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The rear end Stooge posted:When I saw them in Oklahoma City in 2012, there was this dude who looked to be in his 40s but dressed like a teenager who kept bobbing around the crowd and bumping into people trying to get them to slamdance. Eventually Gira addressed him from the stage and made him promise to cut it out or he would be ejected. Hahahaha, how do you slamdance to The Seer?
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The rear end Stooge posted:When I saw them in Oklahoma City in 2012, there was this dude who looked to be in his 40s but dressed like a teenager who kept bobbing around the crowd and bumping into people trying to get them to slamdance. Eventually Gira addressed him from the stage and made him promise to cut it out or he would be ejected. I remember him. I wanted to put that fucker in a rear naked choke when Coward was playing. The eyes on Gira when he noticed this douche mid-song was great.
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Listened to Filth today. Killed me. Not a good way to start your week. loving relentless. Can I skip to the Annihilator? Had to put on Drive soundtrack to cleanse my soul.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Listened to Filth today. Killed me. Not a good way to start your week. loving relentless. Can I skip to the Annihilator? Had to put on Drive soundtrack to cleanse my soul. NO Greed/Holy Money and Children of God are essential
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Jun 9, 2014 14:23
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ICHIBAHN posted:Wait. Am I year late? No reason not to dive in. I made my own schedule and am up to Love of Life and it's goin great.
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Decades posted:No reason not to dive in. I made my own schedule and am up to Love of Life and it's goin great. That was the first thing I ever heard by them - I caught the video on 120 Minutes one night, and it was revelatory.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Listened to Filth today. Killed me. Not a good way to start your week. loving relentless. Can I skip to the Annihilator? Had to put on Drive soundtrack to cleanse my soul. Their big shift in style starts are Children of God. If you're going to skip, skip there.
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A lot of Hermann Nitsch's composition work (proprietor of the aforementioned blood origies) is pretty consistent with the sound/dynamics of Swans, admittedly in a more avant garde/modern composition context. Like, pairing lovely punk bands with orchestras together to just make pure noise, or using a tank as an instrument. The Island and Das 6-Tage-Spiel Des Orgien Mysterien Theaters: Day 5 box sets are a great introduction, as is Musik Der 66. Aktion.
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El Miguel posted:That was the first thing I ever heard by them - I caught the video on 120 Minutes one night, and it was revelatory. Revelatory is right. It's pretty weird listening to their stuff and having these weird deja vu moments where they'll recall my favorite bands (Godspeed, NIN, Mogwai, Radiohead, MBV etc.), often at the most unexpected moments. I can appreciate the earliest stuff, and I understand why Burning World is the unwanted misfit album, but regardless working through them chronologically I've really enjoyed each more than the last. Real curious to see whether that trend holds or if the middle period will stay my favorite in the end. The fact that I've been working through Swans for weeks and have yet to scratch their no fewer than three massive double studio album works is baffling / humbling / amazing.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Wait. Am I year late? Yes. Stop whining. And don't forget the live albums. This is one of the few bands where the live records are often better than the studio albums.
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Jun 11, 2014 22:07
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It has come to my attention that Swans will be playing a free show at something called NXNE in Toronto on June 20th.
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The rear end Stooge posted:It has come to my attention that Swans will be playing a free show at something called NXNE in Toronto on June 20th. Yeah they are opening for St Vincent. Set time is 7:40.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Listened to Filth today. Killed me. Not a good way to start your week. loving relentless. Can I skip to the Annihilator? Had to put on Drive soundtrack to cleanse my soul. God Of Paradise posted:Yes. Stop whining. And don't forget the live albums. This is one of the few bands where the live records are often better than the studio albums.
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Weird band. Completely atypical in their trajectory. 30 years after their first album, they put out their best record. The new one is amazing as well. This is the period when most acts are doing one last old-man reunion tour as a nostalgia cash grab. Swans? They put out their best record and quickly make another that's just as good.
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God Of Paradise posted:Weird band. Completely atypical in their trajectory. I met Gira briefly and he told me he has no intention of slowing down. I've heard the new material, Black Hole Madness is their new "big song" I believe. It's a loving powerhouse, more so than The Seer. He said it was a vicious circle because his tours are both where he promotes the new album as well as writes the next one, so as long as he's touring, he's working on new material.
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I'm a big fan of everything Swans has done since 2010 (as well as Soundtracks for the Blind) and took it upon myself to check out the rest of their stuff. I've gotten through their first three albums in the last few days and unfortunately I can't say I'm a fan. They're wonderfully aggressive but I like their more recent post-rocky sound a lot more. Maybe I'm just a big baby.
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Bo Jackson posted:I'm a big fan of everything Swans has done since 2010 (as well as Soundtracks for the Blind) and took it upon myself to check out the rest of their stuff. I've gotten through their first three albums in the last few days and unfortunately I can't say I'm a fan. They're wonderfully aggressive but I like their more recent post-rocky sound a lot more. Maybe I'm just a big baby. You might want to check out their 90's stuff like White Light and Love of Life. It's a lot lighter in tone and more reminiscent of Gira's acoustic stuff.
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Bo Jackson posted:I'm a big fan of everything Swans has done since 2010 (as well as Soundtracks for the Blind) and took it upon myself to check out the rest of their stuff. I've gotten through their first three albums in the last few days and unfortunately I can't say I'm a fan. They're wonderfully aggressive but I like their more recent post-rocky sound a lot more. Maybe I'm just a big baby. Maybe you didn't hear with the right speakers/headphones. First time I heard Filth was on some headphones that have some really strong bass output so the music felt like solid objects and that blew my mind.
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This is really late notice, but Swans are playing a show tonight and broadcasting it live on Yahoo Screen for those who can't attend: https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/swans It's supposed to start in about 10 minutes, I think. (10:15pm PST) e: And so far all it's been is gong. Nothing but gong. But oh wait, here comes Gira! Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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Still rocking out to the live cast, I bet it's going to be on Youtube before long.
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'Filth' has been remastered for both vinyl and CD and is now available for preorder! It is going to be released Oct. 28th! And, of course, it comes signed by Michael Gira!
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I'm guessing this is more a thing for people that wanted physical versions of this record but stuff like the amount of details you can listen in the music is basically the same right?
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On the new vinyl remaster you can really hear Gira's contempt for you, the listener.
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program666 posted:I'm guessing this is more a thing for people that wanted physical versions of this record but stuff like the amount of details you can listen in the music is basically the same right? Remasters usually sound better. I personally have the best setup speaker-wise hooked up to my turntable, so blasting that bad boy will be a fresh treat. Now, if anyone claims that "you really haven't heard it until you've heard the remastered vinyl," you can confidently ignore that person
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modestmusashi posted:Remasters usually sound better. I personally have the best setup speaker-wise hooked up to my turntable, so blasting that bad boy will be a fresh treat. Now, if anyone claims that "you really haven't heard it until you've heard the remastered vinyl," you can confidently ignore that person I currently have a really lovely download of Filth, so I'm looking forward to owning a proper remastered copy to blast on my stereo when it's out of storage. I listened to To Be Kind again today and it's still brilliant. I've listened to this one loads more than I listened to The Seer.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:On the new vinyl remaster you can really hear Gira's contempt for you, the listener.
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Mutation posted:What happens when you play it backwards? You hear a perpetually looping alternative version of Cher's "Love After Love"
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New tour dates up, tickets for the Chicago show go on sale Friday.
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Just got tickets to the Baltimore show.
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i got my Filth reissue in the mail. it's real good & signed by Gira. wish they were coming around here on this tour  don't be scared to see them, just bring a good pair of earplugs. i find the wall of sound kinda soothing in a way.
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Seeing them in Chicago, can't wait!
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They'll be at the drill festival in Brighton this Sunday. Gonna be an amazing weekend. Should get my tickets for the London show too but that's all the way in May.
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Never listened to Swans before, but I'm going to try to get into them. I have no idea what to expect other than 'depressing' and 'post-rock', so I'm looking forward to this. I'm guessing that I should start at Filth?
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Akarshi posted:Never listened to Swans before, but I'm going to try to get into them. I have no idea what to expect other than 'depressing' and 'post-rock', so I'm looking forward to this. I'm guessing that I should start at Filth? Both "depressing" and "post-rock" are wrong. It's more like music for BDSM dungeons. Filth is not a bad place to start but their first couple albums are really different from the later stuff. I'd start with some combo of Filth (Cop if you're feeling brave), The Seer and White Light From The Mouth of Infinity, that covers most of the bases.
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Akarshi posted:Never listened to Swans before, but I'm going to try to get into them. I have no idea what to expect other than 'depressing' and 'post-rock', so I'm looking forward to this. I'm guessing that I should start at Filth? Pick up this year's record. It's the number one most critically acclaimed album released in 2014 according to sites that aggregate reviews. I've listened to Swans for the past seventeen years. I saw them as a teenager on their final tour in 97. I saw them in 2012 touring The Seer material. In between I've caught Angels of Light twice. I've listened to every album Gira has ever released to the public. And I can tell you their best studio album is probably The Seer. My favorite is what I figured to be their final record of their final tour, Swans Are Dead. But that's because they're better live than on album. The only Swans albums I'm not fond of are My Father Will Guide Me A Rope Up To The Sky, and Kill The Child. God Of Paradise fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Dec 5, 2014 |
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God Of Paradise posted:Pick up this year's record. It's the number one most critically acclaimed album released in 2014 according to sites that aggregate reviews. That surprises me, I thought The Burning World was widely agreed to be atrocious. I quite like My Father.
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