It seems that spring has finally sprung here in Brooklyn, and along with its arrival we’ve got some great new items and exclusive deals that we don’t want you to miss out on.

Right on the coattails of LCD Soundsystem’s final show (of which we are still reveling in the epicness of the show while simultaneously sincerely sad to see them go), we released the latest Musician as Designer shirt (Edition 13) by the lovely Nancy Whang. Nancy not only plays in LCD Soundsystem, but also the long time SSD faves Juan MacLean. There are only 60 in this series, featuring her original watercolor illustration digitally (yes, digitally) printed on organic Alternative Apparel garments. Get them now or forever regret missing out.

We’ve also got some great sales going on in our shop. Musician as Designer shirts by Sadie Laska and Lucky Dragons have been added to the sale this week, at 30% off. Our 2010 Collection oversized totes are still only $10/each, and all 12 installments in Volume One of the Artist Music Journals series are only $8 each. We would be bad friends if we didn’t warn you that the low stock that remains for the Daniel Higgs, Brian Roettinger (+ No Age), and EYE installments.

After an awesome pop up shop at Giant Robot LA in March we were able to get back some previously sold out items, including VIF ED 04 Crew T in Medium, the Beach House Hoodie in Medium from our 2010 Collection, and the Health Crew T in both Small and Medium. Make sure to check out our store to see what’s popped up!

For all of you in NYC, this Friday (April 22nd), Pantha du Prince is performing at Good Units / Hudson Hotel. We will have all of his 2010 Collection designs on sale, designed by the infamous Hisham Bharoocha, so be sure to stop by and say hi. Doors are at 10 pm.

Also for those in NYC, the talented Musician as Designer alum Tim Cohen will be performing with his band The Fresh and Onlys on Saturday (April 23rd) at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are still available, and we hope to see you there.

Last but not least, be sure to sign up for the brand new RCRD Deals. Soundscreen Design will have an exclusive discounted package available next week. Head over to RCRD Deals for more info.

We’ve been hard at work here in frosty, snow covered Greenpoint on an abundance of new products, collaborations and projects that we’re excited to share with you. Make sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay updated on all our new endeavors, as well as the occasional exclusive sales just for our subscribers.

Record Messenger Bag

We’re super psyched to introduce our Record Messenger Bag. Practical and spacious, the bag not only stands up to the demands of the most intense rider, but also safely protects up to 10 LPs in a fortified interior. No more ruining the corners and jackets of your records when attempting to bike home from your local shop. But why stop there? To boot, each bag has a unique recycled vinyl lining sourced from highway billboard advertisements and reflective outer printing to keep you safe at night.

With only 150 produced in our first run, get yours today from our shop.

Artist Music Journal 12: Yamantaka Eye (of Boredoms)

Yamantaka Eye’s Artist Music Journal is available now and is not to be missed. Eye’s is the twelfth and final edition of Volume 1, and we could not think of a more fitting artist to close out the series. Eye used his journal as an opportunity to design for dozens of imaginary bands, including original album art and vinyl details. One of our very favorite releases in the series, AMJ 12 is available now, and as always, limited to 1000 copies.

Vinyl is Forever Edition 05 Still in Stock

We’ve just discovered a few “lost boxes” in our warehouse, which contained desperately needed stock on all styles and sizes for the Vinyl is Forever Edition 05. In case you haven’t heard, VIF ED 05 was designed by Chicago-based design collective The Post Family. This will be the final collection for the Vinyl is Forever line, so make sure to grab one before they’re gone. This collection will not be reprinted.

Musician as Designer
Justin Pearson’s (Three One G Records, The Locust, All Leather, Swing Kids, Retox, and about 1,000 other amazing bands) Musician as Designer t-shirts are still available online.

They will be followed up shortly by an installment from San Francisco’s Tim Cohen (Fresh and Onlys), who’s newest solo record can be purchased here, and whose online portfolio can be viewed here.

We’ll have other upcoming Musician as Designer t-shirts in the works from artists such as Richard McGuire of Liquid Liquid, Sonny Kay, and many more exciting artists. Installments range in size from 60 – 84 shirts, we recommend not dilly dallying.

Winter Sales
A few big sales happening on our site for a limited time:
- 2009 Collection Clearance - 70% off the entire 2009 Collection. Yes, 70%.
- Musician as Designer Clearance - 30% off select Musician as Designer tees by Jeremy Earl, Eddie Argos, John Wiese and Shawn Reed
- Tote Bag Sale - 50% off all 2010 Tote Bags (Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Band of Horses, Chairlift, HEALTH, Pantha du Prince, TV on the Radio and Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Upcoming Events
Soundscreen Design Presents: Seriously Ecstatic: Joshua White at the Fillmore East, 1968–70.
Issue Project Room
February 17th @ 8:00 pm

Please join us to help celebrate the release of our eleventh Artist Music Journal with Dan Nadel (Picturebox) and Joshua White (Joshua Light Show). Dan Nadel will conduct a Q&A with Joshua White preceding the live performance, featuring a musical collaboration with Gary Panter, Ross Goldstein and Devin Flynn.

Soundscreen Design @ Giant Robot
March 1-31
GR2

This pop-up will feature a wide range of products, including pop-up exclusives, our messenger bag with fortified vinyl LP pocket and the last installment of the Vinyl is Forever apparel line. Come and check us out!

In The Future
While we’re are hard at work with new artists and musicians for our 2011 Collection, we’ll also be curating the Fall ’11 Collection for LA-based fashion brand Blood is the New Black, whose t’s we wear almost everyday. We’ll have more information soon, but in the meantime you can check out their amazing collection of artists and apparel here.

Stay warm friends and thanks for your continued support!

Lots going on here at Soundscreen Design, including a new Vinyl is Forever edition, the complete 2010 Collection of designer band apparel, a limited edition Touchable Sound bundle, Artist Music Journal back issue discounts, and, of course, a few exciting projects in the works.

Vinyl is Forever

Our fifth (and final!) edition in the Vinyl is Forever series is out now, designed by the always incredibly Post Family. The Post Family began with seven guys living in Chicago who liked to make art, however over the past two years the collective has grown into a blog, gallery, performance space, working design studio, and resources for the Chicago community they intend to serve. The design for this edition is featured on crew neck t’s (natural and black), a heather black ¾ sleeve henley, and a grey pullover hoodie. As always, the design is limited edition and printed on soft and comfy organic garments. Order yours here!

Touchable Sound

We are thrilled and very thankful for the incredible turn out at our past events for our new book, Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-inch Records from the USA. Events celebrating its release (thus far) included a special presentation at Family (LA), a DJ night featuring exclusively records from the book at Heathers (NYC), a special Man or Astroman? 7”/book bundle for their first Athens’ show in 11 years, at 40 Watt Club, and a panel and presentation at Criminal Records (Atlanta). Thank you for everyone that came out for these events!

As we mentioned, we made a special bundle for the Georgia events. Along with the book’s introduction writer and Mr. Man About Town Henry Owings (Chunklet), we teamed up with Man or Astroman? for a limited edition (300 copies) one-of-a-kind 7”, specially packaged for sale with Touchable Sound. The record comes in a static shield bag, complete with a (very real) circuit board, and features two unreleased songs ‘Earth Station Radio’ and ‘Updated Theme to Supercar.’ We only have a few left, and if you were not able to make the show you may purchase one of these special bundles by paypaling $39 to mike@soundscreendesign.com, while supplies last of course.

If you haven’t been to an event yet (or want to come to another one!) please make sure to check out our upcoming installation of 60 records featured in Touchable Sound at the John Varvatos store in NYC (in the old CBGB’s). The 3-month installation starts November 23rd.

Artist Music Journals
Both the 10th and 11th editions in our first volume of Artist Music Journals are still available and shipping now. The 10th edition, with Brian Roettinger, comes with an exclusive 10” record featuring a collaboration between No Age and Brian with three exclusive tracks. Brian also did the album artwork of No Age’s new album, Everything In Between, released in September.

The 11th edition, brought to us by Dan Nadel (Picturebox), features Josh White and the legendary Joshua Light Show. There’s currently an exhibition at London’s Welcome Collection, featuring a recreation of the visually mind-blowing Joshua Light Show.

Everyone likes a good deal – and that’s why we’re doing a sale bundle of 4 AMJs (editions 7-10) for the price of 3. Save big bucks on your AMJs and get your sale bundle here.

2010 Collection

Our entire 2010 collection is out and shipping now! The collection, featuring 5 renowned design studios / fashion designers and designs for 10 supremely talented and influential bands, is just what you’ve come to expect from us – one-of-a-kind designs printed on quality, limited edition garments. The bands and designers featured are:

Samantha Pleet for Chairlift / The Hundred In The Hands.
Patent Pending for Beach House / HEALTH.
Rob Carmichael for Animal Collective / Atlas Sound.
Hisham Bharoocha for Pantha du Prince / Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race for TV on the Radio / Band of Horses.

Check out the complete amazing collection and order here!

Upcoming Projects
There are several new projects in the works at SSD to keep your eye out for. The first is our new, uniquely designed messenger bag- featuring a fortified vinyl pocket to protect your records while you transport them.

We’ll also be publishing a children’s coloring book, ‘Road to Rock,’ telling the epic rise to fame of imaginary 80’s metal giants, Jet Vegas. The book, illustrated by the legendary Hero Design studio of Buffalo, NY, will be out this winter.

Justin Thomas Kay’s edition in the ongoing Vinyl is Forever line has been very well received by the ever fickle design and t-shirt blogosphere. Here are a a few highlights:

Hide Your Arms
Add/cteed
Sunshine+Design
Fat Seagull

Don’t forget to enter the contest running on Insound, where you can win one of each garment released for Edition 04.

On the heels of the our most successful Vinyl is Forever line to date (Edition 03, designed by Rob Giampietro), the fourth installment features the design of Justin Thomas Kay, as well as our first 2-sided design. The line is available exclusively from Soundscreen Design’s shop.

Edition 04 features 2 color versions of crew neck t’s, 2 color versions of pullover hooded sweatshirts, and a square-bottom, oversized grocery tote.

The fourth installment in our ongoing Vinyl is Forever organic apparel line is in production. Designed by the ever-brilliant Justin Thomas Kay, Edition 04 will feature a choice of  color (white with black ink / black with white ink) for each garment type of crew neck t’s and pullover hoodies, while the oversized grocery tote will be available in white with black ink only. Made from premium, organic cotton, all the base garments are from Alternative Apparel.

Edition 04 will be available for pre-order in the coming weeks, but you can stock on the remaining items from previous Vinyl is Forever (featuring Human Empire, Andreas Samuelsson and Rob Giampietro) lines now and take advantage of our 20% off sale.

We found a box of Vinyl is Forever Edition 01 (designed by Human Empire) V Neck T’s, in XL. There were 6 shirts in the box. We put them back on sale just for you. We also have 2 XS V’s left, in case you are not of the XL variety.

- Edition 03 designed by Rob Giampietro
- Eco-Heather Organic & Recycled Garments from Alternative Apparel
- Limited Edition - Never to be Reprinted

Available now exclusively in our shop and shipping immediately, we are proud to release the third installment of the ongoing Vinyl is Forever series.

New York based designer, writer, and teacher Rob Giampietro designed Edition 03, which we printed on Organic Alternative Apparel garments in crew neck t’s, 3/4 sleeve henleys, crew neck sweatshirts and tote bags.

Vinyl is Forever is a quarterly series of limited edition apparel featuring exclusive designs from prominent artists and studios, curated by Soundscreen Design.

A limited quantity of Vinyl is Forever Edition 02 - Andreas Samuelsson, and 3 pieces of Vinyl is Forever Edition 01 - Rob Giampietro are available in our shop.

- Edition 03 designed by Rob Giampietro
- Eco-Heather Organic & Recycled Garments from Alternative Apparel
- Limited Edition - Never to be Reprinted

Available for pre-order exclusively in our shop, we are proud to release the third installment of the ongoing Vinyl is Forever series.

On the heels of the successful first and second editions (designed by Human Empire and Andreas Samuelsson respectively), the third installment of Vinyl is Forever features the design of New York based designer, writer, and teacher Rob Giampietro.  This edition features crew neck t’s, 3/4 sleeve henleys, crew neck sweatshirts and tote bags.

Rob Giampietro teaches at Parsons The New School for Design in New York and in the graduate graphic design program at RISD in Providence, RI. He also served on the Executive Board of AIGA/NY from 2007-2009. Rob has participated in lectures and panels at the School of Visual Arts, the New Museum, and Yale University. His commentary on design and visual culture has appeared in Dot Dot Dot, Design Observer, Emigre, Eye Magazine, and more.

Vinyl is Forever is a quarterly series of limited edition apparel featuring exclusive designs from prominent artists and studios, curated by Soundscreen Design.

A limited quantity of Vinyl is Forever Edition 02 - Andreas Samuelsson, and 3 pieces of Vinyl is Forever Edition 01 - Rob Giampietro are available in our shop.

We are down to the very last hoodies of Edition 01, designed by Human Empire. We have 1 XL hoodie and 1 Medium hoodie left for sale. Edition 02 hoodies, designed by Andreas Samuelsson, are moving quickly as well, with only a handful left in each size. Please see our shop for up to date availability.