Spring 2009
Cover Story: Evan Rachel Wood lands a spot in the “25 under 25 List” along with Lady Sovereign, Adele, Alia Shawkat, Zoe Kravitz, Ida Maria, Charlyne Yi, Gabrielle Climi, and many more talented young women.Plus: Los Angeles Editor of Apartment Therapy throws a “Modern Woodland” styled dinner party
And: Christian Siriano: A fierce force to be reckoned with
Fashion: Welcome to the Satellite Party: Etty and Perry Farrell show off vintage glam
Plus: Style Idol Marina Diamond, produce-inspired beauty products, Sticks + Stones: earthy accessories, Major Brand vs. Made By Hand: Night On the Town, and more!
DIY Décor: Justina Goes West: Our DIY Editor transforms her new Cali digs in ten days
Plus: Stocks Up for Collectors, Alternative Living Spaces, Elemental Design Studio transforms a rental kitchen in OneRoom: Now You’re Cookin’
Interviews: Hong Kong’s indie queen Josie Ho
Literary guru Mary Gaitskill
Emerging writer, author, and video star June Diane Raphael
Frontwoman for the Cardigans and A Camp Nina Persson
Metric’s Emily Haines
Penus: Dan Deacon, Eugene Mirman, Aziz Ansari, Wyatt Cenac, and Clark Duke
Plus: Chrissie Hynde dishes in "Call & Response"
Record Shopping with The Coathangers
Dollars & Sense: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
She Said, He Said: Beach House vs. Wavves
Scene and Unheard: Osaka, Japan
Other Stories in this Issue
Music
Features
Dan Deacon is just a big nerd
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Baltimore’s favorite electro-darling taps his conservatory education to bring us Bromst
Zoe Kravitz
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American Woman
Lady Sovereign
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Phoenix Rising
Alessi Laurent-Marke
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Ark de Triomphe
Vivian Girls
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Riot Grrrl Redux
Crystal Castles
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Breaking Glass
Samantha Crain
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Great Pretender
New Colonialism
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Nina Persson sparks another Harlem Renaissance
Using the Metric System
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How traveling the world keeps Emily Haines grounded
It takes two
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VZ asks the ladies behind Brooklyn’s Telepathe to list their top five duets
Venus Zine Classic: Dusty Springfield
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Dusty in Memphis
The Family Stone
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For Australian duo Angus & Julia Stone, making music is a family affair
Sounds
These Are Powers
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All Aboard Future
Laura Gibson
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Beasts Of Seasons
Lily Allen
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It’s Not Me, It’s You
Speck Mountain
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Some Sweet Relief
The Thermals
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Now We Can See
Bat for Lashes
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Two Suns
Marissa Nadler
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Little Hells
Amadou & Mariam
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Welcome To Mali
Jill Sobule
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The California Years, Vol. 1
Eleni Mandell
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Artificial Fire
Bosque Brown
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Baby
Handsome Furs
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Face Control
Bell Orchestre
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As Seen Through Windows
Marykate O’Neil
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Underground
Alela Diane
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To Be Still
Madeleine Peyroux
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Bare Bones
The Decemberists
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The Hazards Of Love
Immaculate Machine
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High On Jackson Hill
PJ Harvey & John Parish
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A Woman a Man Walked By
DIY
Features
Alternative Living Spaces
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Whatever Moves You
Stock’s Up
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The economy may be down, but kitsch is still up — and serious collectors continue to acquire unabashedly
Eating in with Abigail Stone
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The Los Angeles editor of Apartment Therapy feeds eight hungry bloggers at a make-ahead, “Modern Woodland” styled dinner party
Justina Goes West
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Our DIY Editor opens her design diary as she transforms her dark and dreary SoCal rental from bunga-low to bunga-whoa
One room: Now You’re Cookin’
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Elemental Design Studio overhauls an everyday East Village rental kitchen into a sparkling oasis for entertaining, relaxing, and working. Now you try it.
Culture
Reads
Mary Gaitskill
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We take afternoon tea with the literary great to discuss “old” New York, clubbing at Arena, and her latest story collection, Don’t Cry
Gabriella Cilmi
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Sweet Seventeen
Film
An Upright Citizen
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June Diane Raphael, Venus Zine’s favorite new funny lady, takes success in stride
Alia Shawkat
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Comeback Kid
Charlyne Yi
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Funnier than you
Abby Elliott
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Live From New York
Art
Once Upon a Time…
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Let Krista Huot tell you a story of violent unicorns and kickass heroines




















