San Francisco-based graphic design studio Koeppel Design produces this set of handy record dividers that are customizable to cater to your personal musical taste. The six included slides are crafted from hand-finished, high-grade European birchwood and measure out to 12 by 14 inches—with a roughly two-by-six-inch tab to identify the section. Koeppel offers dozens of potential labels and laser engraves your selection on both sides. …
The 2020 release of Flamagra (Instrumentals) strips down Flying Lotus’ exemplary sixth studio album of all vocals (from the likes of David Lynch, Anderson .Paak, George Clinton and more) to highlight the sprawling sonic landscape. A producer, DJ, musician and founder of Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus (aka Steven Ellison) proves his absolute mastery on the conceptual, at times eerie, album. Available on vinyl with a custom slipmat …
From Austin’s oddball indie-pop duo United Shapes comes “Fractalvision,” another mind-bending invitation to their forthcoming “first-ever studio album” (but ninth album overall), Compound Shapes (out 16 October). “We didn’t want the album to be about the compound words in the titles in a literal sense,” singer/multi-instrumentalist Joseph Devens explains about the concept album in a statement. “We decided to let the word inspire the song …