To those coming of age in the 1980s and ‘90s, album cover designer Vaughan Oliver created not only the look of the influential British record label 4AD, but conjured an imaginary realm that would ...

Album cover designer Vaughan Oliver, who developed a signature abstract style as the 4AD label’s in-house man on top of doing classic work for bands like the Pixies, has died at age 62. No cause of ...

It tells the story of graphic designer Denise Burt and her album covers. Read about her process, see the art — and hear the music that inspired her. Shortly after Burt moved to Copenhagen in 2000, she ...

Paste editors, staffers, writers and interns voted on the best album covers of 2016 after reviewing a field of over 350 designs. Album design trends in 2016 included horizons both terrestrial and ...

With his new single “Diet Coke,” Pusha T leaned into trends both new and old. The old: Pusha is still rapping about selling coke. The new: Cover art from longtime Raf Simons collaborator, fashion ...

Mihailo Andic: That was actually right before the Lil Boat mixtape came out. This is one of my favorite stories. It was just one day before Valentine's Day and one of my brother's friends came over to ...

The best or worst years of an artist’s career can be defined by a single square image. Album cover art is often the first step toward that album’s reception — good or bad — and we often associate the ...

Pop, derived from the word "popular," is a genre that's continually hard to define. Pop music shifts constantly, but over time, it has been known to include catchy melodies and hooks, repeated ...