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Rolling Stone:

Before she was Lana Del Rey – the 2012 pop iconoclast who has spearheaded a singing career, modeling contract and Mulberry handbag line – Lizzy Grant was an unknown New York City songstress with a love for Coney Island, summertime sadness and film noir. And as we learned this weekend, for Keds – the no-nonsense All-American sneaker brand you probably last wore as a kid. In 2009, the brand reinvented itself by inviting up-and-coming creative talents to design a shoe for them. Grant was one of the lucky ones, though we’re just now getting to see footage from the partnership.

(via XLR8R)

Tracklisting:

Nicolas Jaar & Maceo Plex – Gravy Train (Nicolas Jaar Remix) [Get Physical Music] Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise [Clown & Sunset] Laxx & Farkas – Creature Nicolas Jaar – Don’t Break My Love [Clown & Sunset] Angelo Badalamenti – Conversation On Twin Peaks [Warner Bros] The Brothers Four – Greenfields [Columbia] Jay-Z – My First Song (Acapella) [Roc-A- Fella] Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood [NONESUCH] Los Ángeles Negros – Tu Y Tu Mirar… Yo Y Mi Cancion [Harmless] LaShun Pace – It’s Me Oh Lord (Acapella Praise) [Shanachie] Jonny Greenwood – Open Spaces [NONESUCH] Pearson Sound – Footloose [Pearson Sound] The Electric Prunes – Holy Are You (There Is No God Edit) [Reprise] Aphex Twin – Ziggomatic 17 [WARP] Keith Jarrett – Tokyo, November 14 (Encore) [ECM Records] My Girl And Me – Always Back To You (feat. Lorraine) [Unknown] Vera November – Last Night Together (You’re Coming Back Edit) [Rough Trade] Nikita Quasim – L’amour L’après Midi [Clown and Sunset] Nikita Quasim – The Way I Felt Today [Clown and Sunset] Feist – Caught A Long Wind [Polydor] Shigeru Umebayashi – Yumeji’s Theme [In The Mood For Love OST, Higher Octave OmTown] *NSYNC – It Makes Me Ill (Edit) [JIVE] Unknown – Unknown Charles Mingus – Myself When I’m Real [IMPULSE] Bill Callahan – America! [DRAG CITY] The Field – The Little Heart Beats So Fast [Kompakt] Sneaky Sound System – Always By Your Side (Nicolas Jaar Remix) [Modular] Just Friends – Avalanche [Unknown] Pavla + Noura – Don’t Owe Me A Thing [The Prism, Clown and Sunset] Acid Pauli – La Voz Tan Tierna [Clown and Sunset] Igor Wakhevitch – Taddy’s Dream: Ramallah’s Road [Pathé Marconi EMI] Nikita Quasim – Derridu [Unknown] Beyoncé Knowles – 1+1 [Columbia] Anouar Brahem – Vague / E La Nave Va [ECM] Rio Grande – Let’s Groove (Tonight Edit) [Unknown] Gonzales – Manifesto [Sunnyside] The Grass Roots – Let’s Live For Today (Learn To Live Edit) [Dunhill] Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Sk Edit) [TAMLA] Man Friday – Real Love (The Paradise Garage Mix) (feat. Larry Levan) [Nite Grooves] Shigeru Umebayashi – What That Do [Subterranean Playhouse] Ricardo Villalobos – What You Say Is More Than I Can Say [Playhouse] Untitled – Untitled [Unknown] Nicolas Jaar – The Student [Wolf & Lamb]

Gizmodo:

Researchers in the Netherlands determined the “music-listening doses” (which is a real term they actually used) of 944 students ages 15–25. They asked them how loud they listen to their tunes, how much time they spend plugged into their iPods, and how often they go to clubs and concerts.

They determined that if these subjects listened to music for longer than an hour a day and at more than 89 decibels (about the same level as a lawnmower), their behavior was “risky.” If not, it was designated as “totally lame.”

The Awl:

I have a confession: I don’t think I can rightfully be counted as among the new wave of vinyl fetishists. Sure, I own a turntable, like any proper trend-piece-generating/hating Brooklyn-residing arts-interested person, but I don’t listen to as many releases as possible on it. Sometimes, twirling around a piece of audiophile-approved, 180-gram, 12-inch plastic, before commencing with the nervous hovering of the tone arm whilst wondering if the needle needs replacing, I’m as apt as anyone to think: “oh for the love of Steve Jobs, let’s just press a button marked ‘play’ and get on with life already.”