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 Lucius covers of "Christmas Time Is Here" and "Keep…

The pair cuddled up at a Fenty event in South KoreaRihanna held an event in South Korea for her Fenty brand this week, and was joined at the party by Jennie Kim of BLACKPINK. The star is promoting her beauty line in Seoul this week, including a trip to the new Fenty Beauty store in the Shinsegae Myeongdong Store. Read more: Pop is Not A [&#8...

Swift was a prominent solo musician and producer, while he was also a member of The Shins and The Black Keys during his careerRichard SwiftThe musician and producer Richard Swift has died at the age of 41. Swift was a regular collaborator with The Black Keys‘ frontman Dan Auerbach, having performed in both The Arcs and The Black Keys i...

Wish I Was Here, director Zach Braff’s long-in-the-works Garden State follow-up, looks like molten garbage, but perhaps Braff deserves credit for lining up some musical big dogs for the movie’s soundtrack. We’ve already heard the Shins’ “So Now What” and Bon Iver’s “...

It’s a bit of a punchline now, but Garden State, the 2004 directorial debut from Zach Braff, represented a major moment in indie’s progression towards crossover status. The Shins weren’t just a song playing in the background; they were a plot point. Braff hasn’t directed another movie in the years since, b...