Scott Benson’s blog has a nice collection of his work, as well as some longer posts about his experiences in the world of illustration.

Take a look here.

Sean Thomas designed this poster homage to the Bob Dylan 1966 era, where he began introducing his new electric sound to his fans in a show of two halves (acoustic then electric). The poster’s response is one of two halves, which when folded can be viewed in either it’s electric or acoustic form. Simple, impractical, fun. See more photos and the rest of his work here.

Sean Thomas designed this poster homage to the Bob Dylan 1966 era, where he began introducing his new electric sound to his fans in a show of two halves (acoustic then electric).

The poster’s response is one of two halves, which when folded can be viewed in either it’s electric or acoustic form.

Simple, impractical, fun.

See more photos and the rest of his work here.

The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca Bitte Orca was an album that kept appearing on all of last year’s ‘Best of 2009’ lists, and despite my later arrival, it was well deserved praise. Compared to some of the other much more polished pop records on this list, the fifth album by the Dirty Projectors has many more elements of experimentation and exploration, producing moments of dischord, mistimed, and great music. It’s all intentional, and the experimentation pays off big time. The album is short but sweet clocking in at exactly forty minutes. But it’s refined, and cut in a way that’s apparent what you’re listening to is high quality throughout. It’s pacing and tempo is dead-on, which great use of instrumentation and vocals. Temecula Sunrise / Stillness Is the Move

The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca was an album that kept appearing on all of last year’s ‘Best of 2009’ lists, and despite my later arrival, it was well deserved praise.

Compared to some of the other much more polished pop records on this list, the fifth album by the Dirty Projectors has many more elements of experimentation and exploration, producing moments of dischord, mistimed, and great music. It’s all intentional, and the experimentation pays off big time.

The album is short but sweet clocking in at exactly forty minutes. But it’s refined, and cut in a way that’s apparent what you’re listening to is high quality throughout. It’s pacing and tempo is dead-on, which great use of instrumentation and vocals.

Temecula Sunrise / Stillness Is the Move

Sal Kimber – Sounds Like Thunder Australian singer songwriter Sal Kimber’s debut album was given to me by a friend, who says Kimber did work experience with his parents. Frankly she should stick to her day job as a musician because Sounds Like Thunder is such a more than strong debut album, showing maturity and musicality in its song writing that is so often lost on a lot of new artists today. Her songs never get stuck on the same theme, and the production is a constantly well judged balance of stripped back acoustic work, and full on honky tonk show down. Annoyingly she doesn’t have any songs up on youtube, so here’s her myspace.

Sal Kimber – Sounds Like Thunder

Australian singer songwriter Sal Kimber’s debut album was given to me by a friend, who says Kimber did work experience with his parents. Frankly she should stick to her day job as a musician because Sounds Like Thunder is such a more than strong debut album, showing maturity and musicality in its song writing that is so often lost on a lot of new artists today.

Her songs never get stuck on the same theme, and the production is a constantly well judged balance of stripped back acoustic work, and full on honky tonk show down.

Annoyingly she doesn’t have any songs up on youtube, so here’s her myspace.

Angus & Julia Stone – Down the Way Angus & Julia Stone had been long on my list of ‘people I should really get round to listening to’, the excuse to actually do so being a show they played in Falmouth. Down the Way is a record which seems to constantly balance its two extremes. At times intense and experienced, and at other points naively innocent in its writing.  Musically full then at other times not at all. Then with vocals either from Angus or Julia, and sometimes both. It’s an album that knows when to build you up and then bring you down, and I found myself attached and invested in it soon after the first listen. And The Boys / Devil’s Tears

Angus & Julia Stone – Down the Way

Angus & Julia Stone had been long on my list of ‘people I should really get round to listening to’, the excuse to actually do so being a show they played in Falmouth.

Down the Way is a record which seems to constantly balance its two extremes. At times intense and experienced, and at other points naively innocent in its writing.  Musically full then at other times not at all. Then with vocals either from Angus or Julia, and sometimes both.

It’s an album that knows when to build you up and then bring you down, and I found myself attached and invested in it soon after the first listen.

And The Boys / Devil’s Tears

Heroes of Folk is a limited edition postcard series created by designer/illustrator Scotty Reifsnyder. Lovely use of letterpress and limited colour palette, and a fun concept running across the six of the postcards. See the rest here.

Heroes of Folk is a limited edition postcard series created by designer/illustrator Scotty Reifsnyder.

Lovely use of letterpress and limited colour palette, and a fun concept running across the six of the postcards.

See the rest here.

Halftone Def Studios made this lovely poster to make ‘She & Him’ at the Savannah Music Festival this year. More details and photos can be found at their website here.

Halftone Def Studios made this lovely poster to make ‘She & Him’ at the Savannah Music Festival this year.

More details and photos can be found at their website here.