Electronic music producer Forest Swords is hitting a few dates across the US and Canada this year. Forest Swords, real name Matthew Barnes, will perform sets in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, ...

British electronic artist Forest Swords is back with his first songs in five years. “Butterfly Effect” features a previously unheard vocal sample by Neneh Cherry—with whom he previously worked on a ...

It's been way too long since we've gotten to hear some bleak, immersive electronic music from Matthew Barnes, the British producer who calls himself Forest Swords. The last Forest Swords album was ...

Forest Swords lives in what seems like a landlocked bog that looks like the place Fever Ray recorded her scarier, swampier videos. Back in August of 2009, he told Dollars to Pounds columnist Scott ...

Producer Matthew Barnes has announced his first new Forest Swords album in six years, Bolted, the follow-up to 2017's Compassion. It includes "Butterfly Effect" and "Tar," the pair of singles he put ...

Ninja Tune-signed UK producer Forest Swords has announced a few North American dates in June, kicking off in Brooklyn at Music Hall of WIlliamsburg on 6/14 and from there heading to Chicago, Los ...

Forest Swords' debut album channels the atmosphere of his home region of The Wirral into music of elemental, dubbed-out grandeur. He speaks with Joe Clay about drawing inspiration from his surroudings ...

U.K. producer Matthew Barnes will finally release his long-awaited debut album as Forest Swords on August 26. The 10-track Engravings is on the way via Tri Angle Records and features the previously ...

Tom Krell, aka How to Dress Well, will join Matthew Barnes, aka Forest Swords, on a North American tour this March. Announcing the tour on his blog today, Krell said, "ayyyyyy me and the sweet king ...

Matt Barnes, aka Forest Swords, makes deliberate music. His new album, Engravings, out right now on Tri Angle, is built on hypnotic repetition, a strong foundation of dub and an earthy minimalism that ...