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Artist
Swank
12+ albums
Hip-HoprapWhiskeycountryrockabilly
about
There are at least two artists using the name Swank: 1) Swank is a Sacramento based rapper. He was one third of the rap trio Fyre, along with G Rider, and Stefan Burnett of Death Grips. He also has released music under the names: Swank Daddy, Doctor Nashville, and Monkey Man. 2) North Carolina-based rapper (formerly known as $wank), best known as 1/2 of the duo Swank & King Draft. Both rappers are also signed to 9th Wonder’s Jamla label. 3) Braying harmonica, raunchy gospel singalongs, banjo, yodeling and the double punch of rumbling guitars conspire to make ‘The Survival Issue’ one wild ride through Hank Williams country all the way to Rocket From the Crypt with a detour through Jon Spencer’s Blues Explosion. 9 out of 10 stars – Americana U.K. (International) Swank inhabits the lawless borderlands between Americana, Punk and Rock & Roll. It is gospel perverted by hillbillies, soul wearing three-day stubble, punk in a pasture, bluegrass sporting brass knuckles and a chip on its shoulder, folk stinking of car exhaust and a three-day bender, the blues pointing and laughing at existential dread, and country wrought from the rat-infested back alleys on the wrong side of the tracks of as west as one can go. Currently completing it’s third full-length album with producer Howard Redekopp (New Pornographers, 54-40), Vancouver-based Swank followed the accolades for its second album, The Survival Issue, on 2005 and 2006 tours of the U.K. and Ireland. Performances included two head
