Swans Announce Newly Sentient Being, Final Concert of the Big Sound Lineup
The band’s 2010-2025 configuration performed its last show in Berlin on November 28, 2025 Swans have announced Newly Sentient Being, a document of the group’s … Read more
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Martin Bisi Talks Dancing On The Power Lines: An Interview From Inside BC Studio
Dancing On The Power Lines: Martin Bisi on Songwriting After Four Decades Behind the Glass Transmission 405: Interview with Martin Bisi Martin Bisi has spent … Read more
Jarboe Sightings Album Release and 2026 European Tour Dates
Birdsong and Brutalism: The Mechanics of Jarboe’s Sightings On April 3, 2026, Jarboe releases her 36th solo album, Sightings, via the Belgian label Consouling Sounds. … Read more
Interview with Arad Evans on The Whimbrels’ Debut
The Whimbrels release self-titled debut on Dromedary Records in June 2025 Transmission 224: Interview with The Whimbrels The Whimbrels is a New York-based power art-rock … Read more
Michael Gira Discusses Birthing and the Evolution of Swans
A discussion on endings, transformation and Swans’ seventeenth album Transmission 218: Interview with Michael Gira Swans formed in early 1980s New York under the direction … Read more
Retrofuturista 004 Out Now
Swans, KMFDM, Michael Rother, Steve von Till and others in the fourth edition Retrofuturista 004 is out now with Swans, Dave McKean, Pure Hell, Jill … Read more
Swans release Birthing on Mute and Young God Records
SWANS Birthing released via Mute and Young God with final dates for current touring lineup Birthing, the seventeenth studio album by Swans, is now out … Read more
Swans announce European and UK tour with new album Birthing out in May 2025
New album Birthing to be released by Swans in May followed by European and North American dates Swans will tour Europe and the UK in … Read more
Jarboe Disburden Disciple reissued on vinyl after 25 years
First-time vinyl release of Disburden Disciple lands 25 April on The Circle Music Originally released in 2000 without label backing, Jarboe’s Disburden Disciple returns on … Read more
Jarboe Interview on Disburden Disciple and the Tensions Within
In this interview, Jarboe recounts the atmosphere of early Swans, the writing of Disburden Disciple, and the path to its reissue Transmission 183: Interview with … Read more
Little Annie releases With, Featuring Coil, Swans, Marc Almond, and others
Cold Spring issues a retrospective of Little Annie’s collaborative recordings With, out on 18 April 2025 via Cold Spring, presents a curated selection of collaborative … Read more
Bag People release self-titled album with lost recordings from the 1980s
Bag People Release Self-Titled Album on March 28, 2025 Bag People, an underground band active in the early 1980s in New York City, will release … Read more
Swans announce Birthing with a May 30 release on Mute and Young God Records
Michael Gira leads Swans into a new chapter with Birthing on Mute and Young God Records Swans will release their seventeenth studio album, Birthing, on … Read more