The six-piece from New York push the limits of music in many ways, and one of those ways is via volume. On the other hand, Swans founder Michael Gira understands the value of dynamics. He spoke to New ...

Emerging from the no-wave scene in the New York underground in 1982, Swans became known for music that was forbidding, terrifyingly intense in its execution and lyrically uncompromising in its ...

Swans, the highly influential atmospheric band, is headlining the Granada Theater on its North American tour. Swans, originally founded in 1981 by Michael Gira during New York City’s No Wave ...

There are few bands that can maintain an uncompromising sound and still have a shelf life. Rising from the sordid bowels of New York’s post-no wave scene, Swans, helmed by Michael Gira, have proven to ...

If there’s a shortlist of artists who should compose the soundtrack to the apocalypse (and there really should be), Swans would be near the top. The avant garde ensemble created by Michael Gira in ...

Primary contributors to The Beggar: Michael Gira – Vocals, words, acoustic guitar, production. Gira started Swans in NYC in 1982 and has been the primary songwriter, singer and producer throughout the ...

Arising from the cracks of the New York City postpunk scene in the early 1980s, Swans' music is a genre unto itself. An otherworldly sonic disturbance, their sound is aggression turned musical. Not ...

Like the opening moment of a meditation session, the rock band Swans commenced the first of two sold-out nights at the Roxy in West Hollywood with the ringing of a gong. The gesture, driven with ...

If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Bear’s will host the premiere show for Mack Swan’s new music video. On May 10, hip hop artist Mack Swans will hold his event, Sucker Punch: The ‘SOURFace’ Premiere Show at ...