Designer Helen Rabbitte’s work offers nostalgia with a contemporary twist
The designer and art director experiments with shape and type for music industry clients including Columbia Records, Universal Music and Peggy Gou
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From sleeve to screen: the pick of CR’s music-related content
The designer and art director experiments with shape and type for music industry clients including Columbia Records, Universal Music and Peggy Gou
As Ghetts releases new album Conflict of Interest, we speak to the rapper, along with creative director Nathan Tettey and animator Ruffmercy, about adapting and innovating amid the uncertainty of the pandemic
As Slowthai reveals his introspective side with new album Tyron, we speak to frequent collaborators Crowns & Owls about the album art’s attempt to crack the glossy veneer of fame, and why the Northampton-born rapper is still the voice of a generation
The clip for Wilson’s latest track Self aims to explore identity and deception in the digital age and features famous faces including Joe Biden and David Bowie
As Bicep’s Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar release their second album, Isles, the duo discuss the process of creating the artwork in tandem with the record itself, and how their muscle-flexing emblem has become one of dance music’s most recognisable symbols
James Marcus Haney collates a decade’s worth of imagery taken during his travels with musicians ranging from The Strokes to Elton John for his first book, which celebrates the special relationship between artists and their fans
A decade on from the release of one of indie music’s seminal albums, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, we take a trip down memory lane with Bombay Bicyle Club frontman Jack Steadman and frequent collaborators Anna Ginsburg and Joe Prytherch
Our favourite album designs from the past year include intimate portraits, flammable record sleeves and the ‘Photoshop interface of the future’
Despite a turbulent landscape for both music and publishing, the magazine has reprised its print format after 12 years, with longevity in mind. We take a closer look at the first issue and its new visual language
We speak to Kate Moross and Rob Sinclair about bringing the concert experience into people’s homes for Kylie Minogue’s recent Infinite Disco show, and how everything from streams to video games are changing our perceptions of what live music can look like
The entertaining short, created to celebrate the rerelease of the seminal album this year, was apparently inspired by a real dream of Nightmares on Wax’s George Evelyn
The photographer’s quiet series capturing young people in Belfast is the focus of a new exhibition in Dublin, which is accompanied by an evocative sound installation by music producer Max Cooper