The Vinyl Factory: Top 100 Vinyl Releases of 2013

Top picks for 2013, Benji B's PrivateJam, St. Vincent and more in our weekly look at music

ListenUp is a Cool Hunting series published every Sunday that takes a deeper look at the music we tweeted about that week. Often we’ll include a musician or notable fan’s surprising personal interests—#PrivateJam exposes their musical guilty pleasure.

Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay H6

Lightweight premium headphones that feature aluminum, leather and memory foam for an ultra-comfortable and neutral listening experience

Advertorial content: Since our recent round-up, we’ve been on the quest to find the Holy Grail of leather-covered headphones—and Bang & Olufsen’s BeoPlay H6 headphones come pretty close to matching all of the requirements on our wishlist. We wouldn’t expect anything less from the Danish pioneer of audio technology, whose high-end products (such as the BeoLab 18 sound column or BeoPlay A9 all-in-one stereo system) …

Red Bull Music Academy: For the Record

Celebrating 15 years of collaboration and exploration in music with a hardcover featuring some of the industry's most influential figures

Famed Austria-based energy drink company Red Bull may be best known for their involvement in alternative sports and prodigious adventure—from being a major sponsor in Travis Rice’s acclaimed snowboard film “The Art of Flight” to Felix Baumgartner’s BASE jump from space. But, aside from adrenaline-fueled pursuits, Red Bull has also been building a solid reputation in the global underground music scene—specifically in electronic, house and …