Arts
A printmaker’s ode to the casette renaissance
Remember the days of being able to use a pencil to fix music? If you do, then you will surely appreciate this collection from printmaker Neil Stevens.
Asteroids on electronica: Adult Swim’s Soundodger game
Soundodger is a new game from Adult Swim that is guaranteed to steal your productivity while calming your frazzled nerves.
Fund this: New doc to show the “how?” of Why?
Eccentric indie-hop band Why? needs your help to put together a documentary on the creation of 2012’s Mumps, Etc.
RIP Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson
Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson has passed away. A huge influence on the world of comics, he will be missed.
12 awesome album covers from June 2013
Most of the best album art of June 2013 has one thing in common: loads of color.
Beck’s Edison bottle merges suds and sounds
Beck’s takes a cue from the history books to create the first playable beer bottle.
Hip helmet: A hand-painted job courtesy of Corpses from Hell
Maxwell Paternoster — designer and illustrator behind the motorcycle club Corpses from Hell — sat down in a London diner to adorn Ruby’s Castel helmet with his acid-trip vision. Here are the gold-leafed results, complete with melting greasers, zombie hands, and circuitry.
Brian Eno on light, music, and surrendering
Brian Eno sat down with the Red Bull Music Academy to discuss the process behind his visual/aural series of light paintings.
David Yow’s first solo release is crushing, maybe literally
The limited-edition vinyl release of David Yow’s first solo effort is literally a concrete slab.
Legend of Zelda doc offers nostalgic link to past
Filmmaker Joe Granato seeks to make a documentary about the far-reaching influence of the Legend of Zelda games.
Freaky and philanthropic: The Flaming Lips’ T-shirt contest
The Flaming Lips has never been short on innovation, but now the band is outsourcing a T-shirt design to fans — and donating money from its sales to victims of the recent tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.