Beirut   Issue #34

For Zach Condon, isolation leads to daydreaming and musical brilliance

By Katy Henriksen

Scene & Unheard: Buenos Aires, Argentina   Issue #34

A guide to the city's latest music and hot spots

By Rebecca Davis

Record Shopping With the Go! Team   Issue #34

The band beats up on the weak American dollar

By Eugenia Williamson

Down to Business   Issue #34

Indie label Rococo Records builds a home for obscure vinyl

By Genevieve Diesing

Sally Shapiro   Issue #34

The Swedish solo artist is actually a duo … or is she really a trio? After an instant-messenger interview, we’re not sure

By Caralyn Green

Ingrid Michaelson   Issue #34

After a little help from Grey’s Anatomy and a number of label offers, the singer-songwriter decides to self-release her latest album

By Elizabeth Rhodes

The Donnas   Issue #34

The quartet has come a long way from its humble high school beginnings to its Bitchin’ present

By Elizabeth Rhodes

LCD Soundsystem   Issue #34

Whatever you do, don’t call James Murphy’s music ‘electronic’

By Laura Leebove

The 1900s   Issue #34

Chicago’s ensemble band uses their collective efforts to smother their city in lovely, psychedelic pop sounds with Cold & Kind

By Dana Stewart

In Her Own Words   Issue #34

Vocalist Adele Bethel and bassist Ailidh Lennon tell us how Sons and Daughters found their pop sensibility for their new record, The Gift

By Kristina Francisco

Cat Power   Issue #34

Jukebox (Matador)

By Rebekah Meek

Patty Griffin   Issue #34

Live From the Artists Den (ATO)

By Annie Anderson

Wussy   Issue #34

Left For Dead (Shake It)

By Callye Morrissey

Pylon   Issue #34

Gyrate Plus (DFA)

By Charlotte Robinson

The Warlocks   Issue #34

Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee)

By Dean Ramos

The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir   Issue #34

The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Bloodshot)

By Emily Becker

Tender Forever   Issue #34

Wider (K)

By Jennifer Li

CD Review: Wu-Tang Clan   Issue #34

8 Diagrams

By Oscar Raymundo

Lucinda Black Bear   Issue #34

"Capo My Heart" and Other Bear Songs (Eastern Spurs)

By Christopher Morgan

Valentina   Issue #34

La Valentina (Verdigris)

By Jina Hassan

Sia   Issue #34

Some People Have Real Problems (Monkey Puzzle)

By Jonathan Shipley

Lisa Gerrard   Issue #34

The Best of Lisa Gerrard (4AD)

By Noreen Sobczyk

Imani Coppola   Issue #34

The Black and White Album (Ipecac Recordings)

By Sonia Pereira Murphy

WOELV   Issue #34

Tout Seul dans la Floret en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? (K)

By Anne Johnson

Emily Jane White   Issue #34

Dark Undercoat (Double Negative)

By Erin Wolf

Saturday Looks Good to Me   Issue #34

Fill Up the Room (K)

By John Everhart

Carrie Akre   Issue #34

…Last the Evening (Loveless)

By Salima Appiah-Kubi

Ex-Members   Issue #34

xoex (self-released)

By Anna Breshears

The Rosewood Thieves   Issue #34

Lonesome EP (self-released)

By Caroline Evans

Black Mountain   Issue #34

In the Future (Jagjaguwar)

By Jeremy Ohmes

The Pine Hill Haints   Issue #34

Ghost Dance (K)

By Matt Siblo

Various Artists   Issue #34

Thrill Jockey 7” Box Set (Thrill Jockey)

By AK Gold

Jami Attenberg   Issue #34

The Brooklyn-based author discusses her debut novel, The Kept Man, her fantasies about offing her ex, and her “wild past”

By Amber Drea

What I Was   Issue #34

By Meg Rosoff (Viking, 224 pages, $23.95)

By Michele Koury

Dark Roots: Stories   Issue #34

By Cate Kennedy (Black Cat, 224 pages, $13)

By Kate Rockwood

Vibrator   Issue #34

By Mari Akasaka (Soft Skull Press, 160 pages, $13.95)

By Jen Girdish

Zine Reviews   Issue #34

By Liz Mason

Breaking up is good to do   Issue #34

Former Daily Show producer Ben Karlin talks about his book, Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me

By Claire Zulkey

Miranda July, the dreamer   Issue #34

Continuing her streak of ambitious projects, the queen of quirkiness gives insight on releasing two books in the same year, raising funds for creative endeavors, and why she aims to make her work a ‘terrifying’ experience

By Leah DeVun

Samantha Hunt   Issue #34

The author goes searching for inventor Nikola Tesla and finds a story about the endless possibilities of science in The Invention of Everything Else. She also expounds on the New Yorker Hotel, living in small towns, and “you know, the wonders of

By Ling Ma

Zine Reviews   Issue #34

By Liz Mason

Mad Lit: Julie Doucet   Issue #34

The comic book artist gets graphic about a French novel that helped her find her way

By Adam Schragin

Marjane Satrapi   Issue #34

The comix artist animates the Iran revolution with the film version of her award-winning book, Persepolis

By Beth Capper

Lynn Goldsmith   Issue #34

The rock photographer is as iconic as the muisicians she’s shot for 30 years

By Daphne Carr

Lauren Dukoff   Issue #34

The L.A. photographer lens support to bands when documenting honest moments

By Michele Koury

Ediciones Menta   Issue #34

The Mexico City duo mixes art, music, and printing projects

By Amy Schroeder

Quisqueya Henriquez   Issue #34

What do ice cream, seaweed, and soccer balls have in common? They’re all used in the Dominican artist’s work.

By Britt Julious

Britt Julious loves Helena Kastensson illustrations

By Britt Julious

Venus Zine and American Apparel Party Recap

By Venus Zine Staff

Yo Majesty and Does It Offend You, Yeah? play at the prom in Chicago

May 13, 2008, at the Mansion

By Genevieve Diesing

Memphis gets muddy at Beale Street Music Festival

May 2-4, 2008, in Tom Lee Park

By Bob Guthridge

Art on the town

Museums target younger patrons with chic after-hours events

By Leah Urbom

Reader of the Week: Krissi Sandvik of Sacramento

Artist and creator of Stitchery & Mexiphemera

By Jihanah Rasul