Swans

Experimental Rock 

Swans: Birth Ritual

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Birthing, Christopher Pravdica, Dana Schechter, Kristof Jahn, Larry Mullins, Michael Gira, Norman Westerberg, Phil Puleo, Swans, Young God Records

Michael Gira navigates a new chapter in his longstanding project

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Blues Experimental Rock 

The Children… and the Long Road to A Sudden Craving

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Cop Shoot Cop, Gothic, Human Impact, Jim Coleman, Michael Wiener, New York City, Phil Puleo, Swans, The Children...

The gothic-blues-ambient supergroup talk their years-in-the-making second album

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Alternative Rock Folk Industrial Rock 

Swans: Just Keep Swimming 

August 16, 2023February 19, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2023, Ben Frost, Christopher Pravdica, Dana Schechter, Kristof Hahn, Larry Mullins, Leaving Meaning, Michael Gira, Phil Puleo, Swans, The Beggar, Young God Records

On The Beggar, Michael Gira continues to reinvent his longtime outfit

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Pop 

Lucky Star: Madonna’s Debut at 40

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Borderline, Danceteria, Detroit, Everybody, holiday, Jellybean Benitez, John Sex, Lucky Star, Madonna, Mark Kamins, Michael Gira, Mo Ostin, New York City, Robert Fripp, Seymour Stein, Swans

Inside the Material Girl’s infectious first LP

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Experimental Rock 

How Ivan Nahem Captures Cathartic, Yoga-centric Soundscapes

October 26, 2022November 11, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Crawling Through Grass, ex->tension, Ivan Nahem, Live Skull, Marc C, New York City, Norman Westberg, Ritual Tension, Swans, The Cucumbers, Yoga

The ex->tension mastermind, NYC noise-rock pioneer and one-time Swans drummer talks Crawling Through Grass

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Experimental Indie Rock Noise 

WATCH: Martin Bisi Collective Celebrate Gowanus and Urban Autonomy 

October 13, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Blind Idiot God, Brooklyn, Cop Shoot Cop, Elliott Sharp, Foetus, Gowanus, Iggy Pop, John Zorn, Live Skull, Lydia Lunch, Martin Bisi, Material, Sonic Youth, Swans, The Autonomous People Of The Last Street End Of Gowanus, The Last Street End Of Gowanus, Unsane

The Autonomous People Of The Last Street End Of Gowanus performed and created a flag of secession against gentrification

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Indie Rock 

Mogwai and the Perils of Rock ‘n’ Roll Shellshock

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Barry Burns, Boston, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite, Swans, The Paradise Rock Club, The Ramones

Are Scotland’s premier post-rock heroes too loud for an old punk?

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Alternative Rock Industrial Post-Punk 

Nick Soulsby On The Sacrifice And Transcendence of Swans 

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Angels of Light, Michael Gira, Nick Soulsby, Swans, Swans leaving meaning, Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence

With Swans’ fifteenth record, leaving meaning. recently released, we went deep with the author of the definitive book on all things Michael Gira

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Post-Punk Psychedelics 

Swans Mean Business

October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 3 Comments DNA, James Chance, Jennifer Gira, Larry Junstrom, Larry Mullins, Leaving Meaning, Lydia Lunch, Mars, Michael Gira, Suicide, Swans, Swans leaving meaning, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions, The Hanging Man, Young God Records

The RNR Globe’s exclusive chat with Michael Gira on his longtime collective’s 15th LP Leaving Meaning

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