Noteworthy album covers of 2011

Oh Finland

http://andandawii.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/turisas.jpg http://yle.fi/ecepic/archive/00181/turisas_ToniSalmine_181339b.jpg

Official promo pics of Turisas you seen in local music mags are often pretty funny too... Still, gotta give props for them for presenting the sole woman as a fierce Viking warrior too, and not as a leather babe, which seems to be more common with metal bands with one female member.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li1t93cpY71qdzlqpo1_500.jpg

xp name one metal band that do that please.

Sorry, I'm not interested enough in metal to remember the names, but I've seen the pics.

yawn

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

shootin for twitter buzz there

what, you expected a death cab album cover to be interesting?

Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album will be "a much less guitar-centric album than we’ve ever made before," and likened the record to Another Green World by Brian Eno.

I actually like a couple DCFC albums, but, c'mon, lol.

we have the facts and we're voting shut the fuck up

new Rene Hell

http://static.boomkat.com/images/421587/333.jpg

I enjoy that one except I don't understand the parking lot at the bottom of the photo

She's a giant and she's about to slice up some Hondas.

Come on down to Folsom Lake Honda where the 50 ft woman is SLASHING prices!

http://magiska.vlsweb.net.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DLYI.jpg

album is called "dress like your idols"

Are those supposed to be album cover pastiches? I know the

I know the middle one is Velvet Underground, but I don't recognize the others.

Does the one in the middle of the botton row refer to "Hand on the Torch" by US3?

middle bottom row is Eliot Smith; top left is Built to Spill, bottom right maybe Pearl Jam? I feel like Arcade Fire does the swirly stuff on the top right album but don't really know their work.

built to spill, ramones, ?
jon spencer blues explosion, vu, the sonics
pearl jam, elliot smith, pavement

i can't tell whether the cover is cute or embarrassing tbh

Well Pearl Jam are in there

Horrific.

album cover = effective warning shot to stay the fuck away

top right is Long Winters

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Whenipretendtofall.jpg

ALBUM JUDGED BY COVER, FILM AT 11

That Boat band had better be reallllly fucking good, with that album cover.

Love the album cover. Lots of balls, cute as fuck. Band probably sucks, news at 11.

Don't know who she is or what she sounds like, but I like this

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TYEexOqinGI/AAAAAAAAAjU/UVoob_9OI6Q/s400/Snowglobe-Jesca%20Hoop.jpg

well duh :)

Dunno if it's just me, but the font/existence of text totally ruins it

p cool otherwise

This is definitely diy indie schmindie design, but I like it more than most

http://mergerecords.com/cache/6/66/66a/66a9/phpThumb_cache_mergerecords.com_src66a9cc10f6c72bf08e026278a819277c_par2be6790ed83566b5a06a17bb9bce2616_dat1298386262.jpeg

http://www.sparkups.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/gang-gang-dance-eye-contact-cover.jpg

http://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Planningtorock_W.jpg

http://www.thronesanddominions.com/press/Angels_cover_medium.jpg

late 2010, so it doesn't really belong, but screw it, posting anyway:

http://www.igetrvng.com/uploads/image.php/82_laurelhalo_kingfelixep_digicover.jpg?width=516&height=516px&image=/uploads/82_laurelhalo_kingfelixep_digicover.jpg

love that TNV one

love those last two. whats the last one?

Laurel Halo's King Felix EP, on Hippos In Tanks. It's a great record too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brvFJZT_YjM&feature=related

Pretty sure that's Os Mutantes on the TNV cover. Nice.

love that TNV one

― J0rdan S., Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:38 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

new Lucinda Williams seems to have two different covers depending on whether you go for the regular or the "deluxe" edition, can't say I'm particularly enamoured of either of them:

http://freelyricshut.com/covers/Lucinda-Williams---Blessed-Lyrics.jpg
http://newsodrome.com/blues_news/album-review-lucinda-williams-blessed-24239996.jpg

http://static.boomkat.com/images/423431/333.jpg

love the water-jewelled insect

http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/b2/84/001a84b2.jpeg

That'd be an alright cover if it didn't have the text that says 'toploader' on it.

isn't that the Geirbot?

why u make Geirbot cry?

insufficient melodics duh

Ewww is that a robot with a stiffy?

don't even known how you got that

Wish I could unsee it tbh

Ewww is that a robot with a stiffy?