Anthony Fantano

Anthony Fantano (born 28 October 1985 in Wolcott) is an American music critic, music journalist, YouTuber, blogger, podcaster and television producer. He created The Needle Drop in 2007, and he worked at Connecticut Public Radio from 2007 to 2014, after studying liberal studies at Southern Connecticut State University until 2008. One of his YouTube channels received a Silver Play Button in 2012 and a Gold Play Button in 2017, and had about 1.92 million subscribers in January 2025. A second channel, thatistheplan, had about 273,000 subscribers in October 2025.