Song of the Car: 1932 Ruxton

Hiatus Kiayote's jazz-minded tune "Lace Skull" sets the tone for the early glimpse of this classic car as it rolls onto the green at Pebble Beach

Just before dawn at the Pebble Beach Concours dElegance, silhouettes of rare Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati models cast a translucent blue haze in the eerie Pacific twilight. The vehicles are lined up, with their owners and handlers fussing over finite details as they wait for the signal to pull forward onto the green. A dab of a cloth here, a feather dust there. Then, at …

Gorgeous Children: How We Do It

Casey Spooner's #PrivateJam, Darkside's final tunes, Lauryn Hill sings about racism in the US and more in the music we tweeted this week

Starting out with playful tooting and honking that sounds like it belongs in an old-fashioned animation, Gorgeous Children’s “How We Do It” quickly morphs into a breezy, but ultimately sex-driven song. Made up of rapper Face Vega and producer Gilamonsta, the hip-hop duo is signed to Jacques Greene’s label Vase. With Vega’s occasionally breathy, bravado-heavy vocals gliding perfectly atop Gilamonsta’s cruisey beats, this languidly bouncy …

Darkside: What They Say

Casey Spooner's #PrivateJam, Darkside's final tunes, Lauryn Hill sings about racism in the US and more in the music we tweeted this week

Although they officially formed in 2011 with an experimental three-track EP, it was last summer that saw Darkside gain a cult following when they remixed the entirety of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. The duo quickly followed up with an LP called Psychic, furthering fans’ admiration. Now, Dazed has announced that Darkside’s independently successful musicians—Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington—are splitting up to pursue other projects. …