Over the years, Matt Howarth's interest in and involvement with alternative and independent music has brought him to do cover art for many releases. This list covers everything done by Howarth in this area. All of these releases (unless noted otherwise) are cassette tapes. All items are also black & white art by Howarth unless noted otherwise. The list is arranged alphabetically by label.

ATOMIC CITY
PO Box 81175
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA

JOE McMAHON: Shatterday (CD) (interior art reprint from SAVAGE HENRY 28)
METLAY: Band of Fire (CD EP)

AUDIOFILE TAPES
209-25 18 Ave.
Bayside, NY 11360 USA

THE VELVET SWINES: Gastric Disturbances
THE VELVET SWINES: Secret Swines

BIRDO'PRAY RECORDS
(label inactive)

BIRDO'PRAY SAMPLER: Rambo
BIRDO'PRAY SAMPLER: Strange Beats/Strained Beasts
BIRDO'PRAY SAMPLER: Third Beat from the Sun (art with Hiroshima)
CLEFT PALATE: Big Fat Gash
FUNKAPHOBIA: Blade in the Lawn
PARTNERS-IN-FUNK: Wastee Days (art with Ferret)
PARTNERS-IN-WONDER: Mutant Dance Craze
CONRAD SCHNITZLER: Conditions of the Gas Giant
SCORNFLAKES: His Head Unnaturally Aching
SCORNFLAKES: Scorn in the USA (vinyl LP)
SMERSH: Dave's Faves
SPINY NORMAN BATES: Bear Down and Push

CAMERA OBSCURA
(label inactive)

CAMERA OBSCURA SAMPLER Vol. 2

CLEVER SHEEP RECORDS
PO Box 331
Ardmore, PA 19003 USA

UNSOUND: Machine

CUNEIFORM RECORDS
PO Box 8427
Silver Spring, MD 20907 USA

(Advertising): MH has done the art for Cuneiform Records ads since 1986.
THE MUFFINS: Chronometers (CD) (color cover and color interior art by MH)

ELECTRIC COTTAGE
PO Box 3637
Apollo Beach, FL 33572 USA

ANGWANA: Slither

FREQUENCY ONE RECORDS
PO Box 28325
Philadelphia, PA 19149 USA

MONSIEUR BOCHE: The Irradiated Sarcophagus
RON POST: Head Wounds (art with Hiroshima)
RON POST: Road Kills
CONRAD SCHNITZLER: Contra-Terrene (out of print)

HARSH REALITY MUSIC
P.O.Box 241661
Memphis, TN 38124-1661 USA

THE VELVET SWINES: A Trip to Ollywood

IDIOSYNCRATICS
(label inactive)

CONRAD SCHNITZLER: Concert (vinyl LP)

INTERFEAR
PO Box 1324
Muscatine, IA 52761 USA

PLATZANGST: Meditations on a Coverless Gen Ken Record (2 color cover art by MH)

INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST NETWORK
(label inactive)

THE VELVET SWINES: Offensive Dump

M&M MUSIC
PO Box 38
Cove, OR 97824 USA

MICHAEL CHOCHOLAK: Creative Memory (art with Ferret)
MICHAEL CHOCHOLAK: Future Selves (art with Ferret)
MICHAEL CHOCHOLAK: Les Oiseaux
MICHAEL CHOCHOLAK: The Latest Models
CONRAD SCHNITZLER and MICHAEL CHOCHOLAK: Concho

NEU HARMONY
http://www.synthmusic.direct.com

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Beyond Me (CD cover and interior art)

NORMAL
(label inactive)

HUNTING LODGE: Eight-Ball (CD with different art than vinyl LP and cassette)

PHILIP K. DICK SOCIETY
(society inactive)

PKDS NEWSLETTER ISSUE 9/10: Ninety Minutes with Philip K. Dick

S/M OPERATIONS
(label inactive)

HUNTING LODGE: Eight-Ball (vinyl LP)
HUNTING LODGE: Eight-Ball (cassette with different cover art)

SOUND OF PIG MUSIC
PO Box 150022
Van Brunt Station
Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA

THE VELVET SWINES: Lamb's Tongues in Froot Loops (art with Tarantula)

SB45
PO Box 41112
Memphis, TN 38174 USA

SWINE BOLT 45: Do You Remember Belinda Portion?

SYNKRONOS MUSIC
PO Box 22
Upper Darby, PA 19082 USA

NIGHTCRAWLERS: The Largo Tree
NIGHTCRAWLERS: Particle Mist
NIGHTCRAWLERS: Space Ritual at St. Mary's
XISLE: Independent Space Program (double cassette)
XISLE: The Phantom Zone
XYL: Scanner (art with Ferret)
XYL: Star's End

Howarth has also designed the label art for several record labels.

RED RECORDS USA
(label inactive)

MH (two-color) art on label on following releases:
FRED FRITH: Guitar Solos 3 (vinyl album)
HENRY COW: In Praise of Learning (vinyl album)
HENRY COW: Unrest (vinyl album)

ZERO RECORDS
(label inactive)

MH art on label on following release:
GHOSTWRITERS: Music from No Man's Land (vinyl 12-inch single)

ZU RECORDS
(label inactive)

MH art on label on following release:
MATERIAL: Temporary Music 1 (vinyl 12-inch EP)

Like what you see? You can buy Matt's work at the Bugtown Mall
All images copyright © Matt Howarth. Used by permission. All rights reserved
Everything else copyright © 2003 Matt Howarth and Craig Smith unless otherwise noted.