When is a reunion not a reunion? When it involves Swans, the oppressive noise band formed by Michael Gira in New York City in the early 1980s. The sin...
Seminal New York noise rockersSwanshave announced via their MySpace that they are reforming, planning a tour and new album. Leader Michael Gira notes ...
Are Stupid, on April 27 via St. Ives/Secretly Canadian. Watch the video for new track "Language Tenor" here. -- Florence and the Machine, the Drums, S...
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incarnations of the band. Flux Information Sciences' Chris Pravdica and Shearwater/Angels of Light member Thor Harris also join the new Swans. Gira al...
and Phil Puleo, and new guys Chris Pravdica (Flux Information Sciences/Services) and Thor Harris (Shearwater). A few other folks also show up on the r...
There is another Velvets-themed festival in town. The new two-day London-based I'll Be Your Mirror's lineup already includes Company Flow, Grinderman,...
Back in January, Michael Gira announced that he would reform Swans, the pioneering New York postpunk/industrial band he led from the early 80s until t...
In their heyday, Michael Gira's NYC-based noise-punk outfit Swans were pretty fucking loud. Gira's gotten a new lineup together to restart the project...
collaboration—Gira released some of Banhart's earlier albums—will be on a pleasant little ditty titled "You Fucking ... People Make Me Sick," which su...
,R.E.M.drummer Bill Rieflin andMercury Revguitarist Grasshopper. Remember the 90s? They're making quite the comeback this year. ... Swans Annouce Firs...
Joe Satriani says that, as with most of his solo albums, he was "surrounded with anxiety" as he started making "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards," whi...
Tweet When Michael Gira prepared for the Swans comeback he initially issued a set of songs titled I Am Not Insane under his own name. Many of those tr...
Tweet We already knew there was a Swans live album coming, but now details of the various formats it will be released in have been made available. Mic...
Photo by Will Deitz Back in July, we reported that post-punk/noise legends Swans were working on a lengthy new album. At the time, they were playing t...
Photo by Will Deitz In March we learned that New York noise legends Swans will release their new record, The Seer, this summer via leader Michael Gira...
New York primal-noise pioneers Swans might not have the same lineup as they did when they were making audience members puke with how loud they were, b...
Swans has revealed details about their upcoming album The Seer, due out August 28. Founding member, Michael Gira, will release the 11-track double alb...
The Portland, Oregon festival MusicfestNW has announced its 2012 lineup. The festival, which takes place September 5-9 across 16 venues, will feature ...
Photo by Will Deitz Swans: "The Apostate" Swans' new album The Seer is out August 28 via Young God. The record features contributions from Yeah Yeah Y...
The Seer, the new album from reconstituted NY postpunk drone-gods Swans, is a masterpiece of insane heaviness: 10 songs spread out over two hours, ful...
Later this month, reconstituted violent-postpunk boundary-smashers Swans will release The Seer, their absolute monster of a double album. We've alread...
Swans released a new ten-minute track, "Mother of the World," which is now streaming on NPR. The song is one of the many longer tracks on their upcomi...
obvious reasons, Animal Collective is getting a lot of attention this morning, but Centipede Hz is not the only important new album streaming online i...
running toward the camera, the gritty black-and-white film stock doing nothing to hide the malevolent glint in their eyes. Both of those shows were ab...
After the critical acclaim that followed Swans' most recent double-LP, The Seer, they've added two New York dates to their U.S. tour. The tour kicks o...
If Swans' two-hour monolithic masterpiece The Seer isn't quite huge enough for you, the deluxe edition of the album comes with a DVD that includes foo...
The deluxe edition of Swans' massive opus The Seer comes with a bonus DVD featuring live performances recorded during the band's 2010-2011 tour. Here ...
Photo by Will Deitz from a 2011 show Swans' music often feels conjured as a result of-- or a response to-- a God that's either vengeful or completely ...
Tweet Swans have always been a band that's tried to challenge fans. Normally it's occurred through strange and complex albums; this time it's through ...
Swans' behemoth double-LP The Seer is a pretty safe bet to be included in most year-end top 10s, and the album hits its apex at its conclusion: the 23...
The deluxe edition of Swans' new album The Seer comes with a live DVD. Here's footage of Swans performing the epic closing track "Apostate" shot from ...
Swans photo by Will Deitz The East Coast is preparing for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the megastorm that has halted day-to-day activity f...
unhinged slave driver, spitting abuse and mantras of degradation. "Nobody beats you like a cop, with his club." "Someone weaker than you should rape y...
Over on Pitchfork.tv on YouTube, watch a new 27-minute documentary following Michael Gira and Swans. Watch as Gira gives a detailed introduction for e...
behind the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona also host a festival in Porto, Portugal. The 2013 Optimus Primavera Sound Festival takes place May 30...
14 Photos » Swans played a sold out show last night at Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg, making up for a performance postponed due to Hurricane S...
Williamsburg and Greenpoint's Northside Festival has announced its 2013 lineup. Taking place June 13-20 (with music running June 13-16), the fest will...
This year's Pitchfork Music Festival will take place July 19-21 in Chicago's Union Park. In addition to the previously announced headliners R. Kelly, ...
Swans founder Michael Gira isn't afraid to let songs wander around the half-hour mark. In conversation, on the other hand, he is relentlessly punctual...
Photo by Will Deitz Pharmakon: "Ache" (via SoundCloud) Swans have added a string of North American dates to their current world tour. New York noise a...
