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Daft Punk, Sonny Terry, Florence + The Machine and more in our weekly music recap

Sound Advice 171: Handselecta The World’s Best Ever looked to graffiti-focused type designer Christian Acker for the latest installment of Sound Advice, the site’s regular music offering created by a different person every week. Sound Advice 171: Handselecta features a harmoniously diverse range of songs, from the funkier sounds of Lee Dorsey and Pleasure to the lyrical stylings of Grand Puba and Gang Starr with …

MUJI Splash-Proof Smartphone Speaker

Enjoy some tunes at the pool or a podcast in the tub with a water-resistent audio player

Japanese design powerhouse MUJI has released a new water-resistant speaker for your smartphone. Though this is an entirely new design, MUJI is far from a newcomer to the world of practical audio equipment. Back in 2000, Naoto Fukasawa designed the iconic wall mounted CD player, which is still a mainstay of MUJI’s collection. It has even found a home in MoMA’s permanent collection and last …

Lord Huron: Lonesome Dreams

From music vet Shuggie Otis' new album to the debut of Man Tear, our recap of the songs we Tweeted last week

Lord Huron delivered “part one in an exciting series of adventures” with their video for “Lonesome Dreams,” the third track on their album of the same name. Cleverly, “Lonesome Dreams” is also the name of a series of books written by George Ranger Johnson, an author that despite having a website, really only exists in Lord Huron’s world. Through bandleader Ben Schneider’s lyrics and LA-based …