Issue #09 | May 2026 | Curated by Cut Chemist | Artwork by Brandon Campbell | | | It’s been a while since the last You Dig?… you missed us, right? Things have been kinda crazy in the Dust & Grooves universe. As always, Eilon’s super busy with stuff, curating events, and working on an exciting new book series dedicated to serious and novice crate diggers. Look out for full details on that really soon.
Issue #08 | August 2025 | Curated by DB Burkeman | Artwork by Pia Dehne | | | Down at those crossroads we reckon you’re sure to find this month’s cover art, from NY-based artist Pia Dehne. The painting’s based on her 2004 photoshoot, which recreated Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland cover – the one that didn’t make it to the then-prudish US market in 1968. The stencil-cum-cave painting style gives the iconic cover a whole new, yet curiously fitting vibe.
Issue 07 | April 2025 | Curation & Artwork by Jess Rotter | | | We’re thrilled to have LA-based illustrator and record fiend Jess Rotter guest curating this issue. Jess has been a good friend of Dust & Grooves right back to her 2013 interview with Eilon for the first book. I love that Jess’s first taste of vinyl was a Fisher Price Record Player next to her bed, and how she would wake up to flip over the record. Dedication, people.
Issue 06 | April 2025 | Curation by DJ Scribe | Artwork by Soundpapered | | | This month, we put virtual pen to paper, with DJ Scribe curating the cultural choices and Soundpapered providing the artwork. Soundpapered, the alter ego of British-American artist Rachel D. Abrams, has created some truly memorable cover art for You Dig?, above. Famously, art has no rules—but not so with Soundpapered.
Issue 05 | March 2025 | Curation by Grace of Spades | Illustration by Ellen G | | | We’re thrilled to have some seriously mind-bending cover art from Ellen G for this issue of You Dig?. Depending how quickly you can get your head around her Escher-style record store illustration, says a lot about how big your Saturday night was! Continuing the reggae vibes, curating the main chunk of this month’s newsletter is New York DJ and dedicated Dust & Groover, Grace of Spades.
Issue 04 | December 2024 | Curation by Kevin Foakes | Artwork by Hannah Brown | | | This month’s superb cover art comes from Leicester-based artist Hannah Brown of Kvist Studio. Kevin Foakes is behind the desk for this month’s Dust & Grooves Curates, hitting the levels with everything he’s been savouring this month–from a mixtape that honours the memory of J Saul Kane to his top five records on rotation.
Issue 03 | November 2024 | Curation and Artwork by Mafalda | | | This month’s lyrically-inspired watercolor cover art comes from London-based artist, DJ and sun-chaser, Mafalda Daniel. You may have spotted her in Dust & Grooves V2 with the cool Mac Miller slipmats... You can find her on Instagram @mafaldafromthesun, and behind the turntables for her monthly radio show on NTS.
Issue 02 | October 2024 | Curation by Yale Evelev | Artwork by Zoë Baxter | | | Moving onto Dust & Grooves Curates, the real meat of You Dig?, and we’ve got a treat for you in this issue. Yale Evelev, co-owner of Luaka Bop, shares a bunch of super-cool recs from his personal shelves (which he once ironically called “the largest collection of records that nobody’s interested in”).
Issue 01 | September 2024 | Curation by Richard Headland | Collage by Morgan Jesse Lappin | | | Check out this month’s Editorial Notes from our intern Fiona, and continue to the bulk of the issue: Dust & Grooves Curates, with hand-picked recommendations from one of our guest editors. This month, the recs come from me – Rich Headland, resident editor of You Dig?, and founder of Record Shop Stories – but next month we hand over the torch.
