his fans that the new song is called Simple Simon, and he seems to be very excited about it!

I imagine all of you cannot wait to hear it, but like the other songs he is writing currently, they will not be posted on the internet! You will just have to save your hard earned dough and buy the album when it comes out!

Anyways, don't forget to keep voting on NME.com and to keep submitting your album covers, its already August people, you have until the end of the month!!!!!

Do widzenia,
Kat

A Published Musician

2007-07-31T09:30:00.000-04:00

When I say published I mean that the publisher is an aspiring musician himself, owns an mp3 blog that gets way more attention than a lot of the ones out there, bands send him eps hoping he'll post about them, and he co-owns a record label with a great approach behind it.

Well guess what lovely lad just got featured? Ant Hill? pah, no. Wait, yeah, ANT DID! haha. So please go check that out here and while you're at it, there's also good Mr. Timo Raisanen on there as well for a listen.

Please leave Kevin a comment or such, and if you'd like listen to his music, read about their record label and visit the label's site.

I want to thank Kevin again for doing this. All help is appreciated so much! I hope that people will stop by his site on a regular basis as well if you get a chance.

Chickity check it out!

~Alex

Video Blog 9

2007-07-29T15:51:00.000-04:00

Hello once again, this is your trusty co-moderator back from her week long hiatus bringing you notice of Ant's new video blog.

I must say, this is among some of the funniest he has done so go check it out here!

Also don't forget to keep submitting your entries for his album cover contest, I believe you have until the end of August to get them in so keep working hard and you could be the lucky one who wins!

Arrivederci,
Kat

Linkage

2007-07-26T12:52:00.000-04:00

Now don't you envision like sausage and kielbasa being rolled off an assembly line somewhere deep in the heart of a German factory? Ok maybe not.

No silly, the linkage I'm talking about is to the tons of new stuff Ant Hill related!

To simplify things lets make a list, cos I like list making:

1. Mini-Gig finished! It's on YouTube in three parts:

Part one features the NEW SONG "Syd Barrett Song" which is really catchy, Ant was not lying!

Part two has a smashing cover of Kate Nash's "Foundations". Ant saw her in concert a few days ago, needless to say, he wants to marry the woman now, so check out part two for that song!

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

2. If you want to download "Syd Barrett Song" you can do so on Ant's Purevolume site.

Also, if this wasn't mentioned before, on there you can find the lyrics and the chords for each song. I've been stealing my older bro's guitar lately and trying to teach myself to play...pfft, I can't really do much but play the riff to Blister in the Sun and Smoke on the Water. But once I master Hotel Yorba by my lovers The White Stripes, you can so bet I'm going to do a nice renditon of Debt Collector! Phew, I'm getting ahead of myself here!

3. He uploaded "Syd Barrett Song" to his myspace page as well so you can add that as your profile song, which I highly recommend!

4. This is just funny:

"I personally think the best thing about it is if it ever gets played on the radio, I can make a special 'censored' version in which I say "clucking parrot"... I can't think of any songs out there with those two words in... can you?" ~Ant

A clucking parrot means they're about to pluck your eyes out. Or at least leave a nice mandible shaped scar on your chin!

Last but not least, please leave him some comments on myspace, youtube and here to let him know what you think of the new song, the whole mini-gig itself, and the cover of Foundations!

Tack, Alex

as a side note here, I'd like to add, kielbasa is Polish, but why does it remind me of Germany rather?

How goeth the voting and such?

2007-07-25T09:39:00.000-04:00

Yes! Ant has gotten 210 subscribers to his YouTube channel! After he gained 200, he said that he will be doing a mini-gig of about 5-6 songs for everyone. So the link for that will be up when he finishes it.

Also, he's got 83 votes on NME so far....but we need more, more, more!! For those of you who've already voted, you're awesome! Anyone else, well I'm sure you're awesome but you could always add to you're total awesomeness by supporting Mr. Hill in his musical pursuit!

So people, please keep hitting those subscribe and vote buttons! Lets get his YouTube subscribers to like, 300! and NME votes to 100......by the end of the day. Ok so not by the end of the day, the week. There you go, I'm giving you all some leeway here. Go help this talented lad!

Thanks!
We really do hate begging!
Alex

p.s. it's not shameless self promotion, it's fun!

New Song

2007-07-25T09:23:00.000-04:00

Ant has written a new song called "Syd Barrett Song" in a record breaking 10 minutes! He's recorded a version and right now it's in the testing phase by two of his friends. Once it's all set, the link will be right here.

Here's what Ant said about the new song:

"It's kind of light-hearted and fun... and I make several references to Syd in it which any fans of his will probably pick out straight away... like Elin did! The song also has some personal importance to me too though... and I think it's gonna be a nice addition to the CD when I get it together!!"

hmm, well I know I like that Syd Barrett song "Gigolo Aunt" so maybe I'd better go listen to some more of his! And look up the lyrics, because I swear he's saying "grooving around in a trench coat with a sentinel gun"....that can't be right, or can it!?

Thanks to Ant, I'm listening to all kinds of good music I'd never even gotten a chance to before. You ought to go listen to his music because in a round-about fashion, you'll probably find you like not only his music, but tons of other awesome tunes from those Brits! It's really a win-win situation!

I know what you are. you are a gigolo aunt. you're a gigolo aunt....

Do videnja, Alex

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!!!

2007-07-21T14:10:00.000-04:00

Exclusive News

First off, well this isn't the exclusive part, but most would be very happy to know, Ant is almost completely over his terrible man-flu and is still alive!

Now, the part you've all been waiting for!:

Ant is currently earning money over the summer to buy new and better recording equipment with. He hopes that by September he'll be able to purchase some microphones and a mixer and make some quality recordings of his songs. After this he'd like to put a CD together of about 8 songs or around there. He'd sell them on eBay and they'll all have creative cover work and he'll even sign them!

Now here's where you come in; that cover art for the CD, well thats up to you to provide! The idea is to hold a contest and you, yeah you, everyone and anyone, can submit their fan art or totally random sketch or just absolutely anything they'd like to see as the CD cover art to Ant. He gets the best job here, Ant will be the one who ultimately chooses the winning entry. See below for details on submitting your work.

Also, every CD needs a name and Ant wants you to come up with that too! It can be part of one of his songs, one of the lyrics, be creative and original!

What do you think? Submit your ideas to Ant via his myspace which you can find at the right of this page, or if you don't have a myspace, please leave a comment here and we'll send it on to him!

Now for the rules, yes, there's always got to be a few:

How to Enter

1. Size of artwork must be around the size of 800pixels by 800 pixels. A little bigger should be ok, but 800x800 is ideal.

2. Must be in JPEG, JPG, or PNG file type. (thanks to Liv for the help about PNGs, cus that makes no sense to me!)

3.Don't use any copyrighted images. All submissions must be original photographs, drawings, paintings, or other mediums and photoshop pieces.

4.All entries must be submitted to Ant by August 31st, 2007. Extensions may be possible.

*Please email your entries to Ant at hilbilly_87@hotmail.com. He will put each one in a seperate album in his myspace photos. *

Thanks, Alex

NEW Much To Learn YouTube Video

2007-07-20T20:31:00.000-04:00

Ant's back with the YouTube video to go to his new song "Much To Learn". You'll notice that it's being recorded differently, not sound wise, but you'll see! We here at his fansite like it, while Anthony himself compares his guitar playing while standing up to that of a drunken leper. It's really quite entertaining, he even laughs while doing the song at one point.

Chickity check it out HERE and leave him some feedback!

auf Wiedersehen und guten Abend, Alex

New fan art and layout

2007-07-18T19:57:00.000-04:00

Hey guys,

So there have been some updates. First of all one of our fellow Ant fans has made some cool graphics, which are now up in the fan art section of the gallery. Thanks Linsay Marie, and if I may say so myself, they are pretty nifty.

Also, my good friend Audra helped me last night and we have a new header up along with a new color scheme! Comment and tell us what you think, we would love to have some feedback.

It seems Ant is on hiatus for a few days due to a family engagement, so enjoy your time waiting for him to come back :).

aloha,
Kat

The Grand List

2007-07-17T22:13:00.000-04:00

In case it weren't enough that he has great original songs, who doesn't like hearing some covers? Well, here's every one Anthony's done so far:

Only Ones Who Know-Arctic Monkeys
What Katie Did-The Libertines
Can't Stand Me Now-The Libertines
Oops I Did It Again-Britney Spears (I personally do not believe that he really actually enjoyed this!)

Birds-Kate Nash
Albion-Babyshambles
Breck Road Lover-The Libertines
Married With Children-Oasis
Dream A Little Dream-Mamas And Papas (very unexpected but SO good, one of my favorite covers of Ant's and others who've covered it, especially seeing as how this song has been done by a lot of people)
France-The Libertines
Black Coffee-All Saints
Deadwood-Dirty Pretty Things
I Try-Macy Gray
Common People-Pulp
Complicated-Avril Lavigne
I Love You But You're Green-Babyshambles
For Lovers-Wolfman
Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts-Arctic Monkeys (I absolutely love this song, orignal and cover!)
Littlest Things-Lily Allen(inarguably one of the best covers I've EVER heard...Anthony's voice suits it so well)
Don't Look Back Into The Sun-The Libertines
Time For Heroes-The Libertines
What A Waster-The Libertines

So those are all the covers so far. See one of your fave songs on that list? Well why don't you go see if Anthony can make it your new favorite cover version? And if all else, I'm sure he'd love to hear if you hated it too, constructive criticism is always helpful, I have no doubt he can take it like a man!

Bella serra mes amours, Alexandra

Much to Learn!

2007-07-16T11:16:00.000-04:00

Okay great news everyone, Ant has worked real hard and "Much to Learn" has been recorded and is up now on his myspace!

It's a little different than stuff hes recorded in the past, and even though he claims he's not happy with the vocals, I quite like it. It's very relevant in today's society and hopefully all of you will like it too!

Go here to give it a quick listen!

Thanks,
Kat

Exclusive news!

2007-07-15T14:41:00.000-04:00

Hope everyone has had a good weekend so far, I know this news will hopefully make it a little bit better for you.

I have just received word from Anthony that he has changed the title of the new song he is writing from "Grown Ups" to "Much to Learn". Anthony described the song as being "about a girl who is going out with a really immature guy who really doesn't know the first thing about romance and kind of treats her like crap... but she still stays with him."

So expect the new song soon, Ant explains he has only one more verse to write and then he will be able to start recording!!!!

Keep checking back for up to date news on what Ant is up to, and remember to keep voting on NME.com.

10,000 plays

2007-07-14T19:42:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone, not much going on with Ant right now, but if you hop on over to Anthony's myspace you will see that he has received over 10,000 plays so congrats to Ant Hill!!!

This is a great achievement, so dont forget to leave him comments on how proud you are of him.

In other news, Ant is writing a new song which should be up on YouTube soon so be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled for that!

Peace Out,
Kat

The Alex And Kat Story:Exclusively on Ant Hill Music

2007-07-12T20:11:00.000-04:00

One evening a girl, Alex, was watching the show Criminal Minds, all the while admiring how cute Matthew Gray Gubler was. With the power of the internet, and of course Google, Alex found a website for fans of Monsieur Gubler.

On this website Alex met Kat, another girl who shared her love of Matthew Gubler. Through a mutual interest in The Gube, Alex and Kat began to talk on a regular basis. First about what had brought them together, then about everything. A friendship was forged. Two handknit mismatched socks and a vocabgubelary dictionary later, and from there on out, Alex and Kat were joined at the hip, or at least by the AIM and MSN boxes. But this story's not about Matthew Gubler now is it? But Me and Kat like digression, cus that's how we roll.

One evening many months later, the girl Alex was checking her YouTube subscriptions to find Ant Hill's latest blog "Drink Responsibly". Finding it absolutely hilarious, Alex IM-ed it to Kat. Coincidentally enough, Kat was getting sauced (ok, so it was few drinks, but we'll get all superlative-y for effect!) as was Anthony himself!

After that, Kat was hooked just like Alex. Alex and Kat now shared yet another interest. Inarguably the best one yet!

Alex and Kat thought Ant was so talented he needed more of a following. He was too good to not be famous. So, Alex and Kat ventured into the big world of blogging in hopes of promoting Ant's music to more people like those that might not ordinarily find him on YouTube.

After a week or so of dancing to "Shimmy Like Kate" (cus it's just that good) Alex and Kat were in business, the blog business that is, and scheming up color schemes and having nightmares with style sheets.

And that is exactly what you're reading here, well actually you're reading The Alex and Kat story, but overall, this blog is to pique your interest in Ant's music and keep you updated on what he's working on.

See, Alex and Kat believe Anthony is way too talented to not go further, so please support him if you like what you hear by him.

So, until later, this has been Alex with Part One of The Alex And Kat Story. There may be more to tell, especially if you, the possible fan, make it happen! Make the world of music a better place and help Ant with his rise to fame! He's already famous to his current fans! Come see why and discover for yourself just what makes his music and himself quite so contagious!

Arrivederci for now my dears, Alex

Promote us

2007-07-10T23:05:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

I just put a new button down on the links side of the page, feel free to use that on your myspace, blogger, livejournal, xanga, youtube, facebook, or whatever else you can possibly use.

Link it back to us, so in the end we both benefit, you by having that wondeful picture of ant on your page and us by having you visit us!

If you have any questions on how to use the button feel free to comment or email either me or Alex. We would love to hear from you!

-Kat

New Video Blog up

2007-07-09T19:17:00.000-04:00

Hola once again folks,
Ant posted a new video blog with a few shoutouts today, and mentioned our site so cheers to that!

You can check it out on his YouTube page or directly watch it from this link here

and remember, I bet you are getting tired of hearing it, but keep voting for Ant on nme.com!!!

ciao, Kat

NME Update

2007-07-08T22:30:00.000-04:00

UPDATE!!!! So far Ant Hill has gained 70 votes on NME's Breaking Bands search.

Also, it might be interesting for me to mention that on his NME page, Anthony describes why he wrote the songs, the reasons behind them. That's definitely worth a look!

So, please vote for him, he appreciates every vote and each one truly does count! Do it for the love of music! Please and thank you!

Posted by Alex

New Arctic Monkeys Cover

2007-07-08T22:08:00.000-04:00

Today Ant made a great cover of Arctic Monkey's song "Only Ones Who Know" off of their second and newest cd Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Anthony's voice very much well suits this song and we're pretty sure you'll enjoy it! The link for the video is here.

If you'd like, leave him a comment on the video and let him know whether or not you like his version.

And for those of you who really like this version, but may not have listened to Arctic Monkeys all that much, I suggest you do! They're second album has changed a lot from their debut and they've only gotten better so give them a listen! (That means you too, my faithful comrade, Kat!)

Posted by Alex

New Libertines Covers

2007-07-08T21:48:00.000-04:00

Yesterday and the day before, Ant covered two Libertines songs. They are "What Katie Did" and "Can't Stand Me Now". Both covers are acoustic.

Videos/Links:

Can't Stand Me Now

What Katie Did

please check them out and let him know what you think of his versions and give him some feedback. Leave a comment here and let us know your opinions on Ant's take of these classic Libertines songs!

Posted by Alex

Ant on Purevolume

2007-07-08T21:35:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone, Ant put up songs to download on purevolume a few weeks ago, feel free to visit his profile, add him as a friend, and enjoy the free mp3's.

Also, keep voting on nme.com!!!!

Purevolume

posted by Kat

Inaugural Post

2007-07-02T14:49:00.001-04:00

Welcome to Ant Hill Music on Blogger. If you’ve found this then hooray, you’re in for some great new music for those ears of yours!

Anthony Hill is an aspiring musician based in England. Influences include Babyshambles, The Libertines, The Cribs, Pulp, Graham Coxon, Larrikin Love, Kate Nash, The View, Blur, Oasis, Lily Allen, Jamie T and many more!

If you click on some of the links to the right, you can see and hear original songs by Ant, including catchy one’s like “Shimmy Like Kate” to covers of Arctic Monkeys, Mamas and Papas, Kate Nash and so many others that almost rival the originals!

If you like what you hear, please go to the link “Vote for Ant on NME’s Breaking Bands” and do so! You’ll need to register to vote, but NME is a great magazine to read and there’s free music as well.

And if you really are enjoying this talent, add him on myspace to show him even more support. He loves hearing from his fans and talking to them.

The aim of this site is to keep you up to date on new songs when they’re written, new covers and any other updates in the Ant Hill Music world. Hopefully this site will reach a larger group of people than who might not ordinarily find Ant’s work on YouTube or Myspace.

Kat and I, Alex, will be manning this blog. We're pretty easy-going so feel free to ask us any questions or suggest something about anything what so ever in the comments or click to our myspace pages and leave us a question or some feedback.

So thank you for having a looksey at the links and remember, please vote!

Posted by Alex