SPIN"s 7 Favorite Songs of the Week: ScHoolboy Q, Crystal Castles, and More

ScHoolboy Q - By Any Means: Part (1)

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the SPIN staffs favorite new songs. Below, sample the best from TDE consiglieres, electro-punk cool kids, and more.

Crocodiles, Telepathic Lover (Zoo Music)San Diego duo Crocodiles have been saddled with descriptors as varied as glam punk and dream pop, but the boys arent content to settle easily into any pocket. Their latest single, Telepathic Lover, off the bands upcoming sixth effort,Dreamless (October 21), drifts by so effortlessly, with shimmering keys and acoustics that recall the Church or Echo and the Bunnymen on sunnier days, that youll be tempted to dismiss it as indie ear candy. But dont be fooled: With deceptively paranoid lyrics, the song is an introspective new direction for the formerly fuzzy pair. DREW FORTUNE

Crystal Castles, Concrete (Casablanca Records)Like manyCrystal Castles songs, Concrete sits at the unsettling limen between EDM and goth. In the adjoining video, Edith Frances tromps backward through some Electric Zoo-like rave wearing a Type O Negative T-shirt and black lipstick, repeatedly screaming what sounds like Wade on the sleet / Wait with the reeds / Way to come clean, or something equally confusing and creepy. So if you were wondering whetherCC could survive without its formerfrontwoman, Alice Glass, Concrete demonstratesthat Frances is just ascapable of pouring the slab. MATTHEW MALONE

EZTV feat. Jenny Lewis, High Flying Faith (Captured Tracks)A year and change since the release of their stirring Captured Tracks debut, Brooklyns EZTV have announced a sophomore effort, High in Place (out September 30). Lead single High Flying Faith is buoyant and uncluttered, with crisp guitar tones and a sweeping baseline leaving room forfrontmanEzra Tenenbaumsmelancholic delivery. Inspired by lyrics to psych-rock Skip Spences Broken Heart, the track serves as an ode to a city in constant flux, a look back at the many changes New York Cityhas weathered since the groups inception. Together with an always-sparkling Jenny Lewis, EZTVs chorus harmonies balance the pensive mood with an eagerness for whats to come. JEFFREY SILVERSTEIN

Jonwayne, Jump Shot (Letherette Flip) (Self-released)Stones Throw rapper-producer Jonwayne has been releasing a slow trickle of singles this year following the 2015 release of the now-ironically titled Jonwayne Is Retired. the latest of which, Jump Shot, has now been remixed by Ninja Tune producer duo Letherette. The breathe-easy original was already plenty ethereal in its gently moaning vocal loop and distantly clanging cowbell, but the remix is even dreamier, with new-age-spa synths coating the proceedings and the bells now echoing in another dimension altogether. Write a track without a hook, and now its ready to blow, Jonwayne raps, and indeed, it might float right out the window if youre not careful. ANDREW UNTERBERGER

Russian Circles, Mota (Sargent House)This thundering epic is too smooth to be math-rock, so what is it? Mogwai given a slippery jolt of blast beats? Don Caballero with all the knots untied? Explosions not in the sky but on the ground? Perhaps the title is a clue: It means weed. DAN WEISS

ScHoolboy Q feat. Miguel, Overtime (Top Dawg Entertainment)Some people are probably still traumatized by how south Nas Life Is Good went when Miguel took a swing at the hook ofSummer on Smash. But huge misses like that are rare for the WILDHEART; remember, he arguably gave Wale his crossover career. Miguel now lends his aphrodisiac charm to theBlank Face LPhighlight Overtime. Smacked between the title tracks soulful anguish and the bleak prison pipeline laid out on closer Tookie Knows II, the jam reads like a s*x-positive respite. ScHoolboy Q glides over the sonic aquatics and manages not to say anything embarrassing (remember that drool on your b***s line?). This is how you follow up Studio. BRIAN JOSEPHS

Yohuna, Apart (Orchid Tapes)Clichd as it sounds, hindsight really does inspireemotional clarity. But waiting for 20/20 cant be easy when youre not, as Wisconsin-bornJohanne Swanson has described herself, a patient person. The ethereal singer-songwriter successfully pushes herself to hurry up and wait on this atmospheric charmer, though, opting to let go of what sounds like the kind of relationship that only sees progress when soaked in booze. RACHEL BRODSKY

Source: http://www.spin.com/2016/07/7-favorite-songs-of-the-week-schoolboy-q-crystal-castles/

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First Read"s Morning Clips: Tragedy in Dallas

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TRAGEDY IN DALLAS.

NBC News: "Downtown Dallas was in lockdown early Friday after snipers shot 11 officers, five fatally, during a protest over deadly police shootings of black men elsewhere. Three people were in custody and a fourth suspect exchanged gunfire with authorities in a parking garage at El Centro Community College into the morning, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said."

Obama, on the Dallas attack: "President Barack Obama said Friday that America is "horrified" by what appears to be a planned sniper shooting targeting police officers in Dallas, and he said there is no justification for the violence. In a brief statement to reporters, Obama said the investigation into the shooting continues but "what we do know is there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement," he said."

Trump tweeted: "Prayers and condolences to all of the families who are so thoroughly devastated by the horrors we are all watching take place in our country"

NBC News describes what witnesses of the attacks saw.

Details are emerging in the shooting death of Philando Castile in Minnesota as protests continued overnight.

OFF TO THE RACES: Clinton ramps up her VP search

CLINTON: "The State Department is reopening its internal review of Hillary Clinton"s use of email now that the Department of Justice has completed their investigation, a department spokesman said Thursday evening," NBC reports.

House Republicans are pushing for a new investigation into Hillary Clinton"s email focused on whether she lied to Congress.

Clinton and Biden will campaign together in Scranton.

She"ll address recent police shootings today in Philadelphia (the speech was planned before the shootings in Dallas.)

NBC"s Monica Alba writes that Clinton ramped up her VP search with a day of meetings with top aides in Washington.

She"s expected to pick up Sanders"s endorsement next week.

TRUMP: Byron York on how Trump speaks, and why the political class doesn"t understand the appeal of his style.

From the New York Times: "Presented in a recent interview with a scenario, floating around the political ether, in which the presumptive Republican nominee proves all the naysayers wrong, beats Hillary Clinton and wins the presidency, only to forgo the office as the ultimate walk-off winner, Mr. Trump flashed a mischievous smile. "I"ll let you know how I feel about it after it happens," he said minutes before leaving his Trump Tower office to fly to a campaign rally in New Hampshire."

He had a tense exchange with Senate Republicans on the Hill yesterday.

More, from the Washington Post: "During a closed-door meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill, Trump admonished three of them who were not backing him as the presumptive GOP nominee. He characterized Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois as a loser and singled out Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska for opposing him, according to officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges."

NBC"s Kelly O"Donnell reports that Christie is traveling with Trump on his trip to Florida.

Ted Cruz will speak at the Republican National Convention, but he"s not endorsing Trump yet.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/first-read-s-morning-clips-tragedy-dallas-n605861

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Pokemon Go Servers Down After Launch

Pokemon Go servers are down

That moment when you gotta catch em all, but you cant because of server problems. After a successful launch in multiple countries around the world, Pokemon Go servers have been down for quite sometime for users. Some users have not been able to completely register and are only met with the servers issue splash screen upon registration.

As you might expect people from all over social media are reacting to the server downtime. Heres just a few of the reactions we have seen over Twitter:

Servers need to get it together! I gotta catch "em all! #PokemonGo

Kyle Woodcock (@KyleScottMusic) July 7, 2016

When the #PokemonGO servers go down after using an incense pic.twitter.com/qZl4INIj2e

Liam Lanting (@twisperer22) July 7, 2016

Pokemon Go Servers acting up?

Justin Wong (@JWonggg) July 7, 2016

When you run outside barefoot to catch a Snorlax then the game crashes and servers are down #pokemongo pic.twitter.com/HeRZKp9F2m

Shannen (@ShannenGormley) July 7, 2016

No word on when the Pokemon Go Servers will be back up and working for the general public but one thing is certain: the demand for this game is unprecedented as it is currently ranked the number one app in the app store.

Image Credit: Sensor Tower

Pokemon Go gives users the opportunity to catch Pokemon in the real world while being engaged in the Pokemon world all on their mobile phone. Our review for Pokemon Go is coming soon so stay tuned. Are the servers down for you? Let us know in the comment section below and for more on the status of the Pokemon Go servers, stay tuned to Mammoth Gamers and download our Mobile App!

Source: http://mammothgamers.com/2016/07/pokemon-go-servers-launch/

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FBI Director James Comey to Face Congress over Clinton Email Investigation

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WASHINGTON (AP) FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first appearance before Congress since announcing the agencys recommendation to not prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email setup.

Comey will field questions Thursday from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about an FBI announcement that dispersed the threat of criminal charges but also revived public scrutiny of Clintons handling of classified information.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday that she accepted the recommendations and findings of Comey and of her career prosecutors and would not file charges against Clinton. Lynch is likely to face questions of her own next week at a separate oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.

Comeys decision, and the way he delivered it, infuriated Republicans who felt that the FBI director in his unusually detailed and critical televised statement Tuesday had laid out a sufficient basis for prosecution.

The FBIs recommendation is surprising and confusing. The fact pattern presented by Director Comey makes clear Secretary Clinton violated the law, said House oversight committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican. Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has also said that there are a lot more questions that need to be answered and, in a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, requested that Clinton be barred from receiving classified briefings for the rest of the campaign a move that certainly constitutes appropriate sanctions. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump complained that the system was rigged.

In a stinging assessment of her email practices as secretary of state, Comey rebuked Clinton and her aides for being extremely careless in their handling of classified information and contradicted many of the defenses and explanations shes put forward for months. But he also said there was no evidence anyone willfully or intentionally mishandled classified information and that no reasonable prosecutor would pursue such a case.

Comey, who served as deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, was appointed in 2013 to a 10-year term as FBI director by President Barack Obama.

Source: http://fortune.com/2016/07/07/fbi-director-james-comey-to-face-congress-over-clinton-email-investigation/

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Phil Hughes undergoes rare procedure to remove his rib

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Twins pitcherPhil Hughes is out of surgery afterundergoing a procedureto remove a rib that was causing him shoulder pain. The condition is known as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

According to Mayo Clinic,Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is difficult to diagnose andsymptoms can vary among patients.They also mention that surgery may not relieve symptoms.Removing the rib helps relieve pressure on his shoulder, nerves and blood vessels.

Hughes will miss the rest of the season but is on track to be ready by spring training. Meanwhile, the New York Daily News saysMets pitcher Matt Harvey may have to go undergo the same procedure.

Dr. Lewis Maharam told the paperthat this happens in pitchers because of increased muscular building of the arm.

Other notable MLB pitchers such as Chris young, Shaun Marcum and Josh Beckett all have undergone the procedure in the past. Young still pitches in the big leagues at 37-years-old, but both Beckett and Marcums careers were cut short due to injuries.

Source: http://bringmethenews.com/2016/07/07/hughes-undergoes-rare-procedure-to-remove-his-rib/

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Two More Black Victims of Police Violence Become Hashtags #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling

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For the news media, one way to frame these stories as something new is to focus on the technology, which now makes it possible for eyewitnesses to record and disseminate the killings, and for those outraged by the images instantly appearing on their screens to register their discontent without even looking up from their phones.

Thats why the first reports on the killing of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor at a Montessori School in St. Paul, Minnesota, who was shot while reaching for his license during a traffic stop on Wednesday night, included a comment from a Facebook spokesman. The aftermath of the shooting, as Castile bled to death in the front seat of a car, was streamed live on the social network from the phone of Castiles distraught girlfriend.

The video stream starts just after the shooting, with images of Castile still strapped into his seat, his white t-shirt covered in blood, as his girlfriend says to him, Stay with me. (The video is reversed, like a reflection in a mirror, so that the injured driver appears to be on the right rather than the left of the car, apparently because the woman was using the phones forward-facing camera.)

We got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back, she explains. She adds that he is licensed to carry a gun, but was simply trying to get his I.D. and his wallet out of his pocket and he let the officer know that he was, that he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet and the officer just shot him in his arm. Were waiting for a back-up.

The officer outside the car then shouts at the woman to keep her hands where he can see them. As she says, I will, sir, no worries, I will, the camera pans across to reveal the officer standing outside the car, training his gun on the couple. He then appears to scream f**k!

A screenshot from the Facebook video stream of Philando Castiles killing.

Lavish Reynolds via Facebook

The woman then resumes explaining what happened, saying, he just shot his arm off; we got pulled over on Larpenteur, a street in the Falcon Heights neighborhood of St. Paul. The officer, who sounds like he might be crying, then interrupts with his self-justification, screaming, I told him not to reach for it, I told him to get his hand off it! The woman replies: You told him to get his I.D. sir, you told him to get his drivers license.

Oh my G*d, please dont tell me hes dead, she then says. Please dont tell me my boyfriend just went like that.

Moments later, as the police back-up arrives and the woman is told to leave the car, she can be heard asking about the four-year-old girl who watched the whole scene unfold from the back seat. Wheres my daughter? You got my daughter?

As the woman was arrested, the phone was forced from her hand but kept recording, and she could be heard telling anyone who might have been watching the live stream, They threw my phone, Facebook. The stream continues for nearly eight more minutes, recording her interaction with the officers and the face of her daughter once they were reunited in the back seat of a police car.

Near the end of the clip, as the woman breaks down, screaming and crying, a transcript of the video shows that her young daughter tries to comfort her.

Thats the police officer over there that did it with the black on, she says. I cant really do s**t because they have me handcuffed.

Its okay, mommy, her daughter says.

I cant believe they just did this, she adds, before screaming and breaking down in sobs.

Its okay, Im right here with you, the little girl says.

Castile was taken to a hospital in Minneapolis, where he died a short time later. His family told WCCO, a CBS affiliate, that the video was streamed to Facebook by his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, who added just one word of commentary: Police.

Valerie Castile, the dead mans mother, said she had no doubt he toldthe police officer he had a firearm and was legally permitted to carry it. Im sure he did, because thats something we always discussed: comply. Thats the key thing, the key thing in order to try to survive being stopped by the police is to try to comply. Whatever they ask you to do, do it. Dont say nothing, just do whatever they want you to do.

So whats the difference in complying, she asked, and you get killed anyway?

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHGG4WOY4wRjaxay_qRS2JhWeG93w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779151664276&ei=oOx-V-DiKMzS3gH3rJ2YDg&url=https://theintercept.com/2016/07/07/two-black-victims-police-violence-become-hashtags-philandocastile-altonsterling/

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Proposed Development To Overlook Piedmont Park And BeltLine

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The Atlanta BeltLine continues to attract new development. The latest project on the drawing board is a four-acre project next to Piedmont Park.

Atlanta-based Fuqua Development is looking to build a project along Monroe Drive near 10th Street. According to this weeks Atlanta Business Chronicle, the development would include apartments, townhomes and a boutique hotel. Developers are also considering including a natural foods grocery store and chef-inspired restaurants next to Park Tavern restaurant overlooking Piedmont Park and the BeltLines Eastside Trail.

City officials have eyed some of the land for redevelopment for a while. A littlemore than a year ago, Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and the citys economic development armInvest Atlanta issued a request for proposals for the redevelopment of 1.7 acres nextto Park Tavern and sought a best in class mixed-use project with at least 20 percentaffordable housing. The site owned by Invest Atlanta could now become part of Fuquas project if the development team can acquire it.

The development has the early support of Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall.

Hall believes the project has potential to become part of a larger transit-orientedredevelopment around Monroe Drive and 10th Street, often choked with traffic andswarmed by park-goers. In coming years, city officials look to add streetcar lines andstops along the BeltLine.

Source: http://news.wabe.org/post/proposed-development-overlook-piedmont-park-and-beltline

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