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Birthing Live Press Roundup
More press from around the world covering the Birthing tour. Read more...
MUSIC OHM BIRTHING ALBUM REVIEW
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Birthing Press Roundup
Press articles from around the world covering the Birthing tour. Read more...
Swans’ Michael Gira and Kristof Hahn: EartH, London – Live Review
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Live Review: Michael Gira and Kristof Hahn at Heimathafen Neukölln, Berlin – 27 April 2025
https://beatsperminute.com/live-review-michael-gira-and-kristof-hahn-at-heimathafen-neukolln-berlin-27-april-2025/ Text by John Wohlmacher. For a man that so many of his fans still claim to be intimidated by, Michael Gira in the flesh sure comes across as… somewhat of a goofball. “If you think he’s sexy now”, he expands on his collaborator Kristof Hahn, “you should see him after the show!” Moments later, he puts a finger on his backside: “TSSSSSSSS!” Possibly, his good mood is sparked by the fact that the show in Berlin marks the finale of his widely celebrated tour with Hahn – or because the two... Read more...
The Beggar and Live Shows Press Round Up
Press round up of The Beggar reviews and tour reviews. Read more...
Dangerous Minds ‘AMNESIA’ Debut
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/listen_to_amnesia_from_the_new_swans_album_leaving_meaning The latest Swans album ‘Leaving Meaning’ was released last week on Young God Records. It’s the band’s fifteenth studio album and the follow up to 2016’s epic ‘The Glowing Man.’ Below, Michael Gira essays the varied talents employed in the making of his latest opus. This originally appeared on the Swans website: “Leaving Meaning is the first Swans album to be released since I dissolved the lineup of musicians that constituted Swans from 2010 – 2017. Swans is now comprised of a revolving cast of musicians, selected for both their musical... Read more...
Peek-A-Boo-Magazine Interview
http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/interviews/michael-gira-swans-2019/ MICHAEL GIRA (SWANS) 'Having a strong presence of death in your mind all the time is very healthy thing!' 26/10/2019, Danil VOLOHOV It is quite a difficult task writing about Swans. Of course, there are always certain moments when you, as writer, can mark. Clichés and tags that characterize a certain stage of their career. Since the early 80’s Michael Gira and Swans established a new standard for experimental music. Inspired by the music of Public Image Ltd and Einstürzende Neubauten, Swans created a whole new musical standard. But... Read more...
Mojo leaving meaning. Review
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Magnet leaving meaning. Review
http://magnetmagazine.com/2019/11/27/essential-new-music-swans-leaving-meaning/ ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC: SWANS’ “LEAVING MEANING” The last Swans album, 2016’s The Glowing Man, looked for a moment like it might really be their last. It capped a run that was epic in every way: songs that ran a half hour or longer, tours that stretched to years and a sustained energy that no one wanted to dishonor by letting it go flat. And it captured, as much as a studio album can capture, the essence of the live band. So bandleader Michael Gira went into the tour supporting it... Read more...

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