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Artist-approved! This Joan LeMay mixtape srsly rocks.

Today’s mixtape DJ is the brilliant Joan LeMay, creator of our beloved Breakfast Deciders, maker of fine portraits and just an overall excellent, exuberant human being. She also happens to have 17 years as a music publicist under her belt, which makes for an especially pleasing mix. Read (listen?...

Death Cab’s Dave Depper makes an art + music mixtape.

This weekend’s listening party comes courtesy of prolific, Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Dave Depper—guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist for iconic indie band Death Cab for Cutie. Beyond Death Cab, Depper’s worked with Sharon Van Etten, Ray LaMontagne, Fruit Bats, and a long list ...

Sound advice: the CEO of Sub Pop Records picks songs + prints

Raise your hand if you’d like to see some mental reprieve on the weekend menu. Right there with you! For us, that’s where the arts come in—and we mean plural. Visual art, of course, but lit, music, dance, even the culinary arts all pack a punch when we’re pining for inner peace. Our guest-curated...

An art + song jam sesh from Paul of The Record Store Day Podcast

Weekend musical interlude! Our new Art Mixtape stars song and art matchmaking care of musician, songwriter, and music journalist Paul Myers. You might have heard his work as frontman of The Gravelberrys or as part of The Paul & John. Music heads will wanna read A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rund...

These artist-approved studio jams make a perfect summer playlist.

Here’s something in the key of awesome: this installment of Art Mixtape does things a little differently. Every time we interview an artist for our In the Studio tours, we ask them what’s on their in-studio playlist. Turns out, when we bring all those go-to tracks together it makes for one seriou...

Chief exec artist London O'Connor mixes prints + music

Founded by London O’Connor in 2018 from their bedroom, AWL produces sound, software, and hardware utilities for “the emotional endurance of humans in all fields”. From ambient music that responds to—and aims to lower—your heart rate during bouts of anxiety, to luminary solutions for spaces with n...

An art + music mashup from SummerStage exec Heather Lubov

Heather Lubov is a busy woman, and musically-minded New Yorkers reap the benefits. As the Executive Director of NYC’s City Parks Foundation, Lubov oversees all the organization’s programs, a mix of community enrichment, environmental education, athletics and—of course—arts-oriented endeavors. One...

Symphonic selects with art accompaniment c/o Chicago Sinfonietta’s CEO.

We’re keeping it classical, today. Jim Hirsch, Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Sinfonietta, has assembled a smart, sophisticated art and music ensemble for our Art Mixtape series. Put your pinky away—these matches are free-flowing and fun, like word association for the musically-minded. Th...