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SWANS To Headline Roadburn Festival 2011

Posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Roadburn is very proud to report that New York’s legendary and recently resurrected SWANS have been confirmed as the headliner at Roadburn Festival 2011.

Featuring band members Michael Gira (original SWANS), Norman Westberg (original SWANS), Christoph Hahn (mid-period SWANS and most Angels of Light ), Phil Puleo (final SWANS tour and most of Angels of Light), Chris Pravdica (Flux Information Sciences / Services/ Gunga Din) and Thor Harris (Angels of Light, currently Shearwater), SWANS will headline Roadburn on Saturday, 16 April 2011.

Emerging from the New York underground in the early 80s, SWANS made their mark with a series of highly influential dark, abrasive, brutal and growling noise albums that served as an outlet for their unsettling ruminations on alienation, depression and the depravity of man.

After 15 years of touring and constant productivity SWANS disbanded in 1997. The band’s recent revival finds Michael Gira seamlessly shifting from Angels Of Light mode to the more heavier and noisier origins of SWANS, as showcased on the band’s forthcoming album, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky, which basically starts where Soundtracks For The Blind/Swans Are Dead left off.

According to Stereogum.com: “The purists may want to crucify me, but Swans’ first studio album since Soundtracks is also one of SWANS’ best, most relentlessly dark and beautiful albums to date. Gira remains angry/venomous, but he’s introduced a kind of time-won wisdom (and guest spot via his three-year-old daughter) you wouldn’t find in the nihilistic ’80s” -Brandon / Stereogum.

Roadburn Festival regards SWANS as the single biggest influence on the burgeoning doom / sludge / drone scene aside from the obvious likes of Black Sabbath. SWANS‘ canon of work can be heard and felt throughout the entire festival and in most of the bands invited to perform. It is a massive understatement to say that we are looking forward to the formidable and brutal sonic waves and the extreme volume levels that SWANS will bring to the festival. We are still pinching ourselves that the fever dream of this highly anticipated resurrection has become a reality.

(First, SWANS will head to Vera, Groningen to perform their gorgeous sonic poetry and crushing brutality on 23 November 2010. SWANS will also be playing Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht, Holland on November 24th).

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Sunn O))) To Curate Roadburn Festival 2011

Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Roadburn festival is thrilled to unveil the curator for the 2011 edition of Roadburn: Sunn O))). The band, to be specific Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 15th, 2011 and host a special event. As curator, Sunn O))) will personally select the ...read more

True Cult Heavy Metal: Roadburn 2010 Day One: Unearthing The Memories

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from True Cult Heavy Metal ( Louise Brown, editor Terrorizer Magazine): Never has the phrase Portents Of Doom ever been so apt. We all know Roadburn is an earth-shattering event but coming off the plane (thank god we got the early one) in Eindhoven we didn’t expect to ...read more

Free Southern Lord ‘Resurrection’ Sampler For US Customers Only At Amazon

Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010

For a limited time Amazon is offering the Southern Lord Resurrection sampler for absolutely free  to US customers only! This includes an exclusive sunn 0))) track “Isengard (Chopped And Screwed).” Get Resurrection HERE. Continue reading:  Southern Lord Records » FREE FREE FREE! SOUTHERN LORD SAMPLER FREE!.

Roadburn’s Album of the Decade: Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Posted on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The votes are in, the points have been awarded and the math has been done. More than 150 of you have taken the time to forward your Top 10 list for the Roadburn Album of the Decade. Here then is your list (and a stunning list it is). It seems ...read more

Roadburn Playlist: August (Guy Pinhas)

Posted on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

The Roadburn playlist is a monthly update from the Roadburn staff reflecting what we are spinning here in the head office. These are the records that get us through the day as we work on Roadburn Festival business and our blog. Much as you’d expect, our playlists feature heavy rock, ...read more

Sunn O))) Soundtrack grimmest commercial ever

Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

The crossover drone duo are known for time spent in galleries and their eclectic collaborations (from Tony Conrad to Attila Csihar to Dennis Cooper to Julian Cope and back), so it’s not surprising to hear Flight Of The Behemoth’s “O)))BOW1″ soundtracking a particularly arty commercial for Norway’s (of course) Anti-Sweden ...read more

Supersonic Festival 2009

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Sunday night’s performance of the reunited Goblin brought Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival to a close, a fitting conclusion to a great weekend for me and Jurgen. One of the special things about Supersonic that we noticed was how much time the musicians from the various bands on the bill spent hanging ...read more

Supersonic Festival: Birmingham, July 24th – 26th

Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009

We are currently gearing up for our sonic pilgrimage to Birmingham’s annual Supersonic Festival. Louise of Terrorizer.com recently conducted an interview with promoter Lisa to find out more about their aural annual adventure. An excerpt from the chat follows below. What is Supersonic Festival all about? We aim to put ...read more

Update: Sunn o))) article series in The Wire

Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Update: the series has now been updated with the transcripts of the interviews with: Greg Anderson, Stephen O’Malley and Oren Ambarchi. Read a transcript of former Terrorizer editor in chief Joseph Stannard’s conversation with Mayhem front man Attila Csihar, part of a series of exclusive interviews with collaborators and members ...read more

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