Blog: Kofi's hat

The winner of the Art Vinyl Prize for the best album cover art of 2008 has been revealed, along with 49 also-rans. On top: Fleet Foxes' eponymous full-length debut, which relies on a detail from that still-trendy "1559 painting Netherlandish Proverbs by Pieter Bruegel the Elder." Will that painting ever go out of fashion? Another cover featuring a a fancy-like old-timey painting , Coldplay's Viva La Vida , took third place, behind Roots Manuva's Slime & Reason . The Roots Manuva cover showcased another popular theme among [...]