Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 03: Why collaboration should feel like a conspiracy
This week in New Creative Era, Josh and Yancey dive into the topic of collaboration. What have we learned about
Release strategies
Perspectives on how to release, promote, and build community on creative work.
Resources
Tips for pricing your release
When we control how we want our work to circulate, it also means we get to control how we assign
Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 02: How to tell the story of your work
A conversation about how to have a conversation about what you creatively do
Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 01: How to create context and release your work
The first episode of a new podcast from Joshua Citarella, Yancey Strickler, and Metalabel
Creative practices
The $100 cube of garbage that sold out in hours
RELEASE DETAILS
Creator: Justin Gignac
Release: NYC Garbage Season 2
Format: Limited edition sculptures (50 pieces)
Price: $100 each
Status:
Creative practices
Stop posting, start releasing: The 2025 Creative Playbook
In December, an artist on Metalabel sold out an entire collection of NYC garbage — literal trash from the streets of
Creative practices
What can Metalabel do for you, really?
What is it that makes Metalabel different?
Release strategies
Give free a chance
Seeing through our Creative Hierarchy of Needs
Creative practices
Q&A: Train Songz on making zines and building community
Train Songz
Summer 24, #4
Physical zine
On Friday morning something unexpected happened on Metalabel: the fourth edition of a
About Metalabel
What we talk about when we talk about release
To honor our work, we must release ______
Zines
This zine could change your life
An appreciation for a time-tested format
Release strategies
Do you post or do you RELEASE?
On sharing art after content
Release strategies
Sell out without selling out
A '90s and '20s counterculture clash
Creative practices
Practices and cathedrals
Exploring modes of creative effort
Release strategies
How to use New Media to revive existing work
Embed the past in the present and the present in the past
Q&As
Q&A: YACHT on what it means to release
A beloved indie dance-rock duo changes the game again
New media
Formulary for New Media
New Media does not exist. New Media must be built.
Creative practices
Small is more meaningful than big
Imagine it’s your birthday party.
It’s the start of the night. You and your closest friends are there.