Clogs: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton

Rating: Moderately insane

I actually envy Lady Walton, I always wanted to have an iguana.

VOICEsVOICEs: Origins

Rating: bATsh!t

Kid606: Songs about Fucking Steve Albini

Rating: Moderately insane

The idea of using a cartoon face of Steve Albini to sell your album is moderately insane. The idea of actually having intercourse with the stellar producer and singer Steve Albini is just out of this world. Especially for heterosexual men, right? Anyway if you don’t get the hint behind the name of this album, check this page

High Places: High Places vs. Mankind

Rating: Very insane

Mankind seems to have lost...

They played in Prague this Sunday, so I saw this cover on their merch stall in various dimensions. They even have similarly themed tour posters where this goo combines with their faces.

Acid Washed: Acid Washed

Rating: Moderately insane

Spor: Conquerors & Commoners

Rating: Very insane

Fuck Buttons: Olympians

Rating: Very insane

Midlake: The Courage of Others

Rating: Moderately insane

Crookers: Tons of Friends

Rating: Very insane

Holly Miranda: The Magician’s Private Library

Rating: Moderately insane

El Trío de Omar Rodriguez Lopez: Ciencia de los Inútiles

Rating: Moderately insane

Ancient Latin-American statue sitting on a horse together with a bearded man, backed by an unoffending constructivist frame offers a surprising lack of insanity, otherwise so common with this Mars Volta guitar maestro.

Wiggles: Hot Poppin' Popcorn

Rating: Moderately insane

Erykah Badu: New Amerykah part 2 (Return of the Ankh)

Rating: Very insane

A story that goes on forever - artists wanting to explain how their creative ideas arise.

DJ T. - Fabric 51

Rating: Very insane

Apparatjik: We Are Here

Rating: Very insane

This saves a lot of effort to musical journalists trying to define their style within the space-time theory.

Devonwho: Keep tha Funk Alive

Rating: Very insane

A great piece of soi-disant mystical blither suggested by one of my readers. Thanks, I would never know about this one without you!

The National: Bloodbuzz Ohio

Rating: Very insane

Is this carved out of wood? Cardboard? What does it mean? Is there a shape of Ohio in it or does it symbolize how entangled human relationships are in lyrics of The National? It might, however the most important thing to know is that this single is free for download and is fantastic so go there and get it.

MGMT: Congratulations

Rating: bATsh!t

Released today, designed by Anthony Ausgang

Aswefall: Fun is Dead

Rating: Moderately insane

When all fun dies one can still entertain oneself with vandalism, it seems.

Future Islands: In Evening Air

Rating: bATsh!t

This one not only shows how triumphantly visions of graceless orgies can gain victory over traditional Michelangelian painting style, it is also first picture here suggested by one of my readers. Thanks Patrick!!

BTW Be sure to click on the picture to see it in hi-res as the details here are stunning...

Pixelord: Lucid Freaks pt. 1

Rating: Moderately insane

Power Animal: People Songs

Rating: Very insane

Pavement: Quarantine the Past

Rating: Moderately insane

However great the band is, however well this cover fits their style, it still deserves to be here.

Seth Troxler: Boogybytes vol. 5

Rating: Moderately insane

All releases in the Boogybytes series look like this. Check them out here

Loops Haunt: Rubber Sun Grenade

Rating: Moderately insane

Jeff Beck: Emotion + Commotion

Rating: Moderately insane

...and hand lotion?

Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer

Rating: Very insane

Martyn: Fabric 50

Rating: Moderately insane

Massive Attack: Heligoland

Rating: Moderately insane (unlike the band itself)

Oh No Ono: Eggs

Rating: Very insane