William Keihn
William Keihn is an American artist, designer, photographer, director and musician. He is best known for designing album covers for Ty Segall, Sic Alps, Black Lips and Thee Oh Sees as well as directing music videos for Drag City artists Sic Alps, Peacers and Bill MacKay. His work as a photographer was published in a 2017 book, Trapdoor.
Keihn was raised by a mother who worked as a nurse and a father who was a factory worker and grew up in what he describes as "a Rust Belt city in Indiana that has succumb to the effects of deindustrialization." As an adult, Keihn moved to San Francisco where he "helped define the visual aesthetic of the underground West Coast rock scene during the late 00's and early 10's."
In 2014, Keihn's original poster designs were exhibited by Chris Johanson at his Quiet Music Festival in Portland, Oregon.
Keihn received his M.F.A. in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his work is held in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.Album art
- Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In
- Thee Oh Sees / Ty Segall - The Drag / Maria Stacks 7"
- Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin - Reverse Shark Attack
- Thee Oh Sees - Help
- Burnt Ones - Black Teeth & Golden Tongues
- Ty Segall - Melted
- Running / Loose Dudes - S/T 7"
- Thee Oh Sees - Quadrospazzed '09 EP
- Burnt Ones - All Night Long 7"
- Blasted Canyons - S/T
- VA - Group Flex Flexi Disc Comp.
- Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania
- Thee Oh Sees/Total Control - S/T EP
- Ty Segall - Spiders 7"
- Sic Alps - Vedley 7"
- Running - Asshole Savant EP
- Burnt Ones - Meet the Golden One 7"
- Sic Alps - She's On Top EP
- Mike Donovan - Wot
- Burnt Ones - You'll Never Walk Alone
- La Machine - Phases & Repetition
- The Blind Shake - Key To A False Door
- Davila 666 - Pocos Años, Muchos Daños
- Burnt Ones - Gift
- Running - Frizzled 7"
- Creeping Pink - Mirror Woods
- The Space Lady And Burnt Ones - S/T EP
- The Peacers - Introducing The Crimsmen
- Black Lips - Four Recs
Music videos
- Sic Alps - "She's On Top"
- Sic Alps - "Biz Bag"
- Sic Alps - "Carrie Jean"
- Peacers - "Staying Home"
- Teddy & The Rough Riders - "Goldmine"
- Bill MacKay - "Birds of May"
- Mike Donovan - "Digital Dan"