Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art

From Barry McGee to Save Tibet, DJ DB's thousands of stickers in his new book

Founder of the record label Breakbeat Science and an early proponent of drum and bass, DB Burkeman (known to most as producer, promoter and DJ DB) wears many hats. Most recently, he took up the role of editor with his book “Stickers: Stuck-Up Piece of Crap: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art.” Created with downtown girl-in-the-know Monica LoCascio, “Stickers” proudly displays Burkeman’s collection—a mass he’s …

Beachcomber’s Windowsill

The folk rock sounds of over a hundred instruments on British band Stornoway's first album

Five years in the making, Stornoway‘s recently-released debut album Beachcomber’s Windowsill like so many records before it, is the story of a homegrown musical enterprise. The band of Brits, named after a town on the Scottish isle of Lewis, met and honed their earnest, folk-rock style at the University of Oxford, where an eight-track recorder served as their primary means of laying down songs. But …

Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records From the USA

New book pays tribute to 25 years of the best sound and package design of the 7-inch

Assigning themselves with the heavy task of sifting through a whopping 15,000 indie records from the last 25 years to find the most interesting albums, editors Brian Roettinger, Mike Treff and Diego Hadis of “Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records From the USA,” narrowed the selection down into the 300 that fill this 412-page compendium, available tomorrow from Soundscreen Design. Organized by region, “Touchable …