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Vampire Weekend Debuts at Number One, Makes Chart History...
May 22, 2013 4:43pm | The Daily Swarm

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. (Provided you’re willing to define “independent” in a liberal enough way that XL counts.) Here’s the press release.

Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires Of The City has entered the U.S. album chart at #1, selling nearly 135,000 copies since its May 14 release on XL Recordings.

This is the second time Vampire Weekend has achieved such an historic feat: Its sophomore album Contra also debuted at #1 in 2010, making this the first time an independent rock band has entered at #1 with two consecutive releases.

Modern Vampires Of The City also shatters the previous record for first week vinyl sales, moving nearly 10,000 units on vinyl alone and debuting at #1 on the Soundscan Vinyl Charts. Additionally, the band charted #1 at Indie, Alternative, Digital and of course the top 200.

Man, a Steve Buscemi co-sign will do wonders.

Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
May 22, 2013 4:32pm | StereoGum

“Holy Roller” was the first song that Thao Nguyen wrote for We The Common, her new album as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The jittery indie-folk tune was also the first song we heard from the album, and now it’s the first one to get a video. In director Mimi Cave‘s clip, Nguyen and a few friends lip-sync the song dramatically, and then special effects come in and mash up their faces in increasingly disturbing ways. Watch it below.

Examining the Limited Vinyl Craze...
May 22, 2013 4:32pm | The Daily Swarm

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. Exactly why this has happened now is difficult to say, but it’s hard not to see the renewed popularity in the recent glut of limited-edition, vinyl-oriented dance-music labels. While this is undoubtedly a good thing, it also brings a variety of latent issues to the surface. To better explore those concerns, XLR8R went looking for the opinions of a variety of people who hold the almighty 12” dear.

Read and comment. From xlr8r.com.

Ty Segall Announces Summer Tour Dates In Another Sleepy Video
May 22, 2013 4:29pm | CMJ

Psychedelic garage phenomenon Ty Segall has announced summer tour dates in support of his latest solo album, Sleeper, out via Drag City on August 20. The tour will be kicking off in Santa Cruz with guests Daughn Gibson, William Tyler, and Mike Donovan on select dates. Fans of Segall’s thumping riffs and energetic guitar solos can look forward to seeing him in New York at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on August 29 and again at Bowery Ballroom the next night. Afterwards, Segall will be heading back west with a hometown show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

Watch the silly—but also a little creepy—trailer announcing the tour:

Ty Segall Tour Dates
08/01/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium *
08/03/13 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08/04/13 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08/24/13 – Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08/27/13 – Austin, TX – Mohawk Outside
08/29/13 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
08/30/13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
08/31/13 – Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
09/02/13 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall !
09/04/13 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre !
09/05/13 – Oakland, CA – New Parish !
09/07/13 – Seattle, WA – Neumo

Joey Bada$$ Announces 'Summer Knights' Release Date, We're Pretty Stoked...
May 22, 2013 4:27pm | The Daily Swarm

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. After passing the 200,000-follower milestone on his account earlier today (May 22), though, the Beast Coast MC revealed a solid street date of June 12.

“Eye should drop a track today :D in celebration of this 200k mark… but fuck it, eye’ll just make this announcement. My 'Summer Knights Ep’ drops June 12th. good day,” he wrote.

Amazing!

Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

yMusic performing new works by Sufjan Steven, Nico Muhly & others tonight; Big 'new-music' event also coming to BAM
May 22, 2013 4:24pm | Brooklyn Vegan

yMusic at Carnegie Hall in January (more by Greg Cristman)

Contemporary classical sextet yMusic, who have worked with The National, Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, My Brightest Diamond, and more, will be performing on Stage 2 at Rockwood Music Hall tonight (5/22), premiering works written by Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, and Marcos Balter, in addition to "less-new-but-still-pretty-new" works by Nico Muhly and Andrew Norman. Advance tickets for tonight's show are available. Doors are at 6:30. Did anyone catch them performing in a Harlem loft last night (5/21)?

yMusic are also performing with filmmaker Sam Green and The Quavers for a "night of outdoor music and cinema" on PIer 15 on June 20 as part of the River to RIver Festival and the Rooftop Films summer series.

Speaking of people performing works by Nico Muhly, that will also happen in November at BAM as part of the Next Wave Festival:

In this ambitious, expansive reimagining of the art-song recital, the 21c Liederabend festival comes to BAM, featuring music by many leading lights from the international and New York contemporary new-music scenes.
Boasting 10 world premieres, this unique weekend event--which played to sold-out audiences in its last two incarnations--pairs video artists and lighting designers with new-music ensemble NOVUS NY, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and top solo...

Further Ways In Which Beyoncé Is Problematic...
May 22, 2013 4:20pm | The Daily Swarm

Via The Hairpin:

1. Beyoncé has 11 more nickels than quarters. How many coins does she have if the total value of her coins is $2.65?

2. Beyoncé is 31 years old. Four years from now, she will be 10 years older than five times Blue Ivy’s age. How old is Blue Ivy’s secret surrogate mom?

Read and comment. From thehairpin.com.

Mississippi Prosecutor Issues Arrest Warrant for the Possibly Dead Tim Dog...
May 22, 2013 4:17pm | The Daily Swarm

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. Via Pitchfork:

“I need proof,” Jubera told WREG. “I need a death certificate showing that he’s dead because as far as I’m concerned, he’s alive.” Apparently, Jubera was swayed by the arguments of a woman named Esther Pilgrim, who, last week, accused Tim Dog (born Timothy Blair) of faking his own death to avoid paying her tens of thousands of dollars. Pilgrim was one of many women the rapper defrauded through an online dating scheme. (He was charged with grand larceny.)

If Blair is, indeed, alive, his case will go down as an example of how easily misinformation can spread in the age of the rapid-fire online news cycle. Virtually all of the original reports of the rapper’s death— including Pitchfork’s— can be connected to a story by The Source that can no longer be found at its original link. No original reports of his death that we have found indicated where he died or how his death was discovered.

Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Destroy This Place (ex-Thunderbirds Are Now!) released their second album, touring (dates, LP stream)
May 22, 2013 4:16pm | Brooklyn Vegan

by Bill Pearis

Some of you may remember early/mid-'00s Detroit-area band Thunderbirds Are Now!, who are in semi-permanent hibernation at the moment. Singer Ryan Allen is now in Destroy This Place which he co-fronts with former New Grenada member John Nelson and the line-up includes Allen's Friendly Foes bandmate Sean Sommer on drums. The band just released their eponymous second album which roars with crunchy, anthemic indie (the Allen songs), and big riff rock (via Nelson, who sounds a skooch like Ozzy at times). You can stream the whole album below.

Destroy This Place gig a lot in Michigan but don't make it out of the area that often, but the band are going on tour this summer, including a stop in NYC on June 29 at Death by Audio with Turing Machine, Shark? and Your Skull. All tour dates are listed below.

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Photos: The National @ Public Assembly, Brooklyn 5/21/13
May 22, 2013 4:13pm | StereoGum

The National’s release their new album Trouble Will Find Me yesterday (5/21) and played two intimate NYC show to celebrate. They made an early evening stop at Brooklyn’s Public Assembly and closed out their night in Manhattan at Mercury Lounge. We sent intrepid photog Daniel Topete to check out their BK gig. You can also watch fan-shot videos of “Terrible Love” and “Sea Of Love” from the same performance below.