Vinyl Me, Please at Ace Hotel New York

Guests staying in room 212 are in for a musical (and visual) treat

Ace Hotel has always been hospitable to the arts—such as when they invited art collectives to live in Ace rooms during last year’s Fashion Week for a program called “Sleep / Walk“. Adding yet another thoughtful element to the overall cultural experience that is the Ace, a new year-long collaboration between the NYC location and Colorado-by-way-of-Chicago-based record-of-the-month club Vinyl Me, Please, will bring music (and …

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The quirky Kelley Stoltz, a stunning 3D alternate universe by Sevdaliza and more in this week's musical round-up

Synkro: Midnight Sun Manchester, UK-based electronic music producer Synkro searches for the emotion within his instrumental tracks, regardless of what genre he’s experimenting with. The track “Midnight Sun,” off of Synkro’s debut album Changes, set to release this September, shows the influence of both Boards of Canada and early electronica and propels the listener forward with beautifully layered beats and beckoning warm synths. The accompanying …

Jack Bevan of Foals’ End of Summer Playlist for Cool Hunting

The Oxford band's drummer captures the mood for Labor Day weekend

Celebrating their new album release—What Went Down—and the Labor Day long weekend in the US, we asked Foals’ drummer Jack Bevan to make an end of summer playlist for Cool Hunting. As he explains, “In an end of summer playlist, I look for music which has a sadness in it. I always get sad about the summer ending, but I like to embrace it—it’s probably …