The song “Jim” recently added to the [Michael Gira MySpace] playlist is an acoustic demo (solo at home) recording by Michael Gira. this, and many other new songs recorded in the same way comprise many ...

In a lengthy, harrowing post on her Facebook today, Larkin Grimm accused her onetime collaborator, Swans’ Michael Gira, of rape and sexual harassment. “My story with Michael Gira is an absolute ...

Singer-songwriter Larkin Grimm has accused Swans' Michael Gira, who produced her 2008 album Parplar and released it on his Young God record label, of rape and sexual harassment. After first sharing ...

Swans have always had an evolving sound but a consistent intensity, with often ferocious live performances. To their frontman ...

Do not come to the Swans concert expecting to hear a parade of songs from the latest album, or preceding ones for that matter. Swans leader Michael Gira doesn’t dwell in the past. Instead, he strives ...

On Thursday night, singer-songwriter Larkin Grimm posted a message to Facebook accusing Swans frontman Michael Gira of raping her during the recording sessions for her 2008 album Parplar, which Gira ...

Every photo of Michael Gira shares a set series of features: a stern grimace, a stoic, crag-like rigidity and a fiercely penetrating gaze — a look that tunnels straight to your instincts, sets your ...

Swans are currently at work on their next album, the follow-up to their 2012 epic The Seer. Recorded at Sonic Ranch studios near El Paso, Texas, the record is being produced by Michael Gira and ...

The wife of Swans frontman Michael Gira has responded to an allegation that he raped a former collaborator. Singer-songwriter Larkin Grimm released a statement on Facebook yesterday accusing Gira of ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, experimental rock band Swans released “To Be Kind,” its third studio album since leader Michael Gira jump-started the band after a 14-year break. It’s a sprawling, sometimes ...

Singer-songwriter Larkin Grimm has accused Swans’ Michael Gira, who produced her 2008 album Parplar and released it on his Young God record label, of rape and sexual harassment. After first sharing ...