Swans live in concert.
ON TOUR

Swans

143
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
%
Based on 
143
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
77
%
Based on 
9
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 143 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Swans is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. Swans concert reviews describe live shows and performances as minimalist, eclectic, improvised, transcendent, thrashing, and nostalgic.

ON TOUR

Great American Music Hall; Last FM, San Francisco, CA, United States; London, United Kingdom (May 2; Apr 1); Howard Theatre, Washington, United States (April 12); Union Transfer, Philadelphia, United States (April 13); The Broadberry, Richmond, Virginia, United States (April 14); The Blue Room at Third Man Records, Nashville, TN, United States (April 16); Saturn, Birmingham, AL, United States (April 20); Civic Theatre, New Orleans, LA, United States (April 21); White Oak Music Hall, Houston, United States (April 23); Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States (April 27); Lodge Room, Los Angeles, United States (April 29); Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, United States (May 2); Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO, United States (May 7); recordBar, Kansas City, MO, United States (May 9); Delmar Hall, St. Louis, United States (May 10); Metro, Chicago, United States (May 11); Paradise Rock Club, Boston, United States (May 14); Racket NYC, New York, NY, United States (May 16); Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York City, United States (May 17)

Latest release

THE EGG (September 23, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
rock
ORIGIN
New York, United States (1982 - present) (1982 – present)
BIO
Swans is a band from New York, United States, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
HAS PERFORMED with
Xiu Xiu, Sir Richard Bishop, Okkyung Lee, Jenny Hval, Carla Bozulich, Baby Dee, Angel Olsen

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Undertoner (Denmark)

March 3, 2024
100
%
Swans Live In Concert In Denmark

Mondo Sonoro (Spain)

February 23, 2024
90
%
Swans Live In Concert In Spain

Devilution (Denmark)

October 23, 2023
60
%
Swans Live In Concert In Denmark

Gaffa (Denmark)

October 18, 2023
83
%
Swans Live In Concert

The Scotsman (Scotland)

October 10, 2023
60
%
Swans Live In Concert In Scotland

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

September 19, 2023
60
%
Swans Live In Concert At ArcTanGent 2023

Spectrum Culture (USA)

September 17, 2023
%
There isn’t much room for lightness at a Swans show. Even at their most “upbeat” during a short run in the early 2010s, the music of Michael Gira and his rotating cast of collaborators felt punishing and often suffocating.

Past critic reviews published in

Louder Than War (UK), Knack Focus (Belgium), BeatRoute Magazine (Canada), Louder Sound, Soundblab (UK) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Nick Helderman [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons