The New Album Cover from The National
by Douglas Wolk
After last week's two-bill concert in New York City, here's an article from the most recent issue about the new album cover from The National: "Like the band’s music, the image is arty, cryptic, dense with occluded meaning, and built on the contrast between monochromatic austerity and explosions of full-spectrum detail."...
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Shelf Life: Teenbeat Originals
by Douglas Wolk
The small but long-running indie-pop record label Teenbeat recently launched its Teenbeat Originals line, limited CD-R editions of rare archival material by affiliated artists...
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Boyd Elder's album cover for Yacht
by Douglas Wolk
The cover of Yacht’s See Mystery Lights (DFA) is the first album cover in many years from Boyd Elder, who’s best known for his sleeve art for the Eagles. Holographic foil is ......
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Drawing Fire
by Douglas Wolk
Contemporary comics take a hard look at the conflict in Iraq, and metaphors abound....
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