Blog Profile / The Daily Swarm
| URL : | http://www.thedailyswarm.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Music | |
| Posts on Regator: | 26061 | |
| Posts / Week: | 97.2 | |
| Archived Since: | April 3, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Boards of Canada Release First Single from 'Tomorrow's Harvest,' Shoot Video in Totally Non-Canadian Desert...
Electronic experimental duo Boards of Canada — who, as we keep pointing out, aren’t even Canadian — have released the first single from their upcoming album Tomorrow’s Harvest. It’s called “Reach for the Dead,” and the video was shot in the desert somewhere that isn’t Canada. Show More Summary
Guy Who is Our New Hero Impersonates Psy at Cannes, Everyone Buys It...
A guy who doesn’t even look that much like Psy put on dark glasses and a suit and conned his way into Cannes, pretending to be the South Korean pop star. Via Spin: According to the Hollywood Reporter, the fake PSY was seen all over the...Show More Summary
7 Seconds Announce First Album in 8 Years, Still Walking, Rocking Together...
Eighties hardcore heroes 7 Seconds have signed to Rise Records, and are working on their first LP since 2005’s Take it Back, Take it On, Take it Over!. Via Exclaim: Details are still developing behind the as-yet untitled LP, but the hardcore band will head into a Sacramento studio this summer to lay down a number of tracks. Show More Summary
Neko Case Covers Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast.' You're Welcome...
Via WITS: On this week’s show, our Pop Song Correspondences features a customer befuddled by the process of buying a Little Red Corvette from a used car salesman named Prince. Plus, comedian Rob Delaney as a customer service representative...Show More Summary
New Shit from Earl Sweatshirt and Mac Miller...
Via The Fader: Mac Miller and Earl Sweatshirt pitch their voices down an octave for “Guild,” a deliciously muddy track Earl’s been performing since March. (It’s taken from his upcoming LP Doris, which still has no set release date.)Show More Summary
Morrissey Issues Fatwa Against Foie Gras...
It’s no surprise that Morrissey, being a militant vegetarian, isn’t a fan of foie gras, the French delicacy made by force feeding geese until their livers bloat. In a recent letter posted on True to You, an online Morrissey fanzine that...Show More Summary
This Poorly Drawn Chief Keef Tattoo is Definitely Some Shit We Don't Like...
Via Complex: What is there to say about this, really? Life is a mystery. And never more so than on Chief Keef’s Instagram, where he revealed a photo of a girl’s back tattooed with a rough approximation of his visage, his government name, and the adornment of bubbly hearts and the word “N’Joi.” With the “i” dotted with a heart, naturally. Show More Summary
City of Philadelphia to Give The Roots the Mural Treatment...
The City of Philadelphia is, rather smartly, paying artistic tribute to their best known group of musical sons — no, not the Dead Milkmen — and has commissioned a mural of The Roots, which will be unveiled later this month. Via Exclaim:...Show More Summary
Daft Punk Seriously Have Their Own Goddamn Race Car...
To celebrate having the song of the summer wasn’t enough — because let’s face it, “Get Lucky” has already blown the competition out of the water — Daft Punk have taken opulence to a whole other level. They now have their own F1 race car. Show More Summary
Yasiin Bey (Formerly Mos Def) Appears in Anti-"Stop & Frisk" PSA...
As some of you may know, the New York Police Department’s “stop-and-frisk” policy — which encourages police to needlessly harass young black and Latino men — has been facing criticism for some time now. A case currently before the courts, Floyd vs. Show More Summary
Paul McCartney Writes Russian Officials in Support of Hunger Striking Pussy Rioter...
Sir Paul McCartney has written a letter to Russian officials in support of hunger striking Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina. Alyokhina started the strike after being denied permission to attend her own probation hearing. Via NME: My...Show More Summary
Crazy Cavs Owner Has MGK Sit with the Team at Draft Lottery...
Eccentric Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, best known for writing an angry, Comic Sans-fonted screed after LeBron James took his talents to South Beach, opted to have Machine Gun Kelly help represent the team at the NBA Draft Lottery. Show More Summary
Fat Joe Admits He's Facing Jail Time Due to Tax Charges...
Fat Joe has acknowledged that jail time is a real possibility for him due to his problems with the IRS. Joe plead guilty to tax evasion in December, and currently owes the government roughly $700,000. Via Hip Hop DX: “I can’t really explain that 'cause I got a real court case going on, like facing jail time. Show More Summary
As I Lay Dying Singer Launches Blames the Roids...
The defense team for As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis are saying that his brain was warped by steroids when he tried to take out a hit on his estranged wife. Via San Diego Union-Tribune: Thomas Warwick, the musician’s lawyer, said...Show More Summary
Boards of Canada's Tokyo Surprise...
Totally not Canadian experimental electronic duo Boards of Canada debuted a new video on a wall in Tokyo’s Jinnan Shibuya-ku junction yesterday. It was pretty much what you’d expect. Via Fact Magazine: Update: New Boards of Canada video playing. Show More Summary
Vampire Weekend Debuts and Number One, Makes Chart History...
The Daily Swarm would like to congratulate Vampire Weekend for having their third album Modern Vampires of the City debut at number one on the US Album Chart. This is the first time a band signed to an independent label has had two albums go to number one. Show More Summary
Examining the Limited Vinyl Craze...
Via XLR8R: It may be hard to believe, but the past three years have seen a surprising return to service for the humble 12” record. The format which DJ culture was essentially built from is enjoying something of an in-vogue moment, as vinyl sales have reportedly risen to a 16-year highpoint of $177 million. Show More Summary
Joey Bada$$ Announces 'Summer Knights' Release Date, We're Pretty Stoked...
Brooklyn-based rap Wunderkind Joey Bada$$ got his 200,000th Twitter follower today. He celebrated by announcing the release date for Summer Knights, the upcoming EP from his Pro Era collective. Via Exclaim: Earlier this month, he tweeted that a new Pro Era group EP called Summer Knights would drop sometime next month. Show More Summary
Mississippi Prosecutor Issues Arrest Warrant for the Possibly Dead Tim Dog...
Last week, a woman came forward saying ’90s rapper Tim Dog had faked his own death the avoid debt repayment. (Dog supposedly died back in February, and had been convicted of scamming the woman out of $32,000 in an online dating scam.) Now, a Mississippi prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for Dog, real name Timothy Blair. Show More Summary
Pussy Rioter Goes on Hunger Strike...
Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina has gone on hunger strike after a judge refused to let her attend her own parole hearing in person. Via Consequence of Sound: Alekhina refused to take part in the hearing via video-link, saying it violated her rights. Show More Summary