Tracks & Tales Listening Bar Chart - June 2026
The listening bars and venues readers are spending time with — mapped by country, ranked by organic readership. Not a travel guide. A living record of where the world goes to hear music properly.
PM Sounds overtook Bar Martha. Seventy-nine to sixty-five — the Kyoto sanctuary takes the global top position for the first time, and with Listen Kyoto now sitting at twenty-one views this month, three of Japan's top five venues are in Kyoto. Something is happening in that city that the chart keeps registering. In the US, Studio 151 and Silence Please both climbed; Solar Myth in Philadelphia and Idle Hour in Baltimore enter for the first time. Shyboy Hi-Fi Dallas reaches seventeen, which is a strong debut. France pulled back sharply — La Gare and Notre Dame both dropped — but Kinyobi in Copenhagen climbed to twenty-four and Kasheme in Zurich to sixteen. B-Side Alta Badia enters from the Italian Dolomites. Two new countries: Italy expands, Canada adds a venue. Twenty-four countries on the chart now.
日本
222 views · 11 venuesアメリカ合衆国
299 views · 32 venuesイギリス
88 views · 14 venuesタイ
42 views · 2 venuesカナダ
42 views · 3 venuesデンマーク
24 views · 1 venueスイス
16 views · 1 venueフランス
27 views · 4 venuesイタリア
14 views · 2 venuesオーストラリア
19 views · 3 venuesスペイン
24 views · 5 venuesオランダ
14 views · 2 venuesギリシャ
10 views · 2 venuesドイツ
9 views · 2 venuesスウェーデン
8 views · 2 venuesアイルランド
8 views · 1 venueブラジル
8 views · 1 venueフィンランド
8 views · 2 venuesレバノン
5 views · 1 venueインド
4 views · 1 venueメキシコ
4 views · 1 venueUAE
4 views · 1 venue
よくある質問
How is this different from a venue directory? It isn't a directory — it's a readership chart. The venues listed here are the rooms readers actively sought out and spent time reading about this month. It reflects genuine curiosity about listening culture, not curation.
Can I read more about any of these venues? Yes — every entry links to a full venue essay. Click any name to read the piece.
What is The Listening Club? A global membership built around the culture these venues represent — one album a month, heard properly. Join here.
さらに探検する
All Venue Essays The Japanese Origins of Listening Culture Tokyo: The Origin and Apex of Audiophile Nightlife Osaka: Exuberance, Grit, and Sonic Character The Listening Album Archive
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