Three Leather Headphones

Our picks in the over-ear category of recently released headphones

While earbuds are often best for discretely listening to music on the way to and from work, at the office over-ear headphones reign supreme. Whether you’ve got a deadline to hit or the office playlist is having an off day, few materials make wearing headphones for prolonged periods as comfortable as leather. After hours of ListenUp vetting, interview transcribing and general jamming out, we decided …

Interview: Igor Gligorov of Soulines Turntables

This Serbian designer’s turntables blend music, science and design

by Emily Millett Describing himself as an “old school perfectionist” with a “mind full of music,” Igor Gligorov is all about the art of good vibrations—vibration control to be precise. And, since that is the basis of efficient and advanced turntable design, it’s pretty important in his line of work. Four years ago—after having spent half a lifetime immersed in all things music—Gligorov decided to …

Shit Robot: We Got A Love (feat. Reggie Watts)

RJD2's private holiday jam, Rollo Grady's CMJ mix, Shit Robot and more in our look at music this week

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.