Readers gave the first Gig Posters anthology a standing ovation?so for your viewing pleasure, here¡¯s one heck of an encore: 700 more incredible posters from the archives of GigPosters.com, the Internet¡¯s premier destination for concert poster art. It¡¯s a mad jam of illustration and photography, collage and typography, bringing the contemporary music scene to exciting visual life for a generation of fans who¡¯ve grown up in the post-album-art era.
Gig Posters Volume 2 showcases bold artistic riffing by a hundred of today¡¯s most talented designers, including David V. D¡¯Andrea, Peter Cardoso, Graham Pilling, Tyler Stout, Marq Spusta, and Nashville¡¯s legendary Hatch Show Print. You¡¯ll peek inside their portfolios and hear the backstage stories of how these incredible art-and-music creations came to be.
You¡¯ll also find 101 perforated and ready-to-frame posters promoting the most dynamic musical acts of the twenty-first century, from the Black Keys, Flight of the Conchords, Ice-T, and My Morning Jacket to Norah Jones, the Avett Brothers, Coheed & Cambria, and many, many more.
It¡¯s an awesome compendium of pop-art-history in the making?and it¡¯s also just what the walls of your apartment or office have been waiting for.