Vinyl Factory

Rapha rides for Japan, Maeda on craft, dry-transfer Field Notes and more in this week's online snapshot

Celebrating “the tangible and the rare in an age of rapid digital consumption,” the label The Vinyl Factory has popped up at London’s St. Martin’s Lane Hotel with a shop showcasing their extensive assortment of records and limited-edition box sets—from Bryan Ferry’s Kate moss-graced albums to prints of Grace Jones by Chris Levine. The temporary store will be in the hotel’s Front Room through 29 …

Wilhelm Scream

Rapha rides for Japan, Maeda on craft, dry-transfer Field Notes and more in this week's online snapshot

Playing to a sold-out audience in Brooklyn that included Bjork before inspiring more buzz at SXSW recently, 22-year-old classically-trained pianist James Blake has been winning music-nerd hearts with his ethereal dubstep and slow-paced riffs on soul and R&B that evoke everyone from Bon Iver and Antony Hegarty to Jai Paul. While we’ve been hooked on “I Never Learnt to Share,” his new video for “Wilhelm …

Rapha Rides For Tohoku

Rapha rides for Japan, Maeda on craft, dry-transfer Field Notes and more in this week's online snapshot

To do what they can in light of the recent disasters that continue to unfold in Japan, the bike gurus at Rapha have organized worldwide charity rides. If you can’t cruise for a cause, you can still make a donation through the Rapha website, which they will match.