Something a little different this week… I have just discovered r/AlbumArtPorn, a safe for work subreddit that’s gratuitous only in the sense that it’s purely stacks and stacks of album covers. It’s also part of the glorious SFW Porn Network, which has provided me with procrastination fodder for an indefinite amount of time. Objects! Objects! [...]
Bauhaus – In The Flat Field
19 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
The malaise in the world surrounding the 1970s (a.k.a. post-1960s) was condensed into several different genres of music, almost all of which were seething with anger and disillusionment with more than a touch of excess. Punk is most commonly associated with the rage coming from of the mouths of babes, but there was only so [...]
Ty Segall
12 March 2012 by 1 Comment
Of all the psych/garage revival acts around today, I would venture to say that Ty Segall is my favorite, not because he necessarily executes his music in a way that is exceptionally scuzzy — though it is plenty filthy — but because Segall is a songwriter that is perpetually inching towards refining his sound and [...]
Sonic Youth – Goo
5 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
Text on an album cover is a touchy topic. Most designers will shy away from putting too much text on a cover because it detracts attention from the visual message. Label executives don’t need anyone reading — they need people reacting and buying. And musicians might avoid the text because it stands too far apart from [...]
The Stone Roses - The Stone...
David Bowie – Low
Ty Segall
Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun
Sonic Youth - Goo