Super-talented local OKC artist Vanna McAllister is having an art show tonight at LiT (209 Flaming Lips Alley). If you live in or near OKC, this is a great opportunity to see some of Vanna’s awesome collection (and enjoy tasty, tasty $3 well drinks)! The show kicks off at 9 PM - see you there!
Take note fans of electro-pop and indie foot fetishists! Hotly-tipped French dance band The Shoes have been taking pictures of their famous friends’ shoes, and are giving an autographed polaroid of a different star’s feet away free with each copy of their new 7″ single “Knock Out”. There are some 300 unique polaroids in all to collect and trade with your friends, featuring such artists as Band of Horses, Bloc Party, the Cribs, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, MGMT, and “Barry-Gwen Stefani’s maintenance man.” (Don’t be surprised to see Barry at SXSW next year…) I wonder if polaroid-enthusiast Jason Schwartzman/Coconut Records makes an appearance…
Ever wanted to play Tim Gunn with your favorite indie musician? Now’s your chance! Devendra Banhart has added a virtual paper doll version of himself to his website, which allows you to dress the singer up in a variety of freak folk fashion choices (including a rather frightening clown mask). Come to think of it - maybe Banhart is more Santino than Gunn. Either way - make it work.
There’s been a lot of famous fannies associated with The Strokes, but perhaps the most famous is the posterior that graced the British cover of their first album, Is This It. Now, the model/buttocks-owner and her story have been revealed…in video form, nonetheless. While it’s not the greatest rock mystery to ever be solved, props to Goldenfiddle for rippin’ the lid off it!!!
Here’s a fun list - Billboard has ranked and put together a gallery of the 25 Best Rock Posters of All Time. Coming in at the top spot is a poster for Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, and Albert King. Thankfully, the list isn’t all old-school - the poster for the 2007 Coachella festival made it to number 4!
Illinois are asking for their artistically inclined fans to help them create the artwork for their upcoming LP, The Return of Kid Castatrophee. Their idea for the cover is simple enough - “a kid with a rain cloud over his head.” The above pic is what the band drew to illustrate their concept, but they’re encouraging fans to let their imaginations run wild and have fun with it. If you’re interested in submitting your art, get in touch with the band via their MySpace page or official site. In the meantime, this seems like an appropriate song to share for all of the aspiring cover artists…
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is presenting an exhibition entitled “Abstract Rhythms: Paul Klee and Devendra Banhart,” which pairs the artwork of Paul Klee with the drawings and music of freak folkster Devendra Banhart. Exploring the relationship between music and visual art, the exhibit features more than a dozen of Klee’s works on paper along with thirteen of Banhart’s drawings he created alongside his latest album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
“Music was a consistent source of inspiration for Klee (1879–1940),…[who] came from a family of musicians and, prior to turning his attention to painting, drawing, and printmaking, was an accomplished violinist who often performed in concerts. [Banhart’s] relationship to music, like Klee’s, is interdependent on his visual art practice: “I sing what I can’t draw and draw what I can’t sing,” he explains.”
Though Klee and Banhart were born a century apart, looking at Klee’s “Angelus Novus” (above image on left) and Banhart’s piece (above right) one gets the sense that the two really are kindred spirits.
Sean Collins got a bunch of comic artists to draw their renditions of David Bowie in his sketchbook and compiled them into a Flickr set. Check out this cool art project - there are some ace sketches of Bowie.
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