An Interview With Zane Lowe, Bozoma Saint John, and Larry Jackson

Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Bozoma Saint John, and Larry Jackson sat down for an interview with Complex:

Zane Lowe: Larry was the first person who ever called me and asked if I wanted to be involved in Apple Music. For the most part, it remains how he and I talked about it in that first conversation, which was a place for music to live, and for artists to call home, and for an audience to feel like this is where the conversation is happening. I want it to go deeper than just availability.

Chelsea Manning to Be Released Early as Obama Commutes Sentence

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President Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence.

President Obama on Tuesday commuted all but four months of the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army intelligence analyst convicted of a 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted Mr. Obama’s administration and brought global prominence to WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures.

Review: Dryjacket – For Posterity

Dryjacket

I’m sure there’s a joke to be made about Dryjacket’s debut album being titled For Posterity, given their throwback sound, but I’m neither clever nor unoriginal enough to make it. There would be truth to it though — from the pun song titles (“Spelling Era,” “Abe LinkedIn”), to the horns, to the dual vocals — everything about For Posterity feels familiar.

You can pull out hints of The Promise Ring and Piebald at every corner of the band’s pop-sensible emo, and the trumpet calls to mind American Football, of course. The band even pays tribute to their more eclectic, more technical forefathers on “Epi Pen Pals” and “Milo with an ‘H.’” This is all to say that, much like my sort of attempted joke, For Posterity isn’t all that original. It plays, generally, like a recap of the genre for anyone who might’ve missed it the first time around.

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Creep Records Talks With Modern Vinyl

Creep Records’ Will Angelos spoke with Modern Vinyl about the store’s new handpicked subscription vinyl service:

We started seeing different vinyl subscription services pop up and thought we could provide a different twist. People constantly comment when they come into our physical location in Philadelphia that we have records that they’ve never seen in any other record store. We’ve always loved music from the past, but we are equally excited to find something new that we love. We have in-store performances with limited numbered posters and merchandise. We saw these services and thought a physical store with actual people choosing your music, instead of a computer algorithm, would be a great option for people who want a more personalized subscription service.