Spring 2007

Spring 2007
Feist

Cover story: Feist. Three years after the release of her critically acclaimed Let It Die, the Canadian singer talks about the breakup that heavily influenced her breakthrough album. Still taken by her last collection of songs, we need no reminder of the chanteuse’s seductively disarming ways. On her latest release, The Reminder, Leslie Feist shows she no longer needs to cover other people’s music — her own material is plenty strong.

INTERVIEWS

Yoko Ono • Lily Allen • Deerhoof • Blonde Redhead • CocoRosie • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah • Andrew Bird • Ted Leo • Gina Torres • Sarah Polley • The Ponys

PLUS

* Record Shopping with Bloc Party

* the male pill

* MySpace stars: Meet the new e-famers

* Mad Lit with Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin

* In Sassy We Trust: Release of How Sassy Changed My Life book triggers us to get nostalgic for one of the most important teen magazines

* punk rock yoga

* Sounds: reviews of new music by Electrelane, Lucinda Williams, Midnight Movies, Arcade Fire, Maria Taylor, and many more

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Gallery

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Feist  Issue #31 Issue #31

Three years after the release of her critically acclaimed Let It Die, the Canadian singer talks about the breakup that heavily influenced her breakthrough album. Still taken by her last collection of songs, we need no reminder of the chanteuse’s seducti

The first time I saw Feist perform live, she was doing aerobics onstage at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, wearing a tight spandex uniform and a sock puppet on her hand. At the time, she went by the name Bitch Lap-Lap, and in the center stage, her ...

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Getting fresh Issue Number #31 Issue #31

Growing mint for homemade mojitos is a breeze (continued from the spring 2007 issue)

Styling by Jill Carr Hair
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Sarah Polley Issue Number #31 Issue #31

With Away From Her, the actress takes on a new role: director


Other Stories in this Issue

Music

Features
Deerhoof
Deerhoof  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Our Sounds editor checks in with her favorite band of all time. After 10 albums, they’re all about connecting with fans, keeping it real, and making friend opportunities along the way.

By Kristina Francisco

Lily Allen  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
With an Internet success story under her belt, the potty-mouthed Brit remains loyal to her fans and takes a stand against the NME for women in music

By Jeremy Ohmes

Jac Vanek (myspace.com/jacvanek)
The E-Famers  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Has MySpace created another medium for stars to be born? Meet some of the social networking site’s brightest, new VIPs.

By Kelly Mellott

Life takes a visa  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Post 9/11 immigration policies are tougher than ever, but is the United States doing itself more harm by denying visas to foreign artists?

By Kelly Mellott

Clockwise from left: Kazu Makino, Simone Pace, and Amadeo Pace
Blonde Redhead  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
More than a decade since the Certain Three’s inception, frontwoman Kazu Makino continues to challenge the meaning of ‘pretty’ on their seventh album, 23

By Daphne Carr

The sisters Casady, from left: Bianca and Sierra
CocoRosie  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Mix spooky effects with beatboxing you get the sister duo’s adventurous fourth album

By Cortney Harding

The Shondes  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The radical Brooklyn four-piece is a delightful disgrace, stirring up buzz without an album or a label

By Mairead Case

The Ponys from left: Melissa Elias, Brian Case, Jered Cummere, and Nathan Jerde
The Ponys  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Rock is on a roll for the Chicago four-piece — especially on their latest release, which is all about sonic sounds, cheap guitars, and expensive amps

By Eugenia Williamson

Yoko Ono  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The legendary experimental artist’s unfinished work gets a happy new ending on Yes, I’m a Witch

By Amy Schroeder

Andrew Bird  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
One of Chicago’s biggest talents addresses damage control on Armchair Apocrypha

By Kristina Francisco

CYHSY, from left: Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, Alec Ounsworth, Sean Greenhalgh, and Tyler Sargent
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Front man Alec Ounsworth ignores the hype and follows his intuitions

By Caralyn Green

Ted Leo  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Our writer gets deep with the Jersey-grown musician and discusses how he’s become a remedy for today’s political ailments

By Emily Weinstein

Record Shopping With  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Bloc Party

By Liz Schroeter

Fuel for thought  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Used as an alternative to gasoline, Piebald says using vegetable oil is like ‘liquid gold’

By Kelly Mellott

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Fame for life  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Patti Smith and the Ronettes rock 2007’s Hall of Fame list

By Angie Vo

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Garages rock  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
New York ladies bring reggaeton and rainbows to traditional car-storage spots

By Mirah Kang

Bonde Do Role
Scene & Unheard: Brazil  Issue Number #31 Issue #31

By Joel Cusumano

Sounds
Arcade_fire
Arcade Fire  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Neon Bible (Merge)

By Anna Breshears

Electrelane
Electrelane  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
No Shout, No Calls (Too Pure)

By Kristina Francisco

Adult
Adult.  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Why Bother? (Thrill Jockey)

By Kelly Shindler

Dean___britta
Dean & Britta  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Back Numbers (Zoë)

By Sheba White

Lucinda_williams
Lucinda Williams  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
West (Lost Highway)

By Sheba White

Midnight_movies
Midnight Movies  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Lion the Girl (New Line)

By Jim Keller

Patty_griffin
Patty Griffin  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Children Running Through (ATO)

By Annie Anderson

Sarah_shannon
Sarah Shannon  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
City Morning Song (Minty Fresh)

By Dean Ramos

Southern_culture_on_the_skids
Southern Culture on the Skids  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Countrypolitan Favorites (Yep Roc)

By Anna Breshears

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The Book of Knots  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Traineater (Anti-)

By Chris Pacifico

I_m_from_barcelona
I'm From Barcelona  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Let Me Introduce You to My Friends (Mute)

By Salima Appiah-Kubi

Bunny_rabbit
Bunny Rabbit  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Lovers and Crypts (Voodoo-EROS)

By Rebekah Meek

Cyann___ben
Cyann & Ben  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Sweet Beliefs (Ever Records)

By Anna Breshears

Anais_mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The Brightness (Righteous Babe)

By Kristina Francisco

DIY

Features
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Down to Business: MudScout Media  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Losing her day job inspired Emma McKay to start her own publishing company (continued from the spring 2007 issue of Venus Zine)

By Genie Williamson

1_craftcalendaricecollective
Are crafters the new pin-ups?  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Atlanta’s DIY leaders make calendar girls

By Emilie Zanger

Get up on it  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
With her no-bullshit dance party, DJ and events promoter Sara Thurston thinks drama-free is the way to be, and the kids agree

By Jen Ng

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From the Blooming Desk of Emilie Zanger  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Sprung on spring

By Emilie Zanger

Portrait by Jason Quigley
Sweet pea  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Musician Alberta Poon doubles as accessories

By Elizabeth Barker

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Asana Rx  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Alternative yoga guru Kimberlee Jensen Stedl teaches how to be fitter, happier, and more productive — the punk rock way

By Kimberlee Jensen Stedl

STORE OF THE ISH  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Show Pony

By Mengly Taing

Culture

Reads
Dorkwhore_
Book Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Dork Whore

By Sarah M Seltzer

1_jolenesianacurrent_
Postcards from the edge  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
As a teen in the ’80s, Jolene Siana’s letters to her music idol saved her life. Now, as a collected memoir, it’s saving others

By Sara Grace McCandless

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Mad Lit  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Jessa Crispin

By Kate Rockwood

Kissingdeadgirls
Book Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Kissing Dead Girls

By Sarah Coffey

Thelastcommunistvirgin_
Book Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The Last Communist Virgin

By Ling Ma

Christina Kelly  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
All hail the queen: The teen-magazine tastemaker recalls her Sassy days

By Amy Schroeder

Sassy Covers
Ms. Junior  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
An exclusive excerpt from the book, How Sassy Changed My Life

By Kara Jesella & Marisa Meltzer

The authors of How Sassy Changed My Life, from left: Marisa Meltzer and Kara Jesella
The coolest magazine ever?  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
In their book, two Sassy fans document the rise and fall of one of the world’s most influential teen publications

By Amy Schroeder

Harcover lovers  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
At this lit-based Web site, the only spine-tingling action comes from what’s between the pages

By Eugenia Williamson

Film
Film Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The Hoax

By Lauren Sozio

Makeup by: Rea Ann Silva Styling by: Kelly Williams Hair by: Gloria Ponce
Gina Torres  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The ‘impossibly tall’ actress thanks God for sci-fi and talks about her role in I Think I Love My Wife

By Sheba White

Stephaniedaley_
Film Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Stephanie Daley

By Kaylee Hultgren

Thenamesake
Film Reviews  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
The Namesake

By Sarah Sundberg

Art
Adriana Bertini  Issue Number #31 Issue #31
Couture gets a condom-ation

By Elizabeth Barker

Lead Articles

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Xiu Xiu
Dear God, I Hate Myself (Kill Rock Stars)

By Marisa Iacobucci

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The Coathangers
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By Venus Zine Staff

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Venus Zine's SXSW must-see list
We've researched the 16 emerging artists you need to know about at the fest

By Venus Zine Staff


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