Astral Swans

Astral Swans Announces Self-Titled Album, Shares New Single Featuring Julie Doiron

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2021

Calgary songwriter (and cannabis enthusiast) Matthew Swann has announced his third album as Astral Swans. The self-titled Astral Swans is o...

Astral Swans Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2021

Calgary's Matthew Swann makes slow, sad folk songs with an eerie experimental edge. He records as Astral Swans, continuing where he left o...

​Halifax Pop Explosion 2018 Adds Zaki Ibrahim, Astral Swans, Jeremy Dutcher

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2018

Halifax Pop Explosion is set to return to the Nova Scotian capital this fall, and the lineup of performers for this year has just been expa...

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Strange Prison

PUBLISHED May 28, 2018

"I had a dream / That I fucked a married man / Looked his wife in the eyes / Like she wasn't even human / Then I told her to prove it." Ta...

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"Strange Prison" (video)

PUBLISHED May 24, 2018

Just shy of a week removed from delivering his Strange Prison LP, Astral Swans (a.k.a. Matthew Swann) has now shared a video for the album'...

Astral Swans Returns with 'Strange Prison'

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2018

After delivering All My Favourite Singers Are Willie Nelson back in 2015, Calgary songwriter Matthew Swann has lifted the curtain on his so...

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"There Are Ways to Get What You Want" (video)

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2016

Calgary songster Matthew Swann continues to deliver the stripped-down goods with his Astral Swans project. Revisiting last year's All My Fa...

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Central United Church, Calgary AB, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2016

Hometown indie rocker Matthew Swann (also known as Astral Swans) and his band were the first band to take the stage at Central United Churc...