Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Richard Swift (Shins, Arcs, Black Keys). You bearded spaceman. Check out the excellent mix tape he made us back in 2009: The post Happy Birthday Richard Swift (Shins, Arcs, Black Keys) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

JamBase — The Arcs detailed their first album in eight years, 'Electrophonic Chronic,' honoring dearly departed member Richard Swift. more info

Stereogum — The Black Keys and Nathaniel Rateliff paid tribute to their late collaborator Richard Swift during a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on Wednesday night. For their encore, they covered Swift’s “Broken Finger Blues,” off The Hex, wh... more info

JamBase — The Black Keys brought out Nathaniel Ratefliff for a collaborative cover of Richard Swift’s “Broken Finger Blues” last night at Red Rocks. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Today on our weekly Transmissions podcast, Jeff Cloud of Velvet Blue Music. Known for his work with Pony Express, Starflyer 59, and Richard Swift, Cloud has run VBM with a deep blue collar ethic and joins host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss his time pl... more info

Consequence of Sound — In honor of Richard Swift, their former touring member. The Shins drop two new songs “Waimanalo” and “Trapped by the Sea”: Stream Nina Corcoran more info

JamBase — Stream “Waimanalo” and “Trapped By The Sea,” two new The Shins songs inspired by Richard Swift and benefiting the Fug Yep Soundation. more info

Stereogum — The musician Richard Swift died last year and a bunch of his friends and collaborators got together to launch a new 7" series, The Fug Yep Soundation , in his honor. The first volume of the series came out around this time last year, and it included... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Jurado’s latest, In The Shape of a Storm, finds him once again pulling elements out of the nostalgia slipstream. Though less science fiction and supernaturally informed than the records he made with the late, great Richard Swift, it’s n... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If you’ve spent any time listening to the Aquarium Drunkard show via satellite lately, you’ll know that Michael Nau’s “No Quit” has brought us continued respite from the quickly thickening air and ever-rising temperat... more info