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Michael Gira

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Michael Gira on Performing Solo and the Time He Wanted to Murder Some Hipsters

    Since reestablishing Swans in 2010 with the release of My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky, Michael Gira has been exploring a stylistic middle ground between the sonic abrasiveness of early Swans recordings and his acoustic-based, crypto-folk collective, Angels of Light. There is a tendency ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2011

    Swans: Show Preview

    Since reestablishing Swans in 2010 with the release of My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky, Michael Gira has been exploring a stylistic middle ground between the sonic abrasiveness of early Swans recordings and his acoustic-based, crypto-folk collective, Angels of Light. There is a tendency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Phantom Kicks and Holy Spirits Haunt Milk Bar

    Phantom Kicks. Get it?​Phantom KicksHoly SpiritsMutual BenefitSteffalooJanuary 20, 2011@ Milk Better than: Attending a sermon about the Father, the Daughter, and the Holy Sneakers Holy Spirits​What kind of chutzpah does it take to name your band Holy Spirits? A deeply solemn kind, if Aaron Hodg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    'If You Fart, Claim It': Helpful Advice For Touring Musicians

    ​Contrary to popular belief, touring with a band is often difficult, uncomfortable, unglamorous work. It can be fun as hell, but the endless cycles of late nights, crappy food, long car rides, and confinement with the same few sweaty people for a long time take their toll on even the most stoked m ... More >>

  • Music

    March 4, 2009

    Jam in the Family

    ​Contrary to popular belief, touring with a band is often difficult, uncomfortable, unglamorous work. It can be fun as hell, but the endless cycles of late nights, crappy food, long car rides, and confinement with the same few sweaty people for a long time take their toll on even the most stoked m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Concert Review : Devendra Banhart At SF MOMA

    ​Contrary to popular belief, touring with a band is often difficult, uncomfortable, unglamorous work. It can be fun as hell, but the endless cycles of late nights, crappy food, long car rides, and confinement with the same few sweaty people for a long time take their toll on even the most stoked m ... More >>

  • Music

    October 10, 2007

    Hear This

    ​Contrary to popular belief, touring with a band is often difficult, uncomfortable, unglamorous work. It can be fun as hell, but the endless cycles of late nights, crappy food, long car rides, and confinement with the same few sweaty people for a long time take their toll on even the most stoked m ... More >>

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Angels of Light

    The Angels of Light Sing Other People

  • Music

    April 9, 2003

    House of Tudor

    An ex-Swans singer, Robot Wars redux, a Jewish Iraqi oud player, and the Hebrew influence

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Man of La Mantra

    The psychedelic folk of wandering minstrel Devendra Banhart

  • Music

    February 7, 2001

    Ulan Bator

    Ego: Echo (Young God)

  • Music

    January 5, 2000

    Sheer Ambition

    With SeeThru Broadcasting, Dave Sardy and Kevin Wortis envision a new kind of indie label: one that's passionate about music and well-financed

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    Hear This

    With SeeThru Broadcasting, Dave Sardy and Kevin Wortis envision a new kind of indie label: one that's passionate about music and well-financed

  • Music

    August 26, 1998

    Reviews

    With SeeThru Broadcasting, Dave Sardy and Kevin Wortis envision a new kind of indie label: one that's passionate about music and well-financed

  • Music

    February 25, 1998

    Reviews

    With SeeThru Broadcasting, Dave Sardy and Kevin Wortis envision a new kind of indie label: one that's passionate about music and well-financed

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    January 22, 1997

    Dead and Buried

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    August 9, 1995

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Calendar

    July 5, 1995

    Night+Day

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

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