Swans

More important than awards from NME, Pitchfork and the Nobel Peace Prize combined, Impact’s top 10 albums list is out. Voted by readers and contributors alike, the albums span across a range of genres and tastes to give a definitive list of year’s best music. 10. Swans – ‘To Be Kind’ Summing...

Acts like Swans come few and far between. Since reforming in 2010 they achieved the unexpected and managed to produce, and perform, music which rivaled that of any modern peer. Almost unique in their ability to remain reflexive, innovative and sincerely driven, it’s little surprise that they are unique in their live shows. Neither...

Scott Walker has had a pretty unique career. The singer known to one generation as a chamber pop star, producing hits with his two ‘brothers’, neither of them related. Songs like ‘No Regrets’ and ‘Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’ were released by a boy band, the type whose cars...