Ditty Bops   Issue #29

The touring duo finds road bliss in a well-tuned bike, a windless road, and their Summer Squash Attack Succotash

By Sheba White

The Thermals   Issue #29

With their latest album, The Body, The Blood, The Machine, the duo answers this question: After acoustic folk, what’s left but hard work and some of that ol’ time religion?

By Sujan Hong

My Brightest Diamond   Issue #29

Shara Worden gets into a heavy conversation with the “states” musician about classical music, short attention spans, and American Idol

By Sufjan Stevens

Emily Haines   Issue #29

Metric’s vocalist-keyboardist discusses going solo, personal struggles, her love affair with the piano, and playing blindfolded

By Amber Drea

Erase Errata   Issue #29

Guitarist-vocalist Jenny Hoyston converses on the political slant of the San Francisco band’s new album

By Beth Capper

An Ode to Sleater-Kinney   Issue #29

Critics, musicians, and fans remember the legendary trio from their Olympia explosion to their amicable breakup

By Mairead Case

Chad VanGaalen   Issue #29

Blessed (or cursed?) with almost a gazillion songs, the Canadian artist narrows down his fruitful collection for his latest album, Skelliconnection

By Mairead Case

In her own words   Issue #29

Amy Millan spills details on the making of her first solo release

By Kristina Francisco

Sound Bar   Issue #29

Tanya Stephens’ Top 5 Dancehall Influences

By Kristina Francisco

Record Shopping With Puffy AmiYumi   Issue #29

The Japanese rock duo hits up a Detroit vinyl shop to pick up some gifts for their family back home

By Stephanie Tardy

Scene & Unheard: Spain   Issue #29

You don’t have to speak Spanish to enjoy the sounds of these bands

By Beth Capper & Amber Drea

PAJO   Issue #29

1968 (Drag City)

By Emily Anderson

Yo La Tengo   Issue #29

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)

By Garin Pirnia

Nina Nastasia   Issue #29

On Leaving (FatCat)

By Jeremy Ohmes

The Decemberists   Issue #29

The Crane Wife (Capitol)

By Anna Breshears

Xiu Xiu   Issue #29

The Airforce (5RC)

By Sam Scranton

Ani DiFranco   Issue #29

Reprieve (Righteous Babe)

By Elizabeth Rhodes

Headlights   Issue #29

Kill Them With Kindness (PolyVinyl)

By Anna Breshears

Heartless Bastards   Issue #29

All This Time (Fat Possum)

By Chris Pacifico

The Tyde   Issue #29

Three's Co. (Rough Trade)

By Jennifer Li

Velvet   Issue #29

The Juggernaut (Double Decker Bus)

By Bill Copeland

Viva Voce   Issue #29

Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (Barsuk)

By Jeremy Ohmes

Blood Meridian   Issue #29

Kick Up the Dust (V2)

By Jeremy Ohmes

Dani Siciliano   Issue #29

Slappers (!K7)

By Amber Drea

Jennifer O’Connor   Issue #29

Over the Mountain (Matador)

By Sonia Pereira Murphy

The Knife   Issue #29

Silent Shout (Mute)

By John Everhart

Hidden Cameras   Issue #29

Awoo (Arts & Crafts)

By John Everhart

Vivien Linden   Issue #29

Watch The Light Fade (Tarnished)

By Dean Ramos

The Secret Ink   Issue #29

The Secret Ink (self-release)

By Dina Zwiebel

Silversun Pickups   Issue #29

Carnavas (Dangerbird)

By Callye Morrissey

The Minders   Issue #29

It's A Bright Guilty World (Future Farmer)

By Anne Johnson

Miss Derringer   Issue #29

Lullabies (Sympathy)

By Dina Zwiebel

Tara Jane O’Neil   Issue #29

In Circles (Quarterstick)

By Anna Breshears

Pit er Pat   Issue #29

Pyramids (Thrill Jockey)

By Katerina Herodotou

Brazilian Girls   Issue #29

Talk to La Bomb (Verve Forecast)

By Amber Drea

Heather Duby   Issue #29

Heather Duby (Sonic Boom)

By Amber Drea

From the Campy Desk of Emilie Zanger   Issue #29

Into the woods

By Emilie Zanger

DIY renaissance woman   Issue #29

Crafty proprietor Faythe Levine already wears a number of hats. With her latest project, The Indie Craft Documentary, she adds two more: producer and director.

By Jen Ng

Happy camper   Issue #29

From sweet to sassy, Truen Wohnrade’s postcards say the things you can’t

By Jen Ng

Read this before you throw away your old cell phone   Issue #29

By Amber Drea

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence   Issue #29

By Amy Sedaris (Warner Books, 304 pages, $27.99)

By Cortney Harding

Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery Patterns and How-To   Issue #29

By Jenny Hart (Chronicle Books, 224 pages, $19.50)

By Kristina Francisco

Ready for their close-up   Issue #29

In their book, A Star is Found, two major Hollywood casting directors give an inside perspective at the female-dominated field

By Michael Hastings

Francesca Lia Block   Issue #29

The award-winning author talks about Weetzie Bat’s success, bringing myth to a new generation, and her latest book, Psyche in a Dress

By Jen Hazen

Special Topics in Calamity Physics   Issue #29

By Marisha Pess (528 pages, $25.95)

By Donna Blumenfeld

A Fictional History of the United States (With Huge Chunks Missing)   Issue #29

By Kate Rockwood

Chicken with Plums   Issue #29

By Ling Ma

Zine Review   Issue #29

Lickety Split #3

By Amber Drea

Lost and Found   Issue #29

Nearly two decades in the making, comic artist Melinda Gebbie and writer Alan Moore release Lost Girls, one of the year’s most impressive graphic novels

By Joseph McCabe

'Sherrybaby' review   Issue #29

By Rebecca Flint-Marx

'Factotum' review   Issue #29

By Jocelyn Ehnstrom

'Volver' review   Issue #29

By Boris Kachka

'Shortbus' review   Issue #29

By Jocelyn Ehnstrom

Freddy Rodriguez   Issue #29

The former Six Feet Under actor discusses life after the series finale, working on the Quentin Tarantino–Robert Rodriguez double feature Grind House, and having kids in Hollywood

By Amber Drea

Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players   Issue #29

Off and On Broadway (Sarathan)

By Marisa Torrieri

Tegan and Sara   Issue #29

It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It. (Vapor/Sanctuary)

By Megan Holmes

Angela Boatwright & Patrick O’Dell   Issue #29

The photography team shines light on the next rebel generation of young metal heads and kick-push skaters with 200 Trouble Teenagers exhibit

By Melissa Silvestri

Good, cheap art   Issue #29

By Amber Drea

Dark Meat blows headliners out of the water in Austin

May 15, 2008, at the Mohawk

By Erik Adams

Houston noisemakers Indian Jewelry deliver prosperity to the masses with Free Gold!

By Camella Lobo

Emily Armond’s Tour Diary, Part 3

Dark Meat finds itself busless and penniless on the Great Plains

By Emily Armond

Memphis gets muddy at Beale Street Music Festival

May 2-4, 2008, in Tom Lee Park

By Bob Guthridge

Sui Dreams   Issue #29

Not just another fashion doll, Anna Sui talks about bringing a little bit of soul and a lot of common sense to the global market

By Jenny Hart

Reader of the Week: Krissi Sandvik of Sacramento

Artist and creator of Stitchery & Mexiphemera

By Jihanah Rasul