Interview: Nouvelle Vague’s Olivier Libaux

One of the world's most famous cover bands releases a new album with original music

With yesterday’s release of I Could Be Happy, French band Nouvelle Vague—known for over a decade because of their magical covers of classic songs—does the unexpected: they’ve released original music. That isn’t to say their other offerings aren’t original, but here they’ve written four songs from start to finish to accompany an array of new covers. Unsurprisingly, the original work is just as vibrant as …

Spotify Offering 215 Hours of Free Language Lessons

We all associate Spotify with music, but there are actually some 215 hours of foreign language lessons available. So after you listen to your Discover Weekly playlist and want to feel a bit more clever, why not take a class in beginners’ Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian or Swedish? Just go to Spotify, click browse and scroll down to “Word.” (There are also audiobooks, guided meditation …

Mr Tophat feat. Robyn: Trust Me

Robyn’s latest collaboration with fellow Swede Mr Tophat is a whopping 10 minutes long, but doesn’t feel like it—instead the track ebbs and flows in a manner that’s entirely engaging. Mr Tophat previously remixed Robyn’s 1999 song “Main Thing” and now the dream team releases “Trust Me.” With Robyn’s tender vocals contrasting moments of jittery screeches, this synth-heavy single really is a bit of a …