The Bird and the Bee   Issue #38

Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (Blue Note)

Okkervil River

The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

Pit Er Pat   Issue #37

High Time (Thrill Jockey)

Gemma Hayes   Issue #37

The Hollow of Morning (Second Motion)

The Silver Jews   Issue #36

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

Germany’s Ellen Allien spins at 200 beats per minute

The OaKs   Issue #35

Songs For Waiting (self-released)

The micro fiber artists   Issue #35

Knitting and crochet artisans revamp a very old-school concept

These New Puritans   Issue #35

Beat Pyramid (Domino)

DeVotchKa   Issue #35

A Mad and Faithful Telling (ANTI–)

The Breeders   Issue #35

Mountain Battles (4AD)

Anna Breshears loves Design*Sponge

White Magic   Issue #34

Dark Stars (Drag City)

Ex-Members   Issue #34

xoex (self-released)

José Gonzàlez   Issue #33

In Our Nature (Mute)

The Coathangers

The Coathangers (Rob’s House Records)

New Buffalo

Somewhere, Anywhere (Arts & Crafts)

Earlimart   Issue #33

Mentor Tormentor (Majordomo)

SHAPES AND SIZES   Issue #32

Split Lips, Winning Hips, a Shiner

MARY TIMONY BAND   Issue #32

The Shapes We Make

GORE GORE GIRLS   Issue #32

Get The Gore

All Smiles

Ten Readings of a Warning (Dangerbird)

Arcade Fire   Issue #31

Neon Bible (Merge)

Southern Culture on the Skids   Issue #31

Countrypolitan Favorites (Yep Roc)

Cyann & Ben   Issue #31

Sweet Beliefs (Ever Records)

The Paybacks

Love, Not Reason (Savage Jams)

Wee Hairy Beasties   Issue #30

Animal Crackers (Bloodshot)

Tanya Donelly   Issue #30

This Hungry Life (Eleven Thirty)

Indie shopping made fabulous

Jena Coray's shopping site Modish makes buying independent quick and painless

Micah P. Hinson

Micah P. Hinson and The Opera Circuit (Jade Tree)

The Decemberists   Issue #29

The Crane Wife (Capitol)

Headlights   Issue #29

Kill Them With Kindness (PolyVinyl)

Tara Jane O’Neil   Issue #29

In Circles (Quarterstick)

The 1900s

Plume Delivery (Parasol)

Rose Melberg   Issue #28

Cast Away the Clouds (Double Agent)

Starlight Mints   Issue #28

Drowaton (Barsuk)

Stereo Total   Issue #27

Jukebox Alarm and My Melody (Kill Rock Stars)

The ultimate D.I.Y. gal

Niku Arbabi has D.I.Y. covered--now she's moved on to running her own film festival

The Tuna Helpers

The Austin trio lets loose on sisters, ex-girlfriends, and 'fuzzies'

The Tah-Dahs   Issue #26

Le Fun (Undeniable)

múm   Issue #26

Yesterday Was Dramatic — Today Is Okay (Morr Music)

Bell Orchestre   Issue #26

Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rough Trade)

No artificial flavors or colors added   Issue #25

Pancake Mountain is a kids’ show adults will love, too

By Amber Drea & Anna Breshears

Record Shopping with Aqui   Issue #24

We shelled out 50 smackers to this psychedelic punk band to spend on SXSW souvenirs

The Go! Team   Issue #24

No matter what side you’re on, this band will have you rooting for their team

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

PART 1: STAFF PICKS

By Venus Zine Staff

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

By Venus Zine Staff

Fans get double doses of rain and Radiohead at All Points West

August 8-10, 2008, at Liberty State Park

By Dominick Mastrangelo