KAMUI
BARES HIS TEETH
"They painted around the idea that the everyday can be elevated to the status of the mythic..."


NICK CROSS
ANIMATES FABLES
"It's like adding some sugar to make the medicine taste better..."


MICHAEL CHO
REVIVES A GOLDEN AGE
"I saw too many illustrators who were shackled by a consciously retro style..."


JIM MAHFOOD
PAINTS SEX TOYS
"Yes, I always knew deep down that my career would lead to painting on vaginas..."


Tuesday
09Mar2010

Game Over

Juego Terminado, 2009

From pixel-illustrator Jude Buffum, the Metroid motherbrain behind 2008's lovely 8-Bit Lebowski.

PREVIOUSLY

Tuesday
09Mar2010

Night Control "Star 131"

Monday
08Mar2010

Still the best album of 2009

The Mantles Don't Lie

Sunday
07Mar2010

Swampdonkey

Out With The Old, 2009

Small Black Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)

My interest in Oakland's Swampdonkey was heavily biased: His work made their introductions on the cover of the most excellent Small Black/Washed Out 7" (Lovepump United)—a 45 on constant blast here at SDHQ.

"I let small black and washed out use an image of mine for a split 7'' they just put out. It's a rarity for me to allow a band to use my work but it's also a rarity that a band asks to use a photo of mine rather than trying to commission me to do an original drawing."

But as I googled past the sleeve art, a rad new artist came to view, one with an affinity for warm monsters of burly design. His flickr drips with mixed-media gems, from the wooly sons of 90s skate imagery to gorgeously composed collages.

Hours will be lost

Where I Belong, 2010

Teamwurrk, 2009

Down For Whatever, 2010

Sunday
07Mar2010

Zola Jesus "Stridulum" EP

This Sacred Bones release drops in two days. Best album art of 2k10?

Zola Jesus Night

Friday
05Mar2010

The Fanfic of the Fisherman's Wife

Untitled, 2010

An old sketch by Olly Moss pits Hokusai against Hanna-Barbera