Noteworthy album covers of 2012

i think it's time to call this whole satan thing off

lol iggy looks like the seahawks back cover shot

have to admit that the back of that umberto cover is a bit disappointing. glad it adds to the narrative, but it's a big step down design-wise.

i think it's time to call this whole satan thing off

Come on, it's the best way to piss off your parents.

i always feel vaguely sorry for iggy when i see him wearing a top. it doesn't seem like his natural state.

i always feel vaguely sorry for the world when iggy is not wearing a top.

guys don't fret that is iggy's arse on the semargl cover, all is well with the world

I appreciate Iggy's preservation more now that my wife works with leather goods.

is she his urologist?

ha!

http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/8801/PiL_1337092734_crop_180x180.jpg

the limited record store 12" cover was bad enough (ooh, a pun on the title one drop), but seriously.

i realise the world will be gushing all over a new PiL album, but f*ck could they not have done something a little more worthy of eye balling than this shit.

truly dreadful.

yeah, that's next-level bullshit, expecially for PIL

One of my favorites this year, Mi Ami's Decade:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jW8GL4ODIF0/T2xn24pcrjI/AAAAAAAADOk/YMmjovGQiKM/s1600/SILK020.jpg

Mi Ami
Flo Rida

does any other place do this?

http://i.imgur.com/Fj86V.jpg

dirty projectors - swing lo magellan

do not like

yeah, no. ami cover's kind of intriguing though.

that cover is the worst, put a little effort into it!

i don't think me ami's actually from miami tho? xps

I like the dp cover.

http://okacdn.okayplayer.com/core/wp-content/uploads/Sinkane_Runnin.jpg

this is a single not an album and idk anything abt the artist/s but this rules imo

http://s3.amazonaws.com/typerecords_site/covers/435/type107_cover_medium.jpg

http://typerecords.com/releases/the-black-mill-tapes-volumes-1-2-2

cover connection

http://www.listentosilk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SILK020.jpg

http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/58763827/P1110239.JPG

Sinkane is the drummer for Yeasayer, I think. He was in Caribou's band for the Vibration Ensemble in December.

Love that Sinkane thing. I am ready to start collecting that format.

I like this Plankton Wat - Spirits cover on Thrill Jockey:

http://www.anost.net/out/pictures/onthefly/oxarticle/normal/344x344/1/Thrill%20294-CD.jpg

Karin Park - Highwire Poetry

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/rom/may12/soter004cd-500x500.jpg

i don't know how you guys aren't sick of EVERY other album cover these days being black/white/gray or having a really pale, washed out color palette, it's become such an oppressive trend the last couple years

like sinkane and black mill tapes quite a bit

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9asxuDNFbBE/T41_wJA-hFI/AAAAAAAAAdY/sYexthdG71Y/s400/man_forever.jpg

Man Forever - Pansophical Cataract

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/srd/may12/love078-500x500.jpg

suum cuique - acetic ideals

^^^
awesome

cool photo

though i don't like the new trend of having no writing on the cover, feels lazy

http://s3.amazonaws.com/delivery.midheaven.com/e/122325/images/7597185226240_main.jpg

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fayv_SwansTheSeercvr.jpg

love that intelligence one! kind of a vintage vanguard vibe

what is that sisi?

image properties sez its the new Swans

cool photo

though i don't like the new trend of having no writing on the cover, feels lazy

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:28 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i remember it used to seem such a power move when some huge platinum act would do that, but yeah now it's just something any old chump can get away with

http://cdn02.cdn.gorillavsbear.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/FIRE-STAR1.jpg

cool photo

though i don't like the new trend of having no writing on the cover, feels lazy

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:28 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i remember it used to seem such a power move when some huge platinum act would do that, but yeah now it's just something any old chump can get away with

― some dude, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:45 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed, it's kinda cliche in its own way and doesn't really have much impact anymore

yeah, as much as people itt bitch about typographical woes, it's usually better than the alternative

xx-post
Just sought out that Ilaiyaraaja/Tamil synth-funk thing - it's pretty nuts in a fun way.
10 minute sampler:
http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/ilaiyaraaja-fire-star-synth

http://ffwdweekly.com/media/article_images/RECORD_REVIEWS_grasswidow_t_w480.jpg
I want to see this one irl. I like this band and I like this album.

nice idea, could have been executed so much betetr

reminds me of the field mice 7" on caff

suum cuique cover is tremendous

cool cover bro: crocodiles - endless flowers NSFW

lol, i like those guys

having said that, I'll probably cringe a little when buying that. not because of the nudty, because its p awful.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/The_Offspring_-_Days_Go_By_album_cover.jpg/603px-The_Offspring_-_Days_Go_By_album_cover.jpg