The Weekly Swarm: 1/20 - 1/26
What an exciting week it's been for Ruby Hornet. We made our debut at the Sundance Film Festival, as you may have noticed with our plethora of content pouring in (with much more to come this week). It was exciting to be able to attend such a prestigious festival under the Ruby Hornet name, a sign that we're definitely growing in the best of ways. Beyond the film stuff, however, we kept things locked and grounded through our other categories, including a ton of new songs and videos and our first tests for a "songs of the day" feature. Outside of music, we shared a lot of interesting and amazing photography projects. Check everything out that you may have missed below!
[Weekend Box Office] 'Ride Along' Cruises Up To Number 1
[Sundance Review] Camp X-Ray
20th Annual SAG Awards
Z for Zachariah To Star Wolf of Wall Street's Margot Robbie
[Sundance Review] Boyhood
[Sundance Review] God's Pocket
[Trailer] Cesar Chavez: An American Hero
[Sundance Review] The Skeleton Twins
[Trailer] Blue Ruin
[Sundance Review] Cooties
Pixar Rumored To Create Star Wars Film
[Sundance Review] The Raid 2: Berandal
David O. Russell and Susannah Grant Receive TV Series Order From ABC
[Trailer] Only Lovers Left Alive
Gareth Evans shares plans for The Raid 3
[Sundance Review] To Kill a Man (Matar a un hombre)
[Trailer 2] Blood Ties
[Sundance Review] Infinitely Polar Bear
Taylor Bennett: "Ballin"
[Video] Sleeper Agent: "Waves"
[Video] Big Boi Speaks Out on Outkast Reunion
[Video] Giftz: "Game of Chess" (Feat. Boldy James)
[RH First Look] NoNameGypsy
[Video] Disclosure & Sam Smith Perform "Latch" Live on Fallon
[Video] Watch Drake Impersonate Lil Wayne, Jay Z & More on 'SNL'
Schoolboy Q Releases "Oxymoron" Cover Art + New Song
[Video] SAVEMONEY: "Still Alive" (Feat. Joey Purp & Kami de Chukwu)
[Video] Bibio: "Dye The Water Green"
[Mixtape] Tree: "@MCTREE_G EP"
[Video] The Black Lips: "Boys in the Wood" (NSFW)
Peter CottonTale: "Suitcase Remix" (Feat. Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper)
Paper Diamond Announces Wynn Residency with Diplo Remix
RatKing Announces Album With "Canal" Single
[RH First Glance] Tay Walker: "Karma"
[Video] Polica: "I Need $ / So Leave"
[Songs Of The Day] 1/23/14 (Feat. Migos, Jennifer Lopez, Rick Ross, Chance The Rapper and more)
[Video] Disclosure: "F For You Remix" (Feat. Mary J Blige)
ShowYouSuck: "Watching Walking Dead Episodes 3, 4, 5"
[Video] Jhene Aiko & Sampha Perform at Future Festival
[Songs of The Day] 1/24/13 (Feat. G-Eazy, Kool Keith, Grizzly Bear, 9th Wonder and more)
[Video] Chance The Rapper & Jeremih Debut New Song
Kanye West Announced as X Games Austin Headliner
Kirsty Mitchell's fascinating Wonderland Series
Star Wars Scenes Recreated With LEGOS
Kanye West For Interview Magazine
A Tale of Two Photos: Prize Vs Controversy
Tintype Photographs of Celebrities at Sundance
Fujifilm Drops A Teaser For Its X-T1 Camera
2014 Fashion Trends in Limited Edition Splash Calendar
[IG Weekly] kbucklandphoto
Dreary Photos of Calcified Birds in African Lake
PS4 will not receive option to disable Light Bar
Keep Your Phone Charged & Clean With The PhoneSoap Charger
Create Stories From Your iPad With The Storehouse App
Introducing The Geneva XXL Sound System
The Weekly Swarm: 1/6 - 1/12
How about last week's polar vortex, huh? While the weekend was exponentially warmer than the beginning of the week, the potholes scattered across the streets were a firm reminder of the bitter cold front we experienced here in Chicago. With Virgil and I leaving for Utah this week, we're going to have nothing but cold in our near futures. Nevertheless, the show goes on.
Check out all of last week's content below!
[Weekend Box Office] Frozen heats up the box office
New film stills for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
[Trailer] Labor Day
[Trailer] Bad Words
[Trailer] Fading Gigolo
[Documentary] Chicago Hip Hop Profiled in "The Field"
[Video] "Don't Talk or Text" PSA featuring Siri
[Trailer] Don Peyote
Top 10 Films of 2013
#100Trill: "Forever" (Feat. ShowYouSuck)
[Video] Sasha Go Hard: "Own Lane"
Austin Celebrates "Free Week"
[Video] Hardwell: "Dare You" (Feat. Matthew Koma)
ProbCause & The O'My's: "One of a Kind"
St. Vincent: "Digital Witness"
Common: "War"
Alex Wiley Releases Four New Tracks
SXSW 2014 Announces Expanded Lineup
[Video] King Krule: "A Lizard State"
[Album] Mike Golden & Friends: "Utopia"
A$AP Ferg: "DTM Awards '14" ("Trophies" Remix)
Coachella 2014 Line Up Announced
Earl Sweatshirt Announces "Wearled Tour"
[Video] Nardwuar Vs Diplo
[Video] Cass McCombs: "Big Wheel"
Owls: "I'm Surprised"
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill developing TV series with Q-Tip
[Video] Donnie Trumpet: "Don't Leave" (Feat. Vic Mensa)
Behind The Scene Photos of Emily Ratajkowski at Terry Richardson's Studio
Polaroid Socialmatic Camera to Officially Launch at CES 2014
Pete Nice: An MC's Photo Album Circa 1986-1991
Photographer Clara Balzary's Interview With Frank 151 [NSFW]
Nintendo forced to pay percentage of future 3DS sales to another company
Pirate Bay to create proposed peer-to-peer world wide web
[Video] Michael Bay succumbs to stage fright at CES
Intel unveils Edison, a full PC smaller than an SD card
PlayStation Now to stream old PlayStation games to PS4, PS Vita
3 million Xbox Ones, 4.2 million PlayStation 4s sold in 2013
Kickstarter amassed $480 million in funds last year
Introducing The Mophie Space Pack
The Weekly Swarm: 12/30 - 1/5
Short content week last week due to the new year. We'll be back at it as strong as ever this week. For now, though, check out everything we covered last week, including the first official trailer for The Raid 2: Berandal, the new EP from Nico Segal's hip hop persona, Donnie Trumpet, Netflix' new price plans, and our Best Projects of 2013 list!
[Weekend Box Office] The Hobbit tames The Wolf of Wall Street
[Trailer 2] The Raid 2: Berandal
First official image of Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Music Projects of 2013
Chance The Rapper Covers The Source Magazine
SBTRKT: "Runaway"
[Video] Jay Dot Rain: "How I Do"
Mike Golden & Friends: "Hey Jane"
[EP] Donnie Trumpet: "Loopie"
[LP] Del The Funky Homosapien: "Iller Than Most"
Rick Ross Sues LMFAO
The Tontons: "Magic Hour"
Netflix considering new pricing, streaming plans
Super Bowl XLVIII will stream for free on Fox Sports Go
Vines now viewable on browsers
The Weekly Swarm: 12/23 - 12/29
How were everybody's holidays? Mine was spent sleeping, sleeping, sleeping, and... sleeping. This upcoming week looks to be similar, albeit with a little less sleeping. 2014's going to be a huge year for us, and I would like to personally thank everybody for riding with us over the changes we've been making since April.
While you were drinking eggnog and spending time with your family, we had some solid updates this past week, including my review of Martin Scorsese's latest (and greatest), The Wolf of Wall Street, a first look at young Taylor Bennett, the latest installment in Pharrell's ARTST TLK with Leonard Nimoy, Rap Genius' Google shenanigans, and more! Check everything out below.
[Weekend Box Office] The Hobbit stays strong against Anchorman 2
[Trailer] Transcendence
The Raid 2 raiding theaters on March 28
[RH Review] The Wolf of Wall Street
[Trailer] Draft Day
[Trailer] Kung Fury
[Video] The Save Money Christmas Cypher + New Songs
[RH First Glance] Taylor Bennett
Pussy Riot Released From Prison
[Album Stream] The Alchemist: "The Cutting Room Floor 3"
Iron Maiden Plan Tour Using BitTorrent
Murph Watkins: "Beautiful"
[Video] Bmac: "Till I OD"
[Video] The DIY Leica Camera Assembly Kit That Never Was
[Video] Pharrell Interviews Leonard Nimoy for ARTST TLK
TIME Names David Guttenfelder Instagram Photographer of the Year
[IG Weekly] theuntitled
[Video] The Wipebook Could Be The Last Notebook You Ever Buy
Rap Genius Comes Under Fire For SEO Practices
Play Your iPhone Games With The Logitech Powershell Controller
The Weekly Swarm: 12/9 - 12/15
Last week was a busy one, wasn't it? Let's just cut to the chase. Auggie the 9th dropped #GAWS, Chance and Justin Bieber got together for a song, Scheme dropped Pocket Full of Pesos, the highly-anticipated mixtape between Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip, The Abstract and the Dragon was released, we graded the Grammy nominations, Beyonce dropped a secret album before the weekend, Fast & Furious 7 might resume production next month, Spider-Man spin-off films were officially announced, Emmy Rossum looked extra good for Esquire, we took amazing photos of King Krule's Chicago show, the PS4 outsold the Xbox One last month, Instagram introduced Instagram Direct, and much more. Check everything out below!
[Weekend Box Office] Frozen freezes The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Friday Night Lights film even more unlikely to happen
Joe Cornish not directing next Star Trek film
Brand new stills for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac
[Trailer 2] Godzilla
[Trailer] Jupiter Ascending
[Trailer] Big Bad Wolves
Mitch Hurwitz to make directorial film debut
[Trailer] Life of a King
[RH Review] The Crash Reel
[Trailer] Edge of Tomorrow
[RH Review] Ms. 45
Spider-Man spin-off films Venom, Sinister Six announced
Fast & Furious 7 production could resume in January
[RH Review] Hours
[Video] Childish Gambino: "3005" (Official Video)
RJD2, STS & Khari Mateen: “See You Leave” (Insane Warrior Remix)
[Video] St. Millie: "Get Em High" (Feat. Lili K.)
St. Vincent: "Birth In Reverse"
[Video] Lupe Fiasco: "Old School Love" (Feat. Ed Sheeran)
Elephant Revival Announces Tour
NoNameGypsy: "Samaritan" (Feat. Mick Jenkins)
[Mixtape] Scheme & DJ Scend: "Pocket Full of Pesos"
[RH Premiere] Auggie the 9th: "#GAWS"
[RH First Glance] Take Berlin: "Lionize"
[Video] Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip: "The Abstract & The Dragon" (Mixtape Trailer)
[Video] Migos: "Hannah Montana"
Phantogram Announces New Album, Drop New Song
[Video] Chvrches Perform on Letterman
Early Chance The Rapper Tracks Discovered
[Video] ProbCause: "High Altitude" (Feat. Martin $ky)
[Mixtape] Flying Lotus: "Ideas+drafts+loops"
[Video] Disclosure: "Apollo"
Calez: "Peaceful"
Grading the Grammy Nominations
Sampha: "Can’t Get Loose" (Jacques Greene Remix)
[Mixtape] Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip: "The Abstract and the Dragon"
[Video] Schoolboy Q Announces "#OXYMORON" Release Date
Kenna & RJD2: "Imitation is Suicide" (Chapter 3)
[RH First Glance] Suns: "Strangeland"
[Video] Lucki Eck$: "Count On Me"
[RH First Glance] Kris Kasanova: "Tomorrow" (Feat. SZA)
[Video] Their/They're/There: "New Blood"
Beyonce Surprises With New Album Release
Disclosure: "Latch" (DJ Premier Remix)
[Video] Gramatik Announces 2014 Winter Tour
[RH Interview] Giftz
Lorde: "No Better"
Daft Punk For M Le Monde Magazine
[RH Photos] Vic Mensa: "Live on the Innanet" at Reggie's 12/7
[Video] Mike Blabac: The Art Of Skateboarding Photography
Agent Provocateur Fall/Winter 2013 Soirée Collection
Emmy Rossum For Esquire
[RH Photos] King Krule in Chicago (12/11/2013)
[IG Weekly] Alice_gao
The Holiday Season Is Here: Apple Solid Gold iPhone 5S
NSA spied on Xbox Live, World of Warcraft players
[Video] PA1 Wall Speaker System with Dual Stereo Pairing
No More Speeding Tickets With The Cobra iRadar
Take The Portable Soundmatters Dash7 Speaker Anywhere
[Video] Instagram bites Snapchat, announces Instagram Direct
PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One in November
Listen To Your Vinyl With The Orbit Turntable
The Weekly Swarm: 12/2 - 12/8
It's been a full week and a half since Thanksgiving. Have all of you recovered well? We're in the final stretch of 2013, which has me extra amped for New Year's Eve... but bummed out by the prospect of snow. Maybe I can just hibernate until SXSW next March? However, the site will never rest, as indicated by the busy week we had at the Ruby Hornet offices. We wished Paul Walker a final goodbye, Fast & Furious 7 was officially postponed while Fast & Furious 6 star Gal Gadot was confirmed to portray Wonder Woman, the first trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was revealed, Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper announced a collaborative song, theWHOevers dropped their latest music video, as did Daft Punk, Kate Moss let it all out for Playboy's 60th anniversary, Amazon announced plans for a 30-minute delivery drone, and more. Check everything out below!
R.I.P. Paul Walker (9/12/1973 - 11/30/2013)
[Weekend Box Office] Catching Fire won't be caught Frozen
[RH Contest] Win a free Blu-ray Combo Pack
[Video] Vote James Franco's Spring Breakers performance for Best Supporting Actor
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 triptych posters reveal Green Goblin
[Trailer 2] Her
Gal Gadot confirmed for Wonder Woman in Batman vs. Superman
Fast & Furious 7 officially scrapped... for now
Kevin Hart, LeBron James to star in Ballers
[Trailer] The Amazing Spider-Man 2
US release dates set for Nymphomaniac
[Trailer] Nurse 3D
X-Men: Apocalypse set for 2016 release date
[Trailer] Reasonable Doubt
[Video] Twista: "Intro Freestyle"
Cass McCombs: "There Can Be Only One"
[Video] Gianni Blu: "Bounce" (Feat. Sasha Go Hard)
[RH Interview] Closed Session's Alex Fruchter
[Video] Vic Mensa: "Egyptian Cotton" (Prod. Clams Casino)
[Video] Malcolm London: "Never Too Late"
[Album] Pretty Lights: "A Color Map Of The Sun Remixes"
Justin Bieber to Collaborate with Chance The Rapper
[Video] Lorde: "Team"
[Video] theWHOevers: "Burn"
Maya Symone: "Perfect"
[Album] Trillwave: "Trap Godz Vol. 3"
Kenna: "How Will It End" (Prod. RJD2)
[Video] R. Kelly Performs on Jimmy Kimmel + "Black Panties" Stream
[Video] Marrow: "Two"
[Video] Best Coast: "This Lonely Morning"
REACT Presents Announces Spring Awakening Dates
Taylor Bennett: "Heartbreaker"
[Video] Daft Punk: "Instant Crush" (feat. Julian Casablancas)
Diplo Releases "A Very Decent Christmas"
[Video] Nine Inch Nails Announce Tour
Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper: "Suitcase"
Gisele Bundchen For Vogue Brazil
Empty Spaces: Gary, Indiana
Check out this 360 degree night sky panoramic photograph
Kate Moss For Playboy's 60th Anniversary Issue [NSFW]
[IG Weekly] imthejam
[Video] Build Your Own Computer With The Kano DIY Computer Kit
[Video] Amazon preparing 30-minute delivery drones for 2015
I Was Forced Into Cyber Monday
Gramophone For Your iPhone & iPad
Russell Brand Releases DVD on The Pirate Bay
VSCO Cam Has Arrived For Android Users
Google Search update is compatible with other apps
More than 6.5 million shares through the PlayStation 4 Share button
Stay Charged With The ZeroHour Battery Backup Flashlight
Adobe's $10/month Photoshop Photography Program available until 12/8
The Weekly Swarm: 9/23 - 9/29
Welcome to the new Ruby Hornet. When Virgil brought me on board back in late April, our goal was to bring Ruby Hornet to new heights, to expand on the success that Alex and Sean spent years establishing. In the past five months, we've brought some key members to the team and added much, much more diversity to the website. It had been a long time coming, but we're happy to share the next major step in Ruby Hornet's evolution. There are bound to be a few missteps here and there, but don't be afraid to let us know about them. The new look is just the tip of the iceberg.
This week, the long relationship between Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer came to an end, Taylor Swift was cast in The Giver, Brynn interviewed Dave Davison from Maps & Atlases, we had an onslaught of music videos from Rick Ross, Z Money, Psalm One, Drake, Vic Mensa, Chief Keef, and more, Irina Shayk posed for VMAN, Grand Theft Auto V sold more than $1 billion, and Zane Lowe interviewed Kanye West which led to some amazing #NODISRESPECTTOBENAFFLECK tweets and the subject of Jake's weekly Sunday Coffee Sipper.
Check out everything Ruby Hornet covered this week below.
Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer part ways
Escape From Tomorrow escapes from a Disney lawsuit
First posters for Divergent released
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg invite Sony to the Sausage Party
[Trailer] Need for Speed
The Wolf of Wall Street might slip into 2014, missing Oscars consideration in the process
[Video] Behind the scenes Oldboy featurette
Michael B. Jordan might be a slam dunk for Independence Day 2
Batman vs. Superman set to enter production next month
Star Wars Episode VII could be partially shot on IMAX cameras
[RH Review] Don Jon
Taylor Swift to co-star in film adaptation of The Giver
Joey Purp: "Monologue"
Chance the Rapper Announces North American Tour
Kami de Chukwu: "Droptop Vision"
[RH Feature] Lili K: Hard out here for a soul singer
[Video] Zane Lowe interviews Kanye West
[Album Stream] Lorde: "Pure Heroine"
King Krule announces North American Tour
[RH Interview] Islands
[EP] Isaiah Toothtaker X Jacob Safari: "?OTHING"
Carl: "Crystals" (Feat. Taylor Bennett)
[Video] Netherfriends: "Sex Beat" (feat. Chandler London)
[Video] Z Money: "Let You Know"
[Video] Psalm One: "Need Love Too"
[Video] Video Diary: Grimes & Default Genders' James Brooks
[Video] Autre Ne Veut: “Ego Free Sex Free" + Tour
Freddie Gibbs + Madlib: "Harold's"
[Video] Wteve Baker: "Tree Haus"
[Video] Drake: "Hold On We're Going Home"
[Video] A$AP Ferg On Pitchfork's Over/Under
M.I.A. speaks on NFL's $1.5 Million Fine
[RH First Glance] Ducky: "U Turn Me Up"
[Video] theWHOevers Live at Schuba's
[Video] A$AP Rocky: "Fashion Killa"
Lupe Fiasco: "Pound of Flesh/Paris Tokyo 2"
Arjaye Jeter: "Ice Cream Bike Pedals"
[Video] Sky Ferreira: "You're Not The One"
[RH Contest] Win a pair of tickets to see Phaeleh, Supreme Cuts, and Different Sleep b2b Soleman on 9/26
Sasha Go Hard: "Gimme Mo" (Feat. BJ The Chicago Kid)
Calez: "A Mill", "Free Ya Mind"
[Mixtape] Cam Meekins: "PEACE"
Nick Astro & Murph Watkins: "Pick A Side" (Prod. by IKON)
[Video] Rick Ross: "No Games" (feat. Future)
[Video] The Making of Innanetape
[Video] Ultrademon: "Automatic" (Feat. ShowYouSuck)
[Video] Radkey: "Romance Dawn"
Durkin: "Let You Know"
[Video] Atoms for Peace on The Daily Show
[Video] Savages: "Husbands"
SchoolBoy Q: "Banger"
[Video] KSRA Live at The Beat Kitchen
[RH First Glance] Thee Ramone: "Find Me"
Thundercat: "Bowzer's Ballad" + North American Tour
Afeni Shakur Sues Entertainment One
[Video] Machine Gun Kelly: "Home Soon"
[Video] Chief Keef: "Ight Doe"
[Video] Vic Mensa: "Lovely Day"
Fun Fun Fun Fest's food offerings
[Video] Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Kanye
Phantogram: "Celebrating Nothing"
[RH Interview] Dave Davison (Maps & Atlases)
Evan Holt: "In The City" (Prod. By Thelonious Martin)
[Album] Matt & Kim: "Lightning Remixes"
[Video] Hot Sugar: "Erica" (Feat. The GTW)
[Video] Pusha T: "King Push" ( Prod. By Kanye West + Joaquin Phoenix)
[Video] Charli XCX: "SuperLove"
[Video] Lil Reese: "Supa Savage Intro"
[Sunday Coffee Sipper] Kanye West: "Everything I Am Made Me Everything I'm Not"
Nicholas Maggio’s “Wild Hearts, Blue Jeans, and White T-shirts” Project NSFW
Mass Appeal Presents “WATCHxWITNESS” with Jason Goldwatch & 13thWitness: Detroit
Mohawk General Store 2013 Fall Editorial featuring Adrianne Ho
[NSFW] Irina Shayk For VMAN Fall/Winter 2013
IG Weekly: Grizp
Grand Theft Auto V’s first three days made $1 billion in revenue
Apple sells more than nine million iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c models in first three days
Amazon Introduces The Kindle Fire HDX
NBA Jam lead designer admits to collusion against the Chicago Bulls
Smart Guns Aren't So Smart
Rockstar is interested in making a Bully sequel
Top 10 Best #NODISRESPECTTOBENAFFLECK Tweets
The Clipse: "Popular Demand" and "Grindin'" On Jimmy Fallon
The Clipse performed on Jimmy Fallon last night. And being the clever duo that they are, they hit the audience with something classic and something new. Pusha T and Malice performed "Popular Demand" and "Grindin'" with The Roots, who serve as the House Band for Fallon, for those unfamiliar. See the videos below.
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