Objektiv One

Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca” Album Review

The Dirty Projectors took me by surprise. The album starts with a typical flanged indie guitar and then all of the sudden an explosion of sounds drops in to ignite “Cannibal Surprise”. Voices, claps, and wonky drum beats coming from every direction and leaping from every field of the stereo pan. The vocals of Dave [...]

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5 O’Clock Shadowboxers — “Bottomfeeders (Small Professor Remix)”

I recently had the chance to design a cover for 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers! It was definately fun to connect with them, and they gave me lots of space to just create. So I fell in love with the cover. They based the track on an old 60s movie about a hitman, so I decided this [...]

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Discovery “LP” Album Review

When I discovered Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot teamed up to form Discovery I was somewhat excited. I think it is such a great idea for musicians to depart from their projects and try new things. This allows them to explore ideas and feed off of a different [...]

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Miike Snow “Miike Snow” Album Review

A trio composed of three producers from Sweden who collectively have composed songs for Britney Spears, Kylie Monogue, Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5, Kelis and Madonna have decided to make their own project entitled Miike Snow. I found it strange at first that a band composed of super producers would do indie music, but upon hearing [...]

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