Trade Airline Miles for Art with Exchange Works

Normally, Los Angeles-based organization Exchange Works matches artists with potential art buyers looking to purchase works through alternative means—including supplies, electronics, legal and financial services. But after realizing that many artists need to travel in order to exhibit or research, they’ve just launched their latest venture, called “Art for Miles,” which now makes it possible for anyone to trade airlines miles for original works of …

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

There’s no voice quite like that of Joanna Newsom, and once again her signature warbling vocals and acute, whimsical songwriting play their part in track “Sapokanikan.” Supported by a brand new video by film auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the song is the first off of Newsom’s forthcoming album Divers, due out on 23 October. Tinkling pianos, rich horns and the occasional drum flourish bolster Newsom’s …

Jamie Woon: Sharpness

British singer/songwriter Jamie Woon has made a welcome return with a smooth and sexy new track, “Sharpness.” The song is off Woon’s upcoming album—a follow-up to 2011’s excellent Mirrorwriting—and blends soulful grooves with R&B, with his delicate, yet powerful, falsetto atop the sensual layers.