Chelsea Manning to Be Released Early as Obama Commutes Sentence

Legal
Jason Tate

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
Zac Djamoos

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

Jason Tate

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.

Hot Water Music Begin Recording New Album

Hot Water Music
Jason Tate

Hot Water Music are in the studio recording their next album. Chuck Ragan will be documenting the recording process in on his blog:

Energy is high, vibes are good so to say the least, we’re stoked to have this new record underway. We owe everything to our loved ones for standing by us all these years of us continuing this path. Without their support, we would’ve run out of fuel quite some time ago. Our fans have been a constant inspiration as well. A beautiful community of music lovers that share the same vision and ethics that this band was born into and continues to share through songs. Thank you for all the years of support and always going above and beyond the call whenever it came to making it to our shows to sing your hearts out. Our gratitude is much more than what I could ever put into words. We’ll be trucking along in the studio and looking forward to getting everyone some new music soon.