Every year, we interview a number of musicians and artists about the intimate details and philosophical underpinnings of their album cover artwork. It's an ever-massive undertaking, but we make sure to include every genre, from doom metal to disco, minimal electronic to mainstream pop, with the intention of highlighting the best visual art, regardless of why or who created it. You can see entries from previous years here, and browse 2013's entries by either scrolling down or selecting a category below. > Narrative & Mythological Album Covers > Photographic Album Covers > Illustrative Album Covers > Mixed Media & Collage-Based Album Covers
31 December, 2013 /
Other Electricities is from Miami, FL. Initially, we launched in Portland, OR in 2006 and before we knew it, we'd traveled around the world in a sense -- releasing sounds from international artists. Since we never stuck to one genre over another, our artists not only span the globe but span sonic styles and approaches. Thanks to Vivian Hua and Redefine Magazine for doing what they do and supporting us from the very beginning. We hope there's a little something for everyone in this mixtape. Many thanks to Tom & Tiffany Dorsey, Jet, Aaron Powers, the Sweat Records crew, Carl Saff, Jeff Brunetto, Patrick Ethridge, Jules, Kristin Bradshaw, Sabrina Heath, Matt Phillips, Laura Becker and everyone else who's been a part of O.E. in some way. Curated by Emile Milgrim, Owner and Co-Founder of Other Electricities

30 May, 2011 /

What's the most you've impressive thing you've ever done in a month? Ryan Lott, AKA producer/composer Son Lux, wrote, recorded and finished an entire album. 36 minutes of music, to be exact, and in the shortest month of the year. This is no small feat, but the most impressive thing...

26 April, 2011 /

As you drive aimlessly and helplessly through the grimy lower portions of known Los Angeles, you may find yourself lost on the most eastern part of Beverly boulevard. In a neighborhood known colloquially as Hi-Fi (Historic Filipinotown), this stretch of road is a far cry from the Julia Roberts...

21 April, 2011 /

Wow, what a beautiful video by anticon. artists BATHS. This video combines the brutality found in Japanese samurai films with an almost Venetian carnival quality to create a video that treats the ephemeral in just a really remarkable way. Directed by Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin -- youngreplicant.com ...

17 August, 2010 /

Eskimo Snow is an album full of what I would call "unseeming pop songs." WHY? have managed to craft an album of songs that aren't particularly graceful or classically poppy, but somehow, it works. A couple lines from this song or that song manages to get lodged into your head,...

20 November, 2009 /

Joint video for "These Hands" and "January Twenty Something" off WHY?'s latest album, Eskimo Snow. To me, "These Hands" was just about a perfect intro to the disc, and I'm glad that its nostalgic tones are dreamily placed alongside the playfulness of "January Twenty Something" in this two-part story. Neither...

17 November, 2009 /