“The final Swans tour (for this exuberant and heroic iteration of the band) is in its final stages.”

“Now” and “In Our Name” mark the electronic artist’s first new material since 2009.

Here are 10 tracks that won’t require any money to play or play on.

In need of an escape from all the politics? We’ve got the cure.

The CoS office is based in Chicago, so we were surrounded by some serious sports fervor this week. The Cubs won a playoff game, the Blackhawks raised a championship banner, and the Bulls started their preseason — and some of …

Massachussetts outfit bring more funk into their “mosh funk” experimentations.

Alex Zhang Hungtai’s last album as Dirty Beaches finds a complacent resting place.

The Montreal musician performed under the moniker since 2005.

Peace and euphony, in both life and in music, doesn’t come easily.

There may never again be this incarnation of Swans.