Folk
Paul Kelly’s Stolen Apples cover might not instantly grab you by the short and curleys and say “BUY ME!” it does compliment the album perfectly and the work that has gone into the rest of the pack is a testiment to the hard work Debaser put into all their projects.
This is such great art for a heart-on-the-sleeve indie-folk album. Nothing that makes a statement, nothing iconic, just a pure - if a little cheap - visual representation of the feel of the album.
The introspection and self awareness of those halcyon days when you have had time to languish around in the grass and clover […]
While Dev Hynes aka Lightspeed Champion was a member of now-defunct noise-punk metal outfit Test Icicles, Lightspeed Champion isn’t so much an alter ego as much as it is just Dev, the crafty singer-songwriter. His debut album, Falling Off The Lavender Bridge, is Americana-tinged country-folk-pop with a warm sound helped along by producer Mike Mogis […]
I’d never heard of Bright Eyes before, even with his huge back catalogue out there, but on my two day journey around Sydney to find the deluxe digi-pack version of this album I’ve had three people tell me they are big fans. This was one album I had to own, I had to experience the […]
I forgot how much i loved this cover, this album was a big favourite of mine around the time of it’s release but since then has been gathering dust in my semi-archived stack of CD’s.
The cover was painted by Wayne White, an artist i knew nothing about, which is not surprising as i know nothing […]
You really appreciate it when bands put effort into the packaging of their albums. Angus and Julia Stone, the brother and sister folk act from the Northern Beaches have put together a nice little book for the special edition of their new album. The special edition comes with the album and a DVD of 6 […]
It’s a shame this is album isn’t actually that good (it’s no Push the Button) as I really like the cover. The wooden boom box created by Todd St. John and Gary Benzel of Hunter Gatherer & Green Lady fame. In fact Hunter Gatherer have done some amazing work (a lot featuring wood) so be […]
When looking at Neko Case album artwork, we could split it into two “periods”: the earlier photo album covers and the newer graphic based covers. All of which are marvelous.
The Julie Morstad drawings hark back on the sort of eerie-but-nice children’s book illustrations we loved but feared as children. Likewise the art for her excellent […]
When I think about this album cover I imagine that the three blokes sitting there are the sleaziest looking buggers around, but now, upon seeing it again up close, I realise that, though, they’d never have become Top Models they’re not so bad after all.
They do, nonetheless, epitomise the hippie in all his many grotty […]
