| Little Annie / Annie Anxiety | |
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| Also known as | Annie Anxiety, Annie Bandez, Little Annie |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Genres | Industrial music, punk, electronic music, reggae, experimental music |
| Occupations | Musician, painter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | On-U Sound Records, Southern Records, One Little Indian Records, Durtro / Jnana Records |
| Associated acts | Coil Crass Rubella Ballet Wolfgang Press |
Little Annie Bandez (also known as Annie Anxiety or Little Annie Anxiety Bandez) is an American singer, songwriter, painter, and stage actor. She has recorded extensively with vanguard figures of twentieth century underground rock, such as rock musician Kid Congo Powers, dub stalwart Adrian Sherwood, punk/experimental band Crass, experimental/electronica band Coil, and Nurse with Wound. She has released several solo albums since the 1980s.
In 2006 she released Songs from the Coalmine Canary on the Durtro / Jnana label.
Little Annie has performed on stage with Marc Almond, supporting him in 2007 in several appearances at Wliton's Music Hall, where she performed with pianist Paul Wallfisch.
In 2008 she and Wallfisch recorded the album When Good Things Happen to Bad Pianos, which includes a cover of U2's song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
In 2010 Annie and Paul released their second album, Genderful through Southern Records.
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Little Annie began her musical career at Max's Kansas City, with Annie and the Asexuals. Upon moving to the UK, she began working with Penny Rimbaud and Crass.
Little Annie is a painter and exhibits regularly. Her naive style is figurative, metaphorical and surrealistic, with a strong emphasis on color; often combining tortuous, expressionistic cityscapes with Biblical imagery. One series of her paintings, "God and Science", was inspired by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.[1]
Little Annie's album Songs from the Coalmine Canary was co-produced by Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons, and Joe Budenholzer of Backworld. Hegarty also played piano, sang backup vocals and co-wrote several songs on the album.[2] The song "Strangelove", co-written by Little Annie and Hegarty, was used as the soundtrack for Levi's "Dangerous Liaisons" advertising campaign in 2007, garnering several awards, including the Cannes Lions – International Advertising Festival, 2007 (Bronze Lion ) for "Best Use of Music".[3]