photo by Jennifer Becker

Announcing our Spring 2010 Cover Girl!

Melissa Auf der Maur takes us behind the scenes of her Venus Zine photo shoot and offers a prize pack with guitar

As Venus Zine relaunches with our Spring 2010 issue, we couldn't be happier to have Melissa Auf der Maur as our latest cover girl. Known for her role as bass player in seminal '90s bands like Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, Auf de...

The Yellow Handkerchief: A Southern Gothic Road Trip

I admit it. I was prepared not to buy Kristen Stewart as a 15-year-old grasping at the kindness of strangers on a ...

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A Pretty Good Situation

Pretty Good Dance Moves makes music with an evolving cast

Jimmy Giannopoulos and Aaron Allietta know how to make a long-distance relations...


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Shout Out Louds

Crystal Erickson loves Shout Out Louds

I have been in love with Shout Out Louds ever since I heard the V...

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Behind the Scenes with Melissa Auf der Maur

On location with our Spring 2010 cover girl in NYC

Sounds

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Twin Tigers

Gray Waves (Old Flame)

In theory, the psychedelic noise pop that Twin Tigers has set out to create is an interesting take on the shoegaze...

Live Reviews

The Magnetic Fields

Laura Barrett and the Magnetic Fields forecast a brightly grim future in New York

March 10, 2010, at the Town Hall

Town Hall is a stately, mature auditorium that almost feels out of place in...

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Spring 2010