The Tracks & Tales Guide Venues

From Paris to Tokyo, New York to São Paulo, Tracks & Tales venue listings chart the world’s listening culture one room at a time. Each listing highlights a single listening bar, vinyl café or sound-focused space where music is given the attention it deserves. Written close to the source and updated as scenes evolve, they document the venues where the art of listening is still alive.

Dill Pickle Club: Vinyl, Reel-to-Reel, and Tasmania's First Listening Bar

Dill Pickle Club: Vinyl, Reel-to-Reel, and Tasmania's First Listening Bar

Tooker Alley was a short lane off Dearborn Street in Chicago's Near North Side, and for most of the 1920s the loudest...
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The SoundBar OKC — A Living Room on Broadway

The SoundBar OKC — A Living Room on Broadway

The SoundBar OKC — Oklahoma City's vinyl lounge on N Broadway Ave, with a serious sound system, drink-and-record pair...
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Memphis Listening Lab — The City That Gave Its Records Away

Memphis Listening Lab — The City That Gave Its Records Away

Memphis Listening Lab at Crosstown Concourse — a free public listening library with 75,000 recordings, a reference-gr...
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Finer Sounds Brooklyn — Curated Vinyl & Hi-Fi Shop at Ace Hotel Boerum Hill

Finer Sounds Brooklyn — Curated Vinyl & Hi-Fi Shop at Ace Hotel Boerum Hill

There is an old truth about record shops that the best ones have always understood: the shop is not really selling re...
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Futura Listening Bar — Milan, Canal-Side Vinyl, Future-Facing Ritual

Futura Listening Bar — Milan, Canal-Side Vinyl, Future-Facing Ritual

There are certain corners of Milan where the city seems to exhale. The pace softens. The sharp lines of business, fas...
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Gesto Milano — Porta Venezia, Music-Led Dining, Late-Night Groove

Gesto Milano — Porta Venezia, Music-Led Dining, Late-Night Groove

A city like Milan thrives on intersections: fashion and design, food and culture, tradition and reinvention. Gesto fe...
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