Hotel Café Tour: Lenka

By Naila Francis

Hotel Café Tour: Meiko

By Naila Francis

Juana Molina decided that she wasn’t meant to be a drummer, but that didn’t stop her from beating the hell out of rhythm

By Erik Adams

Jolie Holland channels Daniel Johnston for The Living and the Dead

By Katy Henriksen

Band Of the Month: Susu

With epic construction and passionate wails, these are the art-rockers we've been praying for since the Pixies

By Amy Kaufman

Katherine Young and Chris Schlarb

Creative musicians swap stories on how their experiences in the music industry have shaped their careers today

By Venus Zine Staff

How to Get Downs

Her soulful ballads in Frida earned her international respect, now Lila Downs is laying down her own groove in a “man’s world”

By Erica Phillips

The evolution of Ys: Joanna Newsom says her songs ‘sure as shit’ have changed

By Sheba White

Nicolas Vernhes explains how a DIY project turned into a recording studio and a record label

By Katy Henriksen

The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer grows up and dies on her solo debut

By Laura Leebove

Okkervil River’s frontman Will Sheff discusses how to be your own action figure

By Erik Adams

On the record with Freshkills

By Sheba White

Band of the Month: Krista L.L. Muir

This multi-instrumentalist closets her leather pants for the ukulele

By Jessica Blumensheid

Theresa Andersson goes a bit loopy with Hummingbird, Go!

By Laura Leebove

Cordero’s frontwoman finally answers the question: de dónde eres?

By Jessica Galliart

Delta Spirit finds food, bandmates, and American roots rhythms where they can

By Katy Henriksen

Maiysha pushes the soul envelope on eclectic debut

By Naila Francis

Venus Zine fashionista Nikka Costa ‘gets her joy on’ with forthcoming album   Issue #37

By Naila Francis

One door closes and another opens for Juliana Hatfield

By Jennifer Kelly

You & Me casts the Walkmen in a new, more vulnerable, light

By Erik Adams

On the record with Ra Ra Riot

By Jenny An

Straight Line Stitch riles subgenre fanatics with When Skies Wash Ashore

By Keidra Chaney

Shannon McArdle’s Summer of the Whore turns bitterness into bittersweet

By Katy Henriksen

Laura Marling’s Alas I Cannot Swim has a new romantic’s heart beating behind it

By Tessa Bickers

Duchess Says delivers a new testament with Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs

By Camella Lobo

LoveLikeFire shows promise on a school night in NYC

October 8, 2008, at Pianos

By Lissette Aguilar

Pale Young Gentlemen

Black Forest (tra la la) (Science of Sound)

By Aynsley Karps

A book is worth a thousand words

Jennifer Khoshbin uses books as sculpture to tell stories without words

By Jonathan Shipley

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

By Venus Zine Staff

Austin City Limits, Day 1: Jenny Lewis sweats it out

September 26, 2008, at Zilker Park

By Erik Adams

Brazilian Girls bring big sounds to Chicago

October 3, 2008, at House of Blues

By Lindsey Anderson