Last year our melodic mates at Insound commissioned gifted designer Jason Munn to create the limited edition Insound20 line of posters, hoodies, and tees in tribute to 20 contemporary indie rock stalwarts including the likes of The National, Beirut, and The Decemberists. If last year’s collaboration didn’t do a good enough job convincing us of their good taste in both graphic design and musical arenas, this year’s sequel finished the job and damn near knocked our socks off in the process. Insound has turned to one of our favorite artists, Mike Perry, to create the “Insound 10 Classic” collection. This time the focus has been turned away from the contemporary and towards creating an updated visual representation of influential bands that helped define the genres of punk, post-punk and indie rock between 1977-1997. Included in the visually inspired line of tees, totes, and posters are seminal acts like The Feelies, The Magnetic Fields, and Sleater-Kinney. While the products are slated to arrive in September, pre-order officially launched on Monday at the Insound store, so your time to grab them is already running out. Save a Galaxie 500 Tee for me.

Leaves are falling, pumpkins are carving, and the annual college music fest, CMJ, is just starting to rock here in New York. All of this segues adequately into telling you that our musical compatriots over at InSound are offering a free poster! This Built to Spill “Time Trap” original, part of Jason Munn’s Insound 20, is up for grabs exclusively at JoshSpear.com. All you have to do is enter for a chance to win. Maybe you’re back at school and need a new dorm poster to counteract your roommate’s “John Belushi in ‘College’ sweater” print. Maybe you just lost your job on Wall St. and just want to win something! Maybe your just like clicking links. All of these are valid reasons to enter. Winners will be announced right here next Tuesday.

Bay Area designer, and poster artist for the indy stars, Jason Munn brings his clever, literal style to the world of T-shirts. In a limited set of tees, hoodies, and posters for Insound entitled the Insound 20, Munn blesses 20 bands with his simple storybook cover technique. The line-up includes Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Beirut, She & Him, The National and more. Each is a signature piece that is a graphic interpretation of the band’s name and the feel of their music, yielding sweet looking designs that you might only “get” with a second look. My personal favorite is the one for The New Pornographers.

Munny (Sponsored by Kid Robot) is supporting independent artists alongside our friends at Plastic Chapel and Capsule Gallery. They are having a Munny show fittingly named, “Follow the Munny” June 9th through July 14th. Featured designers include Evan Hecox, Scot Lefavor, and the world famous Jason Thielke (shown here), and you, well maybe. Part of the show is open to the public for an entry fee of $10 and there will be prizes for the best Munny including, money, money, money! Okay not really, but when else can you use that line? There are actually a bunch of great prizes including a signed Kozik 10” BONDAGE Smokin' Labbit. Entry deadline is May 31st so as Munny would say, “Work hard and practice” and get your best Munny out there for all to see! Details to the shows after the jump.

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