someone whose music I was familiar with, but hadn't spent much time listening to. I enjoyed her noisy, abrasive set, but it may have been lost on some of the other folks in the audience. I don't envy her job, as it seems to consist of screaming harsh, emotive lyrics at very bovin...
the best songs here manage to transcend trendiness. By contrasting floating melodies with thumping beats—and M. Gira's bass vocals with Jarboe's soprano—Swans crafts music of such incantatory power that lyrics about the "place in space where violence and love collide" don't seem overreaching...
Pitchfork: I was reading the lyrics to "Just a Little Boy" and listening to the record, and I was thinking it all might suggest some sort of return to youth. MG: I'm not a music critic, schoolteacher, or philosopher, so I don't think like that. I just write what I'm capable ...
One is Elijah Wald'sThe Mayor of MacDougal Street,an 'as told to' memoir by Dave Van Ronk, a pioneer of the folk music revival who was dying of cancer while the memoir was being written. Despite approaching mortality, Van Ronk's good humor and vitality suffuses the entire book. A li...
As Klopp went on about this, I considered his own lyrics in “Complainer:”“But it’s not that bad / I’ve never really had it worse, oh no, no / I’m just a complainer.” Before I can say anything, though, and in his admittedly self-critical fashion, Klopp catches himself. ...
(Lyrics Taken From Disc Booklet) C swans, swans, swans sing songs F C all night long, who know how warm the islands were? C while the frogs look on F C F G its what the birds prefer, and it's still warm after the sun has gone ...
"Song For The Sun" lyrics "Song For The Sun" The sun is rising over the buildings across the street The sun is God's face looking down at me as he cries for what he's done I will survive my life if I close my mind To all the things I could never, never, never, never, never...
Thursday night he came out with his hair shorter, and beard trimmed, wearing a cardigan and a button-down shirt. He looked like a conventional folk singer. It was refreshing to see the guy who once wrote cringe-worthy lyrics such as “Love is light ignited / Everyone is invited” has me...