Swans

[Cyril Tourneur]

does or has anyone go/gone to one of the dates? I'm looking forward to the one in Berlin in December, maybe Prague to, visiting familiar grounds....

SWANS CONFORMED SHOWS 2010

(more tours to come in 2011)


with the fabulous Baby Dee / the marvelous James Blackshaw

Sept 28 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater

Sept 29 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Sept 30 Boston, MA @ Middle East downstairs
Oct 01 Montreal, QC @ Le National – Pop Montreal fest
Oct 02 Toronto, ON at Lee’s Palace
oct 03 off
Oct 04 Detroit, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
Oct 05 Chicago, IL at Bottom Lounge
Oct 06, Columbus, OH Outland Live
Oct 07 off
Oct 08 Brooklyn, NY, Masonic Temple
Oct 09 New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom
Sept 28 thru Oct 9 support= Baby Dee


Oct 21- Cork, Ireland Cyprus Avenue
Oct 22 Dublin, Ireland Button Factory
Oct 23 tba
Oct 24- Birmingham, UK - Supersonic Festival
Oct 25 Glasgow, Scotland, Arches
Oct 26 off
Oct 27 Brighton, UK , Concorde 2
Oct 28 London, UK , Koko Theatre
Oct 29 Leeds, UK a, Uni Stylus
Oct 30 Manchester UK , Academy
Oct 21 thru Oct 30 support= James Blackshaw

Nov 23 Gronignen, Netherlands, VERA
Nov 24 Utrecht, Netherlands-, Le Guess Who Fest at Tivoli de Helling
Nov 25 Brussels, Belgium AB
Nov 26 Lille, France, Le Grande Mix
Nov 27, Rouen, France, 106 Club
Nov 28 Paris, France, BBMIX festival
Nov 29, off
Nov 30 Toulouse, France, Le Phare
Dec 01 Lyon, France, Epicerie Modern
Dec 02 Geneva, Switzerland L’Usine
Dec 03 Turin, Italy, Musica90 c/o Sala Espace
Dec 04, Bologna, Italy, Locomotive Club
Dec 05 Roma, Italy, Piper Club
Dec 06, off
Dec 07 Vienna, Austria, at Arena
Dec 08 Prague, Czech Akropolis
Dec 09, Wroclaw, Poland, Firlej
Dec 10, Warsaw, Poland, Palladium
Dec 11 off
Dec 12, Hamburg, Germany Kampnagel
Dec 13 Berlin, Germany, Volksbuehne
Nov 23 thru Dec 13 support= James Blackshaw

[TheSingingGarden]

Saw them last night at The Arches in Glasgow. Superb. A highpoint of the evening for me was their rendition of 'Sex, God, Sex.' Stephen

[sundog]

I can't help but think of TCATHR when listening to the opening track from the new album. Can you guess why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADeOg8qbNMc

	TCATHR The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

[ghadis]

I was lucky enough to be the photographer covering them when they played at a festival in Cardiff this past weekend. I'm a huge fan so i leapt at the opportunity. They were stunning. Best gig i've been to for years. I still need to sort through the photographs but i've put a few up on my website if people want a look.

http://www.clivenolanphotography.com/gallery/4551

(Much of my work reflects my interests in weird fiction and such so there is a lot there that my be of interest to people on this site.)

[sundog]

Am I the only Swans fan here who's slightly disappointed that Mr. Gira would bring a child into this crooked creaking world.. this MALIGNANTLY USELESS existence?

This is not to say that I'm not fond of the new album. I like Wagner too, but this doesn't make me an antisemite.



"Long May He Live/To Think Is A Sin/Long May His Children Drift Through The Wind/To Think Is A Sin/Long May His World Never Begin.."

[The Silent One]

I was actually at the first return show at the Trocadero, though I do not believe that it has come up before here...

'Twas exceptional.

[craigobau]

Quote Originally Posted by The Silent One

Remember the link? Right-click and save the files to your desktop. Question: Are you a PC or Mac user? Live tapes? I have several that may interest you if you don't have Swans are Dead, or have it for that matter. Zee itinerary: -056h: Trondheim, 1997. Distinguishing feature: Intro from Soundtracks ("I Love You This Much"), 28 min. version of "Feel Happiness". -053g: Atlanta, 1997. DF: Last U.S. show, mystery acoustic song.* -005b: Los Angeles, 1985. DF: Few shows from this year; Interesting variants on $-era songs. -042a: Amsterdam, 1988. DF: Two unreleased songs, "The Unknown" and "A Young Girl Needs More".** -052a: Paris, 1995. DF: Ends with "Helpless Child", "In" and "Alcohol the Seed" performed.*** *The song begins with "I strangled your neck" and appears in all respects to be the sequel to "She Lives!". **"The Unknown" is slow and ominous at first, with a roaring refrain. "A Young Girl..." is melodic and calming, ending in a manic coda. Form a sequence starting with "Let It Come Down" (outright scary here) and ending with "A Young Girl...". ***More ætherial synthwork on "Alcohol the Seed" than on The Great Annihilator.

Silent One......just came across this old post on the thread.

Would you be able to list the other tracks from the Trondheim and Paris shows? A 28-min version of Find Happiness sounds amazing!

Also, are there any other shows you'd recommend (it looks like the shows above were from Jarboe's site?).

Thanks.

[Karnos]

I saw Gira and company here in Barcelona in May, it was amazing. I was standing just four or so meters from the stage. It was INTENSE. The guy right in front of me started bleeding from one of his ears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqk03KKG1ds

[nigredo]

Quote Originally Posted by Karnos

I saw Gira and company here in Barcelona in May

saw them in munich on the same tour; hypnotic, brutal...
looking forward to the forthcoming live album, & the new album


if anyone's interested, i have a spare signed tour poster

[The Silent One]

I think that this is probably appropriate.