Press
"The latest indie supergroup has a sound that.... well, you just have to hear to describe. Listen now!" - SPIN.com
"Just when you were sure the word "supergroup" violated FCC regulations, members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Balkan Beat Box, Antibalas and Arcade Fire are teaming up as The Sway Machinery" - CMJ.com
"Lockwood's arrangements of Jewish cantorial songs whip up a frenzy wherein all the world's music can do that which music does best: celebrate. Such joyful synthesis is what music is all about, not to mention what New York is all about" - Village Voice
"You may become a true believer" - Village Voice
"Another eclectic New York band with a fine line in brass is Sway Machinery" - The Independent
"Emphatically forward-looking!" - Very Short List
"Deep and funky at times, bluesy and hypnotic at others...exhilarating, incomparable moments." - Jambase
"Cantorial airs get swept into a techno and Afro-pop maelstrom!" - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Calling upon the sounds of Malian guitars, Saharan beats, Afro-pop horns and the B-L-U-E-S, The Sway Machinery goes knocking at the gates of prayer with muscles swollen and eyes clenched." - PBS Channel 13
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