50 Amazing Gig Posters Sure to Inspire
Posted by Andrew Lindstrom / Inspiration,Lists / September 13th, 2008
The gig poster scene isn’t exactly the best kept secret among music fiends like myself. It is a tradition that started in the 60’s and is still going strong.
Nowadays, the majority of indie bands have a growing collection of poster art that is just too incredible to simply throw away once the show has ended. Not surprisingly, this has led to the gig poster being something of a collectors item for music fanatics everywhere.
The following are 50 hand picked gig posters whose creativity and imagination blew me away.
Rilo Kiley
Designer: Lure Design Inc
Les Savy Fav
Designer: Cody Fennell
Devendra Banhart
Designer: Spike Press
The National
Designer: Spike Press
Broken Social Scene
Designer: The Small Stakes
My Morning Jacket
Designer: Andrio Abero
Mates Of State
Designer: The Small Stakes
Andrew Bird
Designer: Gina Kelly
The Decemberists
Designer: Little Jacket
Animal Collective
Designer: Delicious Design League
Deerhoof
Designer: The Small Stakes
The Shins
Designer: Kevin Tong
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Designer: Dave Conrey
We Are Scientists
Designer: Jonathan Schmitt
Joanna Newsom
Designer: The Small Stakes
LCD Soundsystem
Designer: Little Jacket
Of Montreal
Designer: F2 Design
Tokyo Police Club
Designer: Doublenaut
Radiohead
Designer: Emek
Fiery Furnaces
Designer: Jason Malmberg
OOIOO
Designer: Shaun Flynn
Jose Gonzalez
Designer: The Small Stakes
Stars
Designer: Dani Vachon
Neko Case
Designer: The Small Stakes
Destroyer
Designer: Hammerpress
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
Designer: Sidekick Design
Feist
Designer: Micah Smith
Islands
Designer: Show and Smell Print
Caribou
Designer: Never Sleeping Design
Wilco
Designer: F2 Design
Arcade Fire
Designer: Mike Weihs
Bright Eyes
Designer: Option-G
Battles
Designer: Sleevestar
Sufjan Stevens
Designer: Salvador Lopez
Cat Power
Designer: The Heads of State
Calexico
Designer: The Small Stakes
Belle And Sebastian
Designer: Strawberry Luna
Vampire Weekend
Designer: Spike Press
Architecture In Helsinki
Designer: DKNG
Sigur Ros
Designer: Vahalla Studios
Beck
Designer: The Heads of State
Grizzly Bear
Designer: Nate Duval
Futureheads
Designer: UglyBogus
Spoon
Designer: Strawberry Luna
Zero 7
Designer: Dan Stiles
Iron And Wine
Designer: Methane Studios
Stephen Malkmus
Designer: Dave Motorcoat
Bloc Party
Designer: Matt Leunig
Peter Bjorn & John
Designer: Methane Studios
Flight Of The Conchords
Designer: Tyler Stout
Source
These were all found from the gigposters.com catalog. I am in no way affiliated with them, but if you enjoyed this post you should probably check ’em out.
Yo, I'm Andrew Lindstrom. I am a freelance web designer based in Vancouver, Canada. When not geeking out over design, I'm likely geeking out over film, technology or pretending to play the guitar.
The people who designed these posters have an amazing imagination. My favorite is LCD Soundsystem…
Thanks for the post and directing the people to keep an eye open for gigposters!!
Great Collection, but my favourite definitely is the “Les Savy Fav” one!
[…] Heads of State (and others, like Spike Press) […]
These posters a really great. Based off of the ones you selected for this post, I think you might enjoy the work from Aesthetic Apparatus in Minneapolis, MN. I’ll be bookmarking your site
really really nice selection! i love gig posters!
you should really check out this artist guy called Dan Grzeca- he makes a lot of gig posters, has done loads for the Black Keys and they are really amazing! i was surprised not to see one of the black keys posters on here- but this guy Dan Grzeca has done some really cool posters look him up!