Swans

Tonight will be the second time I've seen Michael Gira live in The Arches. Before, it was when he was doing a solo tour, supporting The Boredoms. It was one of the loudest gigs I'd ever been to. You may say that sheer volume is not unusual for him, but bear in mind h...

On the eve of Swans releasing their latest album, 'The Seer', we got their inspirational figurehead Michael Gira on the line in a short break from preparations for their upcoming tour to ask him the questions that burn deep within Darkwűlf's Buckfast-insulated he...

Michael Gira said that Swans' new album 'The Seer' was "the culmination of every previous Swans album as well as any other music I’ve ever made, been involved in or imagined.” That's a grand statement; is he telling the truth? Everyone loves Swans...