Swans, who recently announced their seventeenth studio album, Birthing, arriving May 30 via Young God Records/Mute, have confirmed their first North American tour in support of the highly-anticipated ...

Primary contributors to The Beggar: Michael Gira – Vocals, words, acoustic guitar, production. Gira started Swans in NYC in 1982 and has been the primary songwriter, singer and producer throughout the ...

Swans, the highly influential atmospheric band, is headlining the Granada Theater on its North American tour. Swans, originally founded in 1981 by Michael Gira during New York City’s No Wave ...

Check out the accolades trailer for Swan Song, the upcoming cozy and emotional puzzle game where music guides your journey.

Formed in New York in 1982, Michael Gira’s no-wave-derived Swans are unlike any other band on the planet. An experimental approach isn’t unique to Gira, but there simply isn’t another band that sounds ...

Arising from the cracks of the New York City postpunk scene in the early 1980s, Swans’ music is a genre unto itself. An otherworldly sonic disturbance, their sound is aggression turned musical. Not ...

The six-piece from New York push the limits of music in many ways, and one of those ways is via volume. On the other hand, Swans founder Michael Gira understands the value of dynamics. He spoke to New ...

Michael Gira reunites his epochal band, retaining its bleakness and melodrama but presenting it now via his love for apocalyptic country blues. Save this story Save this story Swans debuted in the ...