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Home » Michael Gira

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That's not a ukulele. For this photo Bob Nanna was 14 feet tall.
Posted inMusic

How to get Bob Nanna of Braid to write your sweetheart a Valentine’s Day song

by Leor Galil February 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Thanks to the songwriting service Downwrite, Bob Nanna of Braid makes a pretty affordable cupid.

Posted inBlogs

Recapping the Pitchfork festival’s much less rainy second day

by Philip Montoro July 21, 2013August 19, 2021

The comedy stylings of Pissed Jeans, the apocalyptic ritual of Swans, the bowstring-taut postpunk of Savages, the adorable accents of Belle & Sebastian, and so much more you can barely stand it

Posted inMusic

Saturday: What bands are on our Pitchfork fest itineraries?

by Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick and Derrick Alexander July 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Saturday: What bands are on our Pitchfork fest itineraries?

Pissed Jeans
Posted inMusic

Saturday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork

by Monica Kendrick, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Luca Cimarusti, Mara Shalhoup and Tal Rosenberg July 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Saturday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork

Oranssi Pazuzu
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Jail Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity on pissed-off diva Xina Xurner

by Chicago Reader February 9, 2012August 19, 2021

Jail Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity on pissed-off diva Xina Xurner, and more

Posted inBlogs

This week on the B Side

by Miles Raymer September 22, 2011August 19, 2021

Thumbs down on the new Nirvana box set, thumbs up on a new iPad app, and much more

Michael Gira rebooted New York-based experimental rock band Swans in 2010 after a 13-year hiatus
Posted inFilm

Michael Gira of Swans talks to Bruce Lamont of Yakuza

by Chicago Reader September 22, 2011August 19, 2021

“The band comes in for the apocalypse in the middle”

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