Random Music News for Monday, October 30, 2017
All Hallow’s Eve Eve? Sure. Let’s go with that. And now some music news for October 30. Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders had a bad gig. Then again, she did ask fans to
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Album Cover Artwork
“Why Cover Art is More Important Than Ever”
One of the great things about vinyl is the sheer square footages of the packaging. A minimum, a vinyl record offers two square feet to explain itself through artwork and liner notes. CDs
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These Star Wars Album Cover Mashups are Glorious
I love pop culture mashups. Thanks to Andy Roberts, who sent us the link, we can all enjoy this beautiful mashup of iconic album covers and Star Wars. Imgur user whythelongplayface shared these
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Random Music News for Monday, November 30, 2015
The American Thanksgiving weekend can be a sparse time for music news. Not around here, though. You just gotta dig a little deeper. There was an overdose/suicide drama involving Sinead O’Connor yesterday. More
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Music History: The Stories Behind Every Single Smiths Album Cover
The Smiths paid an awful lot of attention to the images they wanted to adorn their albums and singles. The last thing they wanted to do was put their pictures on anything they
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Random Music News for Monday, July 27, 2015
Is this the last week of July? Already? Here’s some music news to start the week. Bobbi Kristina Brown died last night. She was 22. The first WayHome Music Festival north of Toronto
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How Technology is Changing the Way Album Covers Are Designed
Back in the pre-digital days, the album cover was an endless source of wonder for me. I’d stare at something like this for hours… …wondering what it was supposed to mean. And when
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A New Picture Book That’s Very, Very Metal
There have been plenty of good books on album cover artwork, but to my knowledge there has never been one focused solely on metal. That’s about to change with …And Justice For Art: Stories
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Re-Imagining Classic Album Covers in a Retro Style
Here’s a fun gallery from Behance.net. What if classic metal album cover artwork was re-imagined in the style of retro jazz records?
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A Look Back on the Golden Age of Album Cover Art with Hipgnosis
One of the many nice things about the vinyl resurrection is that people are once again starting to pay attention to album cover art. Fast Company looks at the work of Hipgnosis, a
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The Golden Age of Album Cover Art
If you remember gazing at a 12×12 piece of album artworking wondering what it all meant, then this article from The Daily Beast is for you. The golden age of the rock album
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