Stephanie McKay

Like a mini-greatest hits album, Stephanie McKay’s new eponymous EP is a sampling of her new and old songs introducing this talented Bronx native to U.S. audiences for the first time. Her European solo album came out a few years ago, produced by Geoff Barrow (one-half of Portishead), and she's worked with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kelis and Amp Fiddler, but this is her first …

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Nouvelle Vague: Nugroove vol. 5

Our fifth music installment takes a look at the vintage new wave-obsessed French group, Nouvelle Vague

With bossa nova-kissed covers of vintage new wave, lilting French accents and sweetly soothing vocals, Nouvelle Vague‘s eponymous debut in 2004 was a global hit, providing the perfect soundtrack for romantic first dates. Currently touring with their equally charming and catchy second release, Wendy McNeill for a few games of bowling before catching their New York performance at Webster Hall. In the video you’ll see …

Girl Talk

Take a mash-up, multiply by 100, mix with booty-shaking bass, add a high energy live show and you have something like the recipe for Night Ripper, his third full-length, Girl Talk has been the latest hype-fest, performing to rooms stocked with celebrities and jetting abroad to open for the likes of Beck. Like Dangermouse and other genre blenders he's often compared to, Gillis’ work is …