Noteworthy album covers of 2011

That Lynch art is v. reminiscent of the cover of Bill Evans/Jim Hall's classic 'Undercurrent' album (except nowhere near as beautiful).

Clytem Scanning an awful lot like Rid of Me

so close actually that I have a newfound unwarranted bias against it

wet hair vs. oily hair

This looks nice (triangle haters avert your gaze)

http://ubiquityrecords.com/mailer/ikebe-vinyl.jpg

Further goodness from Ubiquity

http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/shop/product_images/k/echo7_600__22114.jpg

did the new Rub N Tug 12" get posted yet?
http://i.imgur.com/1UOw8.jpg
title is Scanners Live Edit / All 4 U Instrumental btw

one of the only records ive bought so far this year and i cant stop staring at it

AWES

ubiqity & rub n tug designs are amazing, that's how to do

triangle covers seriously needs its own thread, this is getting insane

there's a point where trends eventually stop and this just isn't even remotely foreseeable with these guys

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chi-towns-finest-hip-hop/png.png

Cocaine 80s, The Pursuit EP

Had a listen to coma cinema yet Samuel? Curious to know what others make of it.

I enjoyed it! Reminded me of Of Montrael.

http://www.seizurechicken.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Gardens-Villa-cover.jpg

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkol2hMh5P1qivg0qo1_500.jpg

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/06/Pictureplane-Thee-Physical.jpg

Hah i was wondering how long before someone puts a Magic Eye poster as their album cover.

Pictureplane has a brief but solid history of completely sucking, so I'm in no way suprised it's him.

rub & tug one is the shit

New Wilco 7"

http://i.imgur.com/KN1v5.jpg

as boring as etc

u crazy

oh hey i drew a vaguely braquesque picture with a biro

reminds me of ok computer! right down to the font

johnny fever, where do you "go" for music? surprises me that you're even aware of pictureplane - he's basically the Head Boy at the local Denver DIY venue I go to near every weekend. And agreed, I sort of hate him - in music and real life.

reason for latter: he epitomizes the "condescending hipster stare", reserved a lot for me as i'm typically plain-clothes and admittedly am always conscious of looking "out of my environment" whenever i go to these places.

Stereogum went nutballs over Pictureplane a while back, so that's where I found out about him. Shortly after that, I stopped even visiting Stereogum.

Hah i was wondering how long before someone puts a Magic Eye poster as their album cover.

The Dave Matthews Band did this! Either way, I know what you mean... It was a chillwave inevitability.

Picture plane wins. I kind of miss having both a good and bad sleeve thread.

Tiger & Woods - Through The Green LP
http://i.imgur.com/nYA0B.jpg

fwiw their 12" releases all looked like this:
http://i.imgur.com/urnLG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XfLEi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iWlow.jpg

The Nighty Nite / Dimples -- I know nothing of this, but like the cover. Like the lowest-budget Windowlicker remake ever

tiger & woods is worst new band name

^

they put out their first 12" within a week or two of the Tiger Woods Thanksgiving weekend scandal happening, and since most of their shit is unlicensed re-edits, they had to adopt a ~mysterious~ identity. i think the tiger woods thing was a dumb joke that just stuck after the success of the first release.

(they've done stuff as Cleo & Patra and Pop & Eye too.)

well, at least the cover's not as bad as the name.

it's worse.

http://www.media.514blog.com/2011/06/Azari-IIIs-new-single-Manic.jpg

Azari & III - Manic

I think I'll start a band called Kard Ashian

I mean Kard & Ashian

could have sworn I'd seen the lower one posted upthread but I can't find it

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnilbrMZwj1qdiho8o1_500.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/rapture_2.jpg

obvious VU cover connection with the azari record

Well there goes the cheque book & pen

http://www.dumbeyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/S.P.BlackUpVinyl-624x345.jpg

andross on very easy mode

http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee464/tim_86/?action=view¤t=zola_1.jpg

http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee464/tim_86/zola_1.jpg

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/crystaliine452.jpg

Bjork "Crystalline"

Is that a harp for her belt? I freaking WANT that. What a beautiful cover. (expected no less)

I like both of these!

^^^