As vinyl sleeves grew into larger creative canvases, musicians in the 1970s increasingly turned to visionary photographers, ...

Music is an experience, an intentional work of storytelling, and a means of expression that uses sound, lyricism and imagery to convey direct or underlying themes. The curated illustrations and ...

We count down the greatest album artworks of the 1980s, where bold visual ideas matched the groundbreaking musical statements ...

For artists and fans alike, album covers serve as more than just packaging; they are gateways to stories filled with creativity, controversy, and the madness of rock ‘n’ roll. The Beatles’ legendary ...

Bob Egan was completely dressed in black when we met him on 50th Street on a 97-degree day. If he noticed how especially hellish Hell’s Kitchen was that day, he never showed it. He was on a mission.

There’s something about these 80s album covers that just sticks with us. Whether it’s their sex appeal, their ...

More than half a century after it quietly disappeared, one of the Grammy Awards' most visually driven honors is making a ...

An album's cover, it can be argued, is just as important as its contents. It is, after all, the first thing a potential listener sees when they examine an LP, So selecting something eye-catching is ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

There is a near-25% likelihood of users skipping a song within five seconds of listening to it. If our Instagram Reels-riddled attention spans can’t even last through a standard three-minute song, why ...

MGMT’s new album, Congratulations, comes out in April! We’re excited. MGMT’s 2008 debut album, Oracular Spectacular, was fantastic, and we can’t wait to hear what they’ve got in store for the ...