Swans

It's Just Noise & Birmingham Promoters present
SWANS + XIU XIU
Doors 7pm • Ages 14+ (U16s w/ adult)
http://itsjustnoise.com
http://birminghampromoters.com

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SWANS

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997.

After years of pursuing Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young God label, Michael Gira decided to reconvene his legendary group in 2010 to release the much-acclaimed ‘My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky’, followed by 2012′s brand new album ‘The Seer’.

“Swans are currently the greatest rock band on the planet…” - The Quietus

“The rule book is torn up and incinerated here, but this shouldn’t even be a surprise, considering that’s what Swans made a career doing. Surprise! Swans aren’t dead.” - FACT

“Pleasing proof they can outstrip even the most fearsome reputation.” – The Guardian

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XIU XIU
http://xiuxiu.org/

Rarely is so much meaning conveyed in the space of six letters. And with regard to Xiu Xiu, its applications are infinite: always relevant, always provocative, always surprising, always evolving, always glittering.

It’s fitting, then, that as the band marks a decade in existance, such a powerful sentiment would serve as the title of its latest album, ‘Always’.

Lyrically, the album is certainly worthy of reverence, yet the records most arresting moments lie in its sonic innovation – transforming avant pop elements from an undertone into a bright black focal point while adding new influences such a choral music, kraut rock and animal field recordings.

“How much **** do you think we’d get in from the internet if we said Jamie Stewart is this generation’s Morrissey?” - VICE

“Xiu Xiu main man Jamie Stewart is the world’s oddest and best pop star-in-waiting” - NME

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