Winter 2008

Winter 2008

Cover story: She & Him top our 6th Annual Hottt List along with The Ting Tings, Bon Iver, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlotte Ronson, Lost, Stephanie Kuehnert, and Pink Loves Brown

Plus: Venus Zine's Badass Holiday Gift Guide

And: Winners of our annual Craft-off Contest, sponsored by Singer

Fashion: Echoes of Summer: With infectious single "Addicted" taking over the west coast, it's hard not to get hooked on Los Angeles newcomer, IO Echo

Plus: Style Idol Yelle; designer Abigail Lorick; accessories built for a Snow Queen; Major Brand vs. Made by Hand; Reverse Trend Forecasting

DIY Electric: Spice up your winter with these electrifying DIY projects.

Plus: Taking a look at Steampunk; cooking without a kitchen; and fun with LEDs

Interviews:
Ebony Bones
Chairlift
Isobel Campbell
Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss
Comic Artist Gabrielle Bell
Penus: Justin Tranter, MC Tyga, Jack's Mannequin, and Wild Beasts

Plus: Chelsea Handler answers your most pressing questions in "Call & Response"
Record Shopping with Rachael Yamagata
Dollars & Sense: Recession Ain't No Thang
Scene and Unheard: Baltimore

Other Stories in this Issue

Music

Features
Record Shopping with Rachel Yamagata  Issue Number #38 Issue #38

By Molly Lynch

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Scene & Unheard: Baltimore Maryland  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Charm City, Mob Town, Bodymore, or B-Town — whatever you call this diverse industrial center — is a hotbed of innovation.

By Sarah Grant

Earning Stripes  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Young MC Tyga claws his way to the top

By Lukas Brekke-Miesner

Hottt List: She & Him  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Really Got a Hold on You

By Kate Williams

Hottt List: The Ting Tings  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
They Started It

By Selena Fragassi

Hottt List: Justin Vernon of Bon Iver  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Out of the Woods

By Katie Hasty

Bruised and Breaking  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Caroline Polachek and Aaron Pfenning spill on their influences, their sound, and that coveted iPod bump

By Emily Elhaj

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Ebony and Irony  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
London’s new sensation melds sugar with substance

By Eavvon O'Neal

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Needles in the Hay  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Lost albums of 2008

By Venus Zine Staff

VENUS ZINE CLASSIC: Nina Simone  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Bethlehem), 1958

By K Tighe

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Ballad of the broken ceiling  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Isobel Campbell slips one past the stereotypes

By Jennifer Kelly

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For Crying Out Loud  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
We can’t get enough of VV Brown

By Leah Urbom

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EP of the Ish: Little Boots  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Stuck on Repeat EP (IAMSOUND)

By Britt Julious

Sounds
Love is All  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (What's Your Rupture?)

By Erik Adams

Frida Hyvonen  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Silence is Wild (Secretly Canadian)

By Katy Henriksen

Jean on Jean  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Jean on Jean (Kanine)

By Catherine Cole

Erin McCarley  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Love, Save the Empty (Universal Republic)

By Jennifer Sica

Ladyhawke  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Ladyhawke (Modular)

By Erin Wolf

Mascott  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Art Project (Red Panda)

By Emily Becker

Miranda Lee Richards  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Light of X (Nettwerk)

By Kim Newman

Morley  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Seen (Wrasse)

By Annie Holub

School of Seven Bells  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Alpinisims (Ghostly International)

By A. Rice

Glasvegas  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Glasvegas (Columbia)

By Christine Werthman

Asobi Seksu  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Hush (Polyvinyl)

By Noreen Sobczyk

Cake On Cake  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Hymns I Remember (Sleepy)

By Leah Urbom

The Rescues  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Crazy Ever After (Red Wind)

By Jina Hassan

Los Campesinos!  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (Arts & Crafts)

By Lou Battaglia

Spindrift  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
The West (Beat the World)

By Saskia Lacey

The Postmarks  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
By-the-Numbers (Unfiltered)

By Emily Becker

Little Joy  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Little Joy (Rough Trade)

By Dean Ramos

Juliette Commagère  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Queens Die Proudly (Aeronaut)

By Leah Urbom

Holy Hail  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Independent Pleasure Club (Kanine)

By Abigail Bruley

The Von Bondies  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Love, Hate, and Then There's You

By Lindsay Trapnell

The Faraway Places  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Out of the Rain, the Thunder & the Lightning(Eenie Meenie)

By Chris R. Morgan

Julie Doiron  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Consolation Prize (Secretly Canadian)

By Maya Kroth

Serena Ryder  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Is It O.K. (Atlantic)

By Laura Pearson

Nous Non Plus  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Managerie (Aeronaut)

By Molly Lynch

The Bird and the Bee  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (Blue Note)

By Anna Breshears

DIY

Features
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Hottt List: Pink Loves Brown  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
Loving Pink Loves Brown

By Amanda McCorquodale

Steampunk  Issue Number #38 Issue #38
How vintage technologies are becoming the future of crafting

By Jason Rosencrantz

Lead Articles

As Tall As Lions trumpet heavenly glory in New York
June 30, 2009, at the Bowery Ballroom

By Angela Lu

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The Low Anthem
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Nonesuch)

By Kim Newman

Expedit
Sarah Collins loves Ikea's EXPEDIT

By Venus Zine Staff


Most Popular Articles

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The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, A–G  Issue #35 Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

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The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M  Issue #35 Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

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Fans get double doses of rain and Radiohead at All Points West
August 8-10, 2008, at Liberty State Park

By Dominick Mastrangelo


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