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July 27, 2016

July 27, 2016

Veteran Experimental Rockers Swans Seek to Create a Seductive World of Soundby Eli ShivelyMost professional musicians take their art extremely seriously. It kind of comes with the job. For Michael Gira, however, music acts as more than just an art form — it’s a spiritual catalyst that possesses the power to completely turn one’s mental state on its head. Gira, the 62-year-old creative mastermind and ringleader of the experimental rock group Swans, has devoted his musical career to creating deep and meaningful experiences through both the band’s studio work and... Read more...

The Void Report Glowing Man Review

July 27, 2016

ARTIST: SWANS + ALBUM: THE GLOWING MAN + LABEL: YOUNG GOD RECORDS + RELEASED: JUN 17, 2016After the Pixies reunited in 2004, dozens of other 80s-90s era bands have come together for nostalgia tours and, for some, new albums. Most of these reunions have fallen into the category of arguable cash grabs and very few have resulted in an expansion of that bands previous work into new artistic territory. Michael Gira’s Swans fall into the latter category. Spawned from New York’s No Wave scene of the early 1980s, over the next 15-some-odd years the Swans made music critics would... Read more...

Reviler Glowing Man Review

July 27, 2016

Review: Swans’ “The Glowing Man” / Show Thur BY JON BEHM The Glowing Man is legendary experimental/post-rock band Swans’ final release under their current lineup, a group that has reinvented and reinvigorated the Swans sound since their reformation in 2010. As far as swan songs go (no pun intended) The Glowing Man is the perfect finishing statement to the era that found frontman Michael Gira pushing the band into a more orchestral direction. Plenty has been made of The Glowing Man’s quietness – but don’t let that fool you. Even... Read more...

Detroit Metro Times Show Review

July 27, 2016

Show review: Swans at St Andrews Tues., July 12 by Zachary WeedonI will not miss Swans. The group I play in had a show that night at another venue. So I showed up late to my own show. So be it. There's a price to be paid with everything and I refuse to miss this band.I’m not one for grandiose statements but here it is: Swans is the best live band in the country.So if you missed it, you blew it. Now if you’re the type of person that wants... Read more...

Scene Point Blank Glowing Man Review

July 27, 2016

SwansThe Glowing Man Bands returning after a prolonged hiatus, or re-forming after a break, are rarely able to recapture the essence and/or quality of their earlier existence. When Michael Gira announced the return of Swans it seemed that it would solely be a repeat of the band's earliest style at best. My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky came fourteen years after Soundtracks for The Blind, and it was an album that stood with grace next to historic releases such as White Light From The Mouth... Read more...

Classic Rock Glowing Man Review

July 27, 2016

Dagens Nyheter Glowing Man Review

July 27, 2016