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Rustic Bullshit

Charlie Wagers — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:49:20 +0000

I spent a few hours today screen-printing the jackets for the long-overdue vinyl treatment of Rustic Bullshit by Talons’. Also known for his work with Six Parts Seven and Trouble Books, Mike has been making music under the name Talons’ for quite some time. This record was originally released as a CD-R in 2006, and is now getting the vinyl treatment. First-pressing is limited to 100 copies, in chipboard jackets, that I screen-printed (three colors). It’s also being mastered for the first time, and will spin at 45rpm, for the audiophiles. Look for it soon, from Bark & Hiss. Listen to the CD-R (unmastered) version of the album below.

While there, Andy & Josh were printing the Cloudkicker that Adam & Keith designed – five colors!

Gabe Schray “Corrected Follies”

Charlie Wagers — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:29:21 +0000

Today I helped my pal and roommate Gabe Schray print the jackets for his newest project Corrected Follies. A limited-to-100 12″ LP coming out early 2012 from Bark and Hiss. They are printed on reversed recycled LP jackets. For the last 10, we tried my first attempt at a blend roll, with fluorescent pink & yellow inks. There will only be 10 of those, for the collectors. Huge thanks to Gabe, Keith & Soundtrack for their helping hands. Check out one of the songs, below:

Beneath Oblivion | Angel Eyes Split

Charlie Wagers — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:19:39 +0000

I spent countless hours this weekend screen-printing the new 7″ split release from The Mylene Sheath. There are 500 hand-numbered copies, and they took a looong time. 100 on red (with corresponding clear red vinyl), 200 on grey (with opaque grey vinyl) and 200 on white (with clear vinyl). The design was handled by my friend Nate (Northern Lights Industries) and the photo by a member of Beneath Oblivion. The white & grey versions are still available for purchase.

Also, Joel sent me a picture-text of the records, which came in today!

Frightened Rabbit Poster

Charlie Wagers — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:33:02 +0000

Here’s a poster I made for Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit. I originally met Grant & Scott when they were on tour with Josh Ritter, and over shots of whiskey, Grant and I planned out future endeavors, this poster being the first bit of fruition. For the image, I referenced lyrics from their song Skip the Youth, “I’ve been digging that hole tonight, on my knees beneath the moon…” You can grab a silkscreened print at the Cleveland show of their current tour, or online after. Limited to 50, hand-pulled copies.

Midsummer Night’s Dance

Charlie Wagers — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:06:43 +0000

Patternbased & Rubber City Noise are presenting a night of music + art. To serve as Low in the Sky‘s release show for A Shared Rainbow, and lots more. DJ sets & micro-performances by Bellows, Corey Farrow, Pat McNulty, QIX & Kristi Wall. Visual displays by Kendra Minadeo, Cory M. Davis, Steve Felix, James Bryan Parks & Natalie Dechiara. And lastly, art by: Kristi Wall & Charlie Wagers.

In the same fashion as the Rainbow album art, Kristi & I collab’ed on a poster. She did the illustration, we layed it out together, and I screenprinted them (with Jake’s help). The event is next Saturday, July 9th, at the CAVE. Check out the facebook event.

Giants 7″ Test Press

Charlie Wagers — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:42:43 +0000

As usual, The Mylene Sheath had me screenprint the sleeves for the Test Pressings of their latest release. This was a quick little job that I knocked out today. Vinyl Collective held a Contest, where you could win one of these little guys. Limited to only 8 copies, for all of those completists out there.

Beneath Oblivion Test Press

Charlie Wagers — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:16:25 +0000

Today I printed the next installment of The Mylene Sheath‘s Test Press Contest Series. Sheath 007 is the debut EP from Beneath Oblivion, released in 2009. Congratulations to Justin Summers for his winning artwork entry.

Square Shirts

Charlie Wagers — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:00:08 +0000

I first mentioned these shirts a few months ago, and then yesterday I finally brought them into existence. I wanted these to have a classic feel, like a band shirt from the 80′s, that’s been washed a thousand times. So I printed them up on American Apparel’s thin/soft 50/25/25 blend, with water-based ink for additional softness. To top it off, I did a custom inside print, indicating the size, and so your neck doesn’t get itchy. These are on sale now, and only 50′ish exist. Go grab one at Square Records!

Rosetta Special Edition LP Jackets

Charlie Wagers — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:04:02 +0000

It’s seems I’ve been printing a lot lately, more than usual. Can’t complain about that. This time it’s a special edition LP jacket for Rosetta‘s new album A Determinism of Morality, out on Translation Loss & Cavity Records. Dan at Cavity asked that I do a special run, of just 50 copies. Since the original artwork is literally a full rainbow spectrum, instead of doing a ton of colors, we agreed to simplify the art for this limited edition. Andy & Andy were also printing the Gifts From Enola shirts Adam and I designed, for their tour that starts on Tuesday.

Sheath003 Test Press Jackets

Charlie Wagers — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:03:06 +0000

Spent a few hours earlier today printing up the sleeves for the Mylene Sheath Test Press Contest, Vol. 2. This time around, the general vote slimmed down the submissions to five, and the band decided on the winner. Congratulations to David Palmer, for his winning artwork.