The Story of Swans by Those Who Lived to Tell
Nick Soulsby's oral history of Swans digs deep in and around the trenches of Michael Gira's twisted musical world.
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Eszter Balint – ‘Airless Midnight’ (album stream) (premiere)
Singer-songwriter Eszter Balint's first album in more than a decade, while eclectic, retains a remarkable consistency throughout.
The Knife and the Blood That Ensues: An Interview with Swans
PopMatters speaks with Swans frontman Michael Gira about the band's "joyous" new double LP, To Be Kind, covering everything from its undulating rhythms to its original titillating cover art.