Shepard Fairey, one of our least favorite pop-culture artists, has created the artwork for the album Li(f)e by Sage Francis, one of our favorite pop-culture artists.
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Sage Francis reveals Shepard Fairey cover art
New album, Li(f)e, by Sage Francis coming May 11 (Anti-)
Sage Francis‘ new album features Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine), Jim Becker and Tim Rutili (Califone), and songwriting by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie), Tim Fite, and members of Calexico, DeVotchKa, and Sparklehorse.
“We specifically sought out songwriters who had never worked with a rapper,” Francis explains.
Fucked Up lose lawsuit against Rolling Stone
Remember that lawsuit Fucked Up had against Rolling Stone / Camel cigarettes? Well, they lost.
Two songs available from Serena Maneesh: S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor
“Ayisha Abyss”
“Ayisha Abyss”
“I Just Want To See Your Face” (available on their MySpace page).
Sneak Peek: Brent Rollins artwork for Freeway’s The Stimulus Package
We got a sneak peek at the artwork for Freeway & Jake One’s new album, The Stimulus Package (Feb. 16th, Rhymesayers) created by hip hop design star Brent Rollins.
Man or Astro-Man? to play SXSW
Man or Astro-Man? are going to reform, again (they did it twice in 2006) at SXSW this year. They’ll also play a one-off show March 6th at the Bottletree in Birmingham.
Jawbox Reunion Videos
Jawbox performed for the first time in 12 years on the Jimmy Fallon show. The clips are below.
Blu-ray player review
A great gift idea this year is a Blu-ray player. Why? First of all, your ancient piece-of-shit DVD player that you bought for $74 at CVS really needs an upgrade.