Thievery Corporation - Versions Artwork by Matthew Curry

Matthew Curry is a GRAMMY Nominated® designer, illustrator and painter that resides and works from his studio in the Washington DC area and is the principal of the design studio, Imagefed.

Thievery Corporation's Versions Cover Artwork was designed in a joint collaboration by Curry & friend and fellow designer, Neal Ashby. The packaging has been featured in the 47th Design Annual of Communication Arts and was recently nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Recording Package.

You can check out more of Matthew Curry & Imagefed's work here.

Blood Red Shoes + Voilet Voilet + These New Puritans

I went to a triple bill gig on April 1st, it was a fantastic trio of bands for one night. The headliners were Blood Red Shoes, a 2 piece from brighton. Laura-Mary Carter (guitar / vocals) and Steven Ansell (drums / vocals) played an absolute stormer, the crowd were wild. I really like some of the artwork I've seen so far, here an image from their website. Some of the artwork on their T-Shirts & Bags is lovely, see more of it on their website www.bloodredshoes.co.uk





These New Puritans were the second act of the night. a four-piece ‘magic wave’ band from Southend-on-sea, consisting of Jack Barnett (vocals, guitar, computer, sound), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, tapes, percussion), Tomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, backing vocals, percussion) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (synthesizers). They mix indie with samplers and electronic experimental sounds.

Check out more of their music here www.thesenewpuritans.com/





Violet Violet was the first support acts for Blood Red Shoes on the night, and they were absoultely fantastic. I really liked the artwork on the their cd cover, it has such a nice homemade feel to it. Feel free to check out their music at http://www.myspace.com/violetviolet1

Foals CD Cover Art

Thanks to White Writing, I stole her post, but I too love this artwork for the Foals. The illustrations are by Tinhead, a 21 year old student and illustrator from Brighton, who has been described as "the sixth member of the band". Foals Front man Yannis, says of Tinhead;

"He creates something visual that matches what we want the music to sound like, there are all these weird lines, humming birds and bright colours."