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Swans Button Factory May 30 2017

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  • 17-05-2017 5:32pm
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    Peter File
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    Swans are going to play their final Irish concert in the button factory on Tuesday May 30. Tickets went on sale this afternoon through www.tickets.ie
    They are €25.


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    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,322 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Their last gig here was excellent. I may pick one up for this.


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    ned rierson
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭ned rierson


    final concert with the current line up. gira will continue to release music and tour under the swans moniker


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    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    The date for this pretty close. Will the buget stretch...


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    brains481
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭brains481


    ****e, I'm still 17, but it's over 18...

    Hopefully I'll get in.


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    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Sickened, I'm going to be away for this. Saw them in the Button Factory a few years ago, mind was blown by them (and hearing too!).


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    Peter File
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Peter File


    Swans stage times: Tuesday.
    6:30pm: Doors
    7:15pm: Little Annie
    8:30pm: Swans


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    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,322 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Punishing, even ear plugs in. I laughed twice at the sheer force of it.


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    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I also found myself laughing once or twice at just how loud it was. Immense stuff, but sure, who would have expected any different?

    It was a privilege to see the band in action. Getting to say thanks to Michael Gira afterwards was great. I fully expected him to be terrifying, but he seemed quite nice! A lot of thanks to U: Mack; always putting on quality shows those guys.

    Loved pretty much all of it: the slow builds, the walls of noise and some of the rhythmic sections they got going were out of this world. It's curious that even though they are argubly at their best when they are trying to burst your ear drums, when the music changes to an extended sequence of them working out a groove that'll make you move there isn't many, maybe any, that can match them. Such an amazing band.

    The newer material from The Glowing Man sounded great. The faster sections, like parts of the title track, just had that extra bit of grit and tightness that isn't on the record. I really loved how they tried to wring every bit of sound out of some of the songs.

    It's hard to take your eyes off Michael Gira on stage. I had a fairly good vantage point of him calling all the shots and conducting the other band members - hands flailing about like a mad conductor. There was some high comedy early in the gig, when he wasn't pleased with the sound from his mic and I could feel the heat from his eyes on the guy who was trying to fix the problem, especially when he couldn't fix the problem straight away....


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    busterp
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    rooted to the spot from start to finish, what a gig. I got a copy of the new tour CD Deliquescence too, sounds great and it's a good keepsake to remember the show


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    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,322 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p053y0zn


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