“Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” is the perfect curtain-call track to Band on the Run, Paul McCartney and Wings’ third studio album—it’s as funky as it is climactic, with that requisite hue of psychedelia. Jump to 2016: German DJ Timo Maas and Canadian producer James Teej heard the dance floor potential in this decades-old track. After getting a hold of the original 1973 multi-track recordings, the …
Rihanna feat. Paul McCartney and Kanye West: FourFiveSeconds It’s not every day Kanye West teams up with Sir Paul McCartney, though lately it’s been a fortnightly affair and recent developments suggest the Beatles frontman is producing West’s next album. The latest release in the admittedly odd yet harmonious partnership features Rihanna and a folksy, Western-tinged guitar riff. “FourFiveSeconds” is about as stripped-down as a pop …
Published in September, British design studio director and graphic designer Stuart Tolley’s book “Collector’s Edition” showcases some of the most mind-blowing and unusual limited edition graphic design and packaging ever made for books, music and magazines—including The Flaming Lips’ gummy candy “Gummy Song Skull” and Penguin Books’ collectible “Drop Cap” editions. Naturally, Tolley had the idea of creating a collector’s edition of “Collector’s Edition” from …
