The 70 Best Albums of 2010
2010's best albums are highlighted by the emergence of a future superstar, two veteran and virtuoso rappers, and a Dream Team of indie bands releasing career peaks.
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The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2010
"Indie rock" is a term as amorphous and hard-to-pin-down as some of its associated lingo. But for our purposes here, we'll go with a line of demarcation strangely omitted from the discussion much of the time: the rock portion of the equation.
Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, Swans Alums Are Human Impact and They’re Mad As Hell
Imagine an orgy scored by rusty industrial equipment blasting New York City noise-rock, something like Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, or Swans in their wicked primes. That's the noise-rock supergroup, Human Impact.
MetalMatters: October 2019 – What’s That Noise?
October is dominated by heavyweight returns from noise rock pioneers Swans and Lightning Bolt, while also filled with the black metal bleakness of Blut Aus Nord and the Great Old Ones, while Vastum continue 20 Buck Spin's death metal master class streak.
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.
Jarboe and Byla’s 2007 LP ‘Viscera’ Gets Reissue Treatment From Translation Loss (album stream)
Still ahead of its time one decade on, Jarboe and Byla's Viscera moves to vinyl for the first time on 20 July. Listen now.
Swans: The Great Annihilator / Michael Gira: Drainland
By pairing The Great Annihilator with Drainland, the emotional rawness of Gira and Jarboe's art comes through in full color.
Finding the Image: Michael Gira Talks Swans’ Creative Process
Michael Gira discusses the mistake that led to a critical part of the latest Swans album, building a collective mind, and the art of Francis Bacon.
Norman Westberg: 13
Almost too obscure to gain any attention the first go-round, Swans guitarist Norman Westberg's 13 enjoys a deserved reissue.
Swans: The Gate
Michael Gira’s lauded experimental rock group returns with an apocalyptic shriek.
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.
Blood and Thunder: Entering the Echo Chamber
In an age when writers regularly churn out "content" at dizzying speeds, truly great music makes a writer slow down and take time to reflect.