Nouvelle Vague: Late Night Tales

Two of Cool Hunting's musical favorites combine here, as Nouvelle Vague become the latest artists to liberate gems from their record collection for the consistently excellent Late Night Tales series. It's a perfect match and unsurprisingly, the record isn't so much laid-back as horizontal. Starting with the falsetto of Jerry Dammers set to the ska of The Special AKA, it floats past Glen Campbell yearning …

Lenka Kripac

It's good to hear that Aussie singer/songwriter Lenka Kripac is kicking around Los Angeles doing interesting things with interesting people. Her "breathy, strangely haunting Björk-style voice" [Rolling Stone, 2004] has been featured in Sydney band Decoder Ring for the past few years on the critically acclaimed albums Fractions and Somersault and now she's branching out to create atmospheric pop songs as a solo artist. One …

Burton x iPod x Shiny Toy Guns Contest Reminder

To remind you, we put up a contest in collaboration with Burton, Apple and the Shiny Toy Guns for a chance to win a free Burton Audex Jacket, a 30gb iPod, and the new Shiny Toy Guns album, We Are Pilots. If you're into new wave and the likes of Depeche Mode and New Order then you will most likely appreciate Shiny Toy Guns' version …