Winter 2006

Winter 2006

Cover story: Cat Power: Chan Marshall sank to the bottom and has risen up. Way up. Meet the new queen of indie rock.

Announcing the winners of our 4th annual Hottt List, including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Morrissey, Sufjan Stevens, Toni Collette, and Kill Rock Stars Records

INTERVIEWS

Joanna Newsom • Regina Spektor • Peaches • Brazilian Girls • Love is All • Matt & Kim • The Blow • The Shins • Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos dishes on his first book, Sound Bites • Fur screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson • St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves author Karen Russell

PLUS

* Record Shopping with Ladytron

* Mad Lit with Mary Gaitskill

* Meet the winners of our 2nd annual Holiday Craft-off Contest

* Le Tigre’s Johanna Fateman opens Seagull salon

* R.I.P. Sandy West: The Runaways' drummer rocked hard and died quietly

* Scene & Unheard: Brighton, England

* "Type Dirty to Me: My job as a spammer"

* "Me So Horny: A scientific experiment in aphrodisiacs"

* How to get a book deal

* Courtney Love's "Dirty Blonde" book

* Cooking with Veruca Salt

* Style Idol: the men of Fred Flare

* Sounds: reviews of new music by Lady Sovereign, Miho Hatori, Isobel Campbell, Lily Allen, and the Slits


Other Stories in this Issue

Music

Features
Cat Power  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Chan Marshall sank to the bottom and has risen up. Way up. Meet the new queen of indie rock.

By Stephanie Trong

Imanicoppola
Whatcha Watchin'?  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Major label–turned-independent vocalist and Peeping Tom backup singer Imani Coppola takes a moment to wind down before hitting the road again

By Amber Drea

Bat For Lashes
Scene & Unheard: Brighton, England  Issue Number #30 Issue #30

By Beth Capper

The Runaways in 1977 from left: Joan Jett, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Vicki Blue, and Lita Ford.
R.I.P. Sandy West  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Runaways’ drummer lives hard, rocks harder, and dies quietly

By Sheba White

Record shopping with Ladytron  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The British quartet gets Physical on their vinyl shopping spree

By Kelly Mellott

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Julie Christmas  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Battle Of Mice and Made Out Of Babies singer opens up about her intense stage persona and the difficulties of working with exes

By Ophi Edut and Tali Edut The Astro Twins

The Shins from left: Dave Hernandez, Marty Crandall, James Mercer, and Jesse Sandoval.
The Shins  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Garden State's favorite band winces the hype away on their forthcoming

By Emily Anderson

Joanna Newsom  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
With her second album, Ys, the 20-something delivers one of the year’s most artistic albums. She’s made a name for herself as the mysteriously quirky, fairytale-writing harpist.

By Eugenia Williamson

Love is all from Left: Fredrik Eriksson, Markus Gorsch, Johan Lindwall, Josephine Olausson, and Nicholaus Sparding
Love Is All  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The noisy pop stars discuss spontaneity, international success, and the cold Swedish winter

By John Everhart

Keyboardist-vocalist Matt Johnson and Drummer Kim Schifino
Matt & Kim  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Brooklyn pop-punk duo knows how to get the party started

By Sandra Carr

The Blow  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
With their new album, Paper Television, the Portland duo says they’re just trying to keep it real

By Kristina Francisco

Regina Spektor  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The anomaly of an artist talks about the frenzy that is touring and finding her real voice

By Andrea Bussell

Peaches  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
For those who can handle dirty in their sexy

By Kelly Shindler

Brazillian Girls  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Sabina Sciubba wants you to make love — not war — to her music

By Mia Horberg

Clockwise from upper left: Kill Rock Stars bands Delta 5, Numbers, Stereo Total, and Deerhoof
Kill Rock Stars  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Slim Moon leaves his post as president of the label that helped to launch the careers of Elliott Smith and Sleater-Kinney

By Adam Rathe

Sean Lennon
A Good Year?  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
We asked various artists to talk about their favorite music, films, and life experiences of 2006. We also asked them to reveal what they’re looking forward to in 2007.

By Sheba White & Amy Schroeder

Sounds
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Graham Coxon  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (Parlophone)

By Charlotte Robinson

Willie_nelson
Willie Nelson  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Songbird (Lost Highway)

By Crystal Nicholson

Lady_sovereign
Lady Sovereign  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Public Warning (Def Jam)

By Kate Carolan-Reed

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Jenny Hoyston and William Whitmore  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Hallways of Always (Southern)

By Andrea Bussell

Swan_island
Swan Island  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Centre Will Hold (Holocene Music)

By Jim Keller

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A Hawk and A Hacksaw  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Way the Wind Blows (The Leaf Label)

By Matt Siblo

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Psychic Ills  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Early Violence (Social Registry)

By Sheba White

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The Be Good Tanyas  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Hello Love (Nettwerk)

By Marisa Torrieri

Norfolk_and_western
Norfolk and Western  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Unsung Colony (Hush)

By Matt Siblo

Under_byen
Under Byen  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Samme Stof Som Stof (Paper Bag)

By Garin Pirnia

Dynasty_handbag
Dynasty Handbag  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Foo Foo Yik Yik (Lovepump United)

By Kat Long

Wee_hairy_beasties
Wee Hairy Beasties  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Animal Crackers (Bloodshot)

By Anna Breshears

Big_sir
Big Sir  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Und Die Schiebbe Andert Sich Immer (Cold Standard Laboratories)

By Crystal Nicholson

Plague_songs
Plague Songs  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Various Artists (4AD)

By Elizabeth Rhodes

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MV+EE With the Bummer Road  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Green Blues (Ecstatic Peace!)

By Chris Pacifico

Tanya_donelly
Tanya Donelly  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
This Hungry Life (Eleven Thirty)

By Anna Breshears

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Frida Hyvonen  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Until Death Comes (Secretly Canadian)

By John Everhart

Isobel_campbell
Isobel Campbell  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Milkwhite Sheets (V2)

By Tiffany Lee Brown

The_curtains
The Curtains  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Calamity (Asthmatic Kitty)

By Sam Scranton

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PJ Harvey  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
PJ Harvey: The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 (Island)

By Elizabeth Rhodes

Lily_allen
Lily Allen  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Alright, Still (Regal/Parlophone)

By Jeremy Ohmes

Nina_simona
Nina Simone  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Remixed and Reimagined (RCA/Legacy)

By Sonia Pereira Murphy

Bitch
Bitch  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Make This/Break This (Kill Rock Stars)

By Callye Morrissey

Boyskout  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Another Life (Three Ring Records)

By Alyson Mead

Dear_nora
Dear Nora  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
This is No Home (Magic Marker)

By Andrea Benvenuto

El_perro_del_mar
El Perro Del Mar  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
El Perro Del Mar (The Control Group)

By Jennifer Li

My_latest_novel
My Latest Novel  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Wolves (The Worker's Institute)

By Anne Johnson

White_magic
White Magic  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (Drag City)

By Elizabeth Barker

Daylight_s_for_the_birds
Daylight's for the Birds  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Trouble Everywhere (Bellhop Music)

By Angie Vo

Partline
Partyline  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Zombie Terrorists (Retard Disco)

By Adam Rathe

Alela_diane
Alela Diane  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Pirate's Gospel (Holocene Music)

By Bill Copeland

DIY

Features
Mane attraction  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Le Tigre’s Johanna Fateman opens a Manhattan salon

By Amy Schroeder

Musician and Future of Music Coalition co-proprietor Jenny Toomey
The good, the bad, and the extremely useful  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The Future of Music Coalition continues its mission of providing critical tools and information for musicians

By Jeremy Ohmes

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Ladies Who Launch  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
These women serve up inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs

By Anastasia Masurat

From Left: Miss Information's Colleen Cavanaugh Anthony and Alexis Owens
Jet rag  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
Miss Information travel guides give the skinny on any city from ladies in the know

By Angie Vo

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Speed Knitting  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
by Kris Percival (Chronicle Books, 132 pages, $19.95)

By Alexandra Edwards

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T-shirt makeovers: 20 transformations for fabulous fashions  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
By Sistahs of Harlem (Glitterati, October 2006, 143 pages, $25)


By Sheba White

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Store of the ish: Broad Vocabulary  Issue Number #30 Issue #30
The owners of the Milwaukee feminist bookstore say their goal is to subvert the dominant paradigm

By Angie Vo

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