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The Small Stakes does beautiful concert posters. They're at http://thesmallstakes.com/gallery.php?page=1

I don't particularly like when people put up posters from events which they did not attend.

Here are my posters from concerts I did attend.

http://matthewhambrick.blogspot.com/2008/11/concert-posters-from-my-house.html

Aesthetic Apparatus is an awesome screen printer out of Minneapolis. One of the best in the biz in my humble opinion.

http://www.aestheticapparatus.com/products.php?subsection=posters&fs_page=1

matthew: i have that first poster. that was a great tour. i agree about having posters from shows you actually went to. it just seems more personal if you can say you were there.

@ponyinarope - I don't know if you know this, but there are less than 500 of those and they were hand-screened by Travis Morrison of the Dismemberment Plan (at least that was what he told me at the merch booth during the tour). You are right, that was one of the best shows I ever went to in my life.

matthew, i don't like it when people are elitist about only having posters from shows they went to...

makes you sound like all the music snobs from high-school

Some of us don't have the time to go to as many shows as they'd like anymore or live in a location that makes it very difficult. However they still love a certain band or an artist that creates the posters, or both.

flatstock shows are a great place to pick up amazing gig posters!
http://www.americanposterinstitute.com/flatstock/

I agree, aesthetic apparatus is great. Another source is the bungaloo out of st. louis.

http://www.thebungaloo.com/posters1.html

i think having great artwork supporting a band or a print artist you love is awesome. bands & artists get nowhere without support.

so what if you didn't go to that show. i don't need posters to prove what shows i've been to, & maybe i've never seen a band i love, but i can hang a poster because of how good that band is or what their music means to me. i haven't been able to afford shows for a couple years. should i just stop supporting the bands i've missed shows for?

and if one person walks into my place & sees that poster & so they pick up an album (or posters), they've supported an artist, helping them pay to get to a show or pay for another album, etc. (although of course some of the $ goes to booze & such, but whatever). essentially, things like this could be helping put $ in the pockets of bands you like.

now, buying a poster of a band you've never listened to or owned any of their music, that's not okay for me. you could likely commission an artist to make one for a band you do like, or go explore the bands tunes for a while first.

GigPosters.Com is a great place to start. Also, Poster Pop for lowbrow art.

i LOVE superkonductor - brilliant! hooked into the chicago music scene.
superkonductor.com

Dear insufferable snobs,

Please. This is a home-decor site, and the point of the post is to show how event posters can make good and inexpensive art.

I recently bought my son an early Grateful Dead poster with a picture of the band at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury. He wasn't even born till after Kurt Cobain died, but he loves the music of the 60s and 70s and is getting to be a really good guitarist thanks to the inspiration of the bands he listens to. According to your logic, he shouldn't have ANY music posters in his room unless it's the Wiggles or Raffi or something that has been around since his birth--oh, AND whose shows we have attended. Which would be zero.

By your logic, you shouldn't have any art in your home that shows the moon, because you haven't been there either.

Small Stakes = totally cute! I recognize lots of their work.

My friends Matt and Andrew have a company called Doublenaut here in Toronto. Here's a sampling of their work (admittedly more dude-oriented than Small Stakes):
http://www.doublenaut.com/work/posters/

My boyfriend and I have tons of them framed at our place. We also have one giant, valuable poster from a show neither of us attended...see bottom photo from this post:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/readers-rooms/displaying-musical-instruments-at-home-sarah-in-toronto-056970

It was a limited edition original print from a show in Japan, a gift from my boyfriend's sister, and he likes the band. I usually agree with the "snobbish" sentiment that you should attend the shows the posters advertise, and when you can, buy your band t-shirts at shows too...but I live with a concert promoter/musician in an urban area and realize that for lots of people, it's not always possible. The point is that you like the music and you're supporting the artist. If you just like the print or the artwork, you might want to give the artist a listen before you purchase it, or you may realize your poster is boldly displaying your love for a band you can't stand. If it's cute indie art you're after, you can always support similar anonymous artwork on Etsy.

for all of the music snobs out there, here is a great poster for you from the great screwball press.

http://www.threadless.com/print/1447/Music_Snob_Print

Hey,

We did that Tokyo Police Club poster! You can check out more of our work here: http://www.doublenaut.com or our shop http://shop.doublenaut.com

Thanks!

Andrew

Hi Andrew! I was just talking about you...

Wow. I finally checked back. I guess I opened up a wound on some folks. Mea Culpa.

I'm in love with tha cat power's poster