Sheba White
Web Music Features Editor
sheba_at_venuszine_dot_com
Chicago
About me
Official Bio
Sheba White was born to a feisty Black Bronx family, raised by a single mother in Minneapolis, and now lives in Chicago where she is finally (!) completing her master’s degree.
Are you a great Web-focused music features writer who can bypass artifice and get to the sensual in music writing? Do you love writing as much as you love music? Can you write about bands outside of your personal tastes with balanced objectivity? If so, get in touch. Please e-mail your writing samples, a list of your fave five bands, and a brief bio.
Fan of
old-school punk, jazz, hip hop, and lo-fi muzak, social justice activists, porcelain deer figurines, vintage Peugeots and Triumphs, Paris, Ludwig drums, Gretsch guitars, Spanish wines, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, and people who cook.
Projects
Short-term: Got a great music feature idea? Feel free to pitch music-related interviews, essays, and profiles my way.
Long-term: Women who work in record stores. Know of any ladies who’ve done long-term stints in record shops and/or own a store? Send them or their names my way.
Ongoing: Seeing to the re-release of a little known film called “Ladies and Gentlemen…the Fabulous Stains.”
Articles by Sheba White
Saul Williams loses his feathers, but not his wings in Chicago
April 18, 2008, at Martyrs'
Cheetie Kumar
Birds of Avalon’s guitar heroine makes a case for the return of guitar-rock love
Amber Webber
Black Mountain’s co-vocalist talks all things In the Future and some notions that should remain in the past
Punk rock warlord versus world-weary repentant
The Future is Unwritten, Julian Temple’s tribute to Joe Strummer, traverses the link between the man and the legend
Enon
What do you talk about with a band that’s been together for almost a decade and has just come out with what they say is their most stripped-down release yet? Everything from sci-fi movies to Halloween costumes to random naked people.
Carrie Biell
With her third full-length release, the Seattle-based singer-songwriter musician aims for the stars, if not stardom
Dub land with the big bands
Interpol, Deerhunter, and Liars headline as ‘surprise band’ Reefer Duberland in Chicago
Lisa Germano
The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist resurfaces with a revision of her alluring songs for shipwrecked souls
New Young Pony Club
Where ‘da party at? On the dance floor and in the studio, says lead vocalist Tahita Bulmer
Best and worst films about women in music
Issue #33
Hollywood loves a good song, but they love a wounded songbird even more (continued from the fall 2007 issue)
Chicago's weekend-long hipster picnic
Now that the dust from Union Park's baseball fields has cleared, we can reflect on Pitchfork Music Festival
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
Issue #32
Real Life
Lucinda Williams in Chicago, April 13, 2007
Real Life Broken Angels
Little Flower Designs
The Pennsylvania ceramic artist puts a new spin on the potter’s wheel through DIY aesthetics and practices
Louisa Bufardeci
It only takes a few needles and spins to turn the world upside down in the work of this minimalist-inspired Australian artist
The Gossip in Chicago, April 12, 2007
News of the trio's new record label doesn't stop the show
Gina Torres
Issue #31
The ‘impossibly tall’ actress thanks God for sci-fi and talks about her role in I Think I Love My Wife
Dean & Britta
Issue #31
Back Numbers (Zoë)
Lucinda Williams
Issue #31
West (Lost Highway)
The Tiny
Starring Someone Like You (Eyeball)
Sara Rahbar
The activist-artist's work focuses on Iranian culture in the states and abroad and prompts the question: how much do we really know about Iran?
Holiday Recipes!
Make the eats from your kitchen super bitchin' this year with a little help from Venus Zine
A Good Year?
Issue #30
We asked various artists to talk about their favorite music, films, and life experiences of 2006. We also asked them to reveal what they’re looking forward to in 2007.
R.I.P. Sandy West
Issue #30
Runaways’ drummer lives hard, rocks harder, and dies quietly
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006
Editors Mary Gaitskill and Daphne Carr cut to the bone and look beyond the pretty of music criticism
The Receiver
Decades (Stunning Models on Display)
Amy Rice
The prolific painter discusses human nature and Mother Nature in her latest work and upcoming exhibition
Chin Up Chin Up
This Harness Can't Ride Anything (Suicide Squeeze)
Earl Greyhound
Bassist Kamara Thomas spreads the gospel on the band’s first full-length release
'Stranger than Fiction' review
Will Ferrell does his clown song playing a character, literally and literarily, in his new film
Sean Lennon
After eight years of contributing his musician sensibilities to others’ albums, the singer-songwriter comes back with a multimedia extravaganza with Friendly Fire
'Rude Boy' review
The remastered DVD showcases how the kids were never all right
Ditty Bops
Issue #29
The touring duo finds road bliss in a well-tuned bike, a windless road, and their Summer Squash Attack Succotash
The Museum of Kitschy Stitches: A Gallery of Notorious Knits
Stitchy McYarnpants' new book puts the 9-1-1 back into the 4-1-1 of yesteryear's knit patterns
'Burn to Shine 3' review
Hip shakers, map makers, and risk takers - reasons why the third installment in an ongoing indie film series has no been-there-done-that sophomore vibes
'Old Joy' review
With her fifth film, the River of Grass's director takes us on an intimate road to nowhere
