This one might as well have been called the Due Respect Tour since it’s the convergence of a couple somewhat overlooked 1990s sonic titans from both sides of the pond for a big co-headlining North ...

Swervedriver‘s new covers EP is out tomorrow, offering up takes of Gene Clark’s “Think I’m Going to Feel Better” and The Supremes’ “Reflections” in their own particular shoegazy way. Adam Franklin and ...

Before Swervedriver reformed in the late ’00s, frontman Adam Franklin made music as a solo artist. The title of his first solo album, 2007’s Bolts of Melody, became the name of his backing band. Ten ...

Shoegaze mainstays Swervedriver are the latest band to take part in the Adult Swim Singles Program, which gives away a bunch of exclusive songs from a variety of artists every summer. Swervedriver ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. Adam Franklin recalls banging his head against a studio wall in 1998, trying to crack the code of a song ...

Swervedriver arrived in San Diego for the first date of a tour in support of their new album, I Wasn't Born To Lose You. Absent when they hit the stage was long-time bassist Steve George, who, ...

In the early 1990s, there was a certain otherworldly guitar sound that wasn't quite grunge and wasn't quite shoegazer. It was totally Swervedriver. Blasting a noisy kaleidoscope of guitar pedals, a ...

The last 15 or 20 years have whizzed by, but hearing "Rave Down," from Swervedriver's terrific 1991 breakthrough Raise, still feels like a revelation. The track presciently fills the gap between ...

Ride aren't the only classic shoegaze band poised for a comeback in 2015: Swervedriver are hitting the road as they prepare to release their first album since the '90s. This doesn't come as a total ...