Laura Leebove
laura_dot_leebove_at_gmail_dot_com
http://www.lauraleebove.com
Brooklyn, NY
About me
Laura Leebove is a Michigan-born, Brooklyn-based music journalist who served as VenusZine.com’s concert reviews editor from November 2007 to June 2009. She is currently a production editor at eMusic. Laura contributes regularly to Billboard, AOL’s Spinner.com, and Critical Mob, and her work has also been published in various other music and culture publications including Under the Radar, Heeb Magazine, filter-mag.com, self-titled magazine, Pomp & Circumstance Magazine, Blurt-Online.com, and the East Village Radio blog.
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Articles by Laura Leebove
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
October 16, 2008, at the Crofoot Ballroom
5 minutes with Okkervil River's Will Sheff
Lollapalooza '08, Day 2
5 minutes with The Go! Team's Ninja and Ian Parton
Lollapalooza '08, Day 1
5 minutes with the Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish
Lollapalooza '08, Day 1
The Cool Kids ride the New York heatwave
June 7, 2008, at Knitting Factory
Ready, set, merch!
Issue #36
New approaches to merchandising bring funds to fans and bands
Los Campesinos! create indie-pop chaos in Brooklyn
May 15, 2008, at Music Hall of Williamsburg
DVDs: Metric
Issue #35
Live at Metropolis (Last Gang)
Rock my world
Issue #35
Girls Rock! shows that Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls goes beyond just music
The Cool Kids
Issue #35
Rap’s next big thing has a penchant for good, clean fun and ’80s nostalgia
Style Idols: Clare Muldaur Manchon
Issue #35
The Clare & the Reasons frontlady takes advantage of the theatrical side of being in a band
Nada Surf
Lucky (Barsuk)
Nada Surf
Frontman Matthew Caws talks about bones, Lucky, and the band's roller-coaster career
Trost
Language knows no barriers on the German chanteuse's second solo album
LCD Soundsystem
Issue #34
Whatever you do, don’t call James Murphy’s music ‘electronic’
"The Bleeding Heart Show" must go on
Even the chillest of audiences can't hold the New Pornographers down
The day the magazine died
The effects of the complex newsstand industry continue to warp the indie publishing scene as heavy-hitter Punk Planet is forced to close its doors
Rilo Kiley
Issue #33
It’s hard to make sleaze sound sweet — unless you're Jenny Lewis
The New Pornographers
Issue #33
Challengers (Matador)
Minus the Bear
Bassist Cory Murchy talks about quitting day jobs, being ‘a bunch of dudes,’ and the band’s new album, Planet of Ice
Only farewell for now
A tribute-worthy performance by “Fiona Apple and the Nickel Creek Mountain Boys” shows why the fire shouldn’t die yet
A family affair
In an unusually intimate show, Eisley gives the crowd a preview of Combinations
Eisley
The DuPree sisters 'come clean' about speaking up, getting married, and recording their band’s new album
Up front at Lollapalooza
M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Muse, and more wow Chicago crowd
Kathryn Calder
Balancing two bands is tough, but the newest Pornographer is up for the 'challenge'
On his way
Ben Kweller remembers his roots with a little help from Thax and "Lizzy"
Of a Friday night
Ani DiFranco performs a perfectly political set on the Mississippi riverfront
Grizzly, feisty
Playing songs from The Reminder, Feist keeps her Chicago audience in suspense
The Polyphonic Spree
The Fragile Army (TVT)
Mr. Wolf, the Noisettes’ time is now
The Noisettes in Chicago, June 9, 2007
Sound ideas
Like scores of other musicians, mewithoutYou and Adrienne Young help clean up the music industry
CLEANING UP THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Issue #32
Record labels, musicians, and festival producers show how putting their energy into going green not only benefits the environment but the bottom line profits too
COYOTE BONES
Issue #32
Gentleman on the Rocks
Regina Spektor in Chicago, May 13, 2007
The New York singer seduces Chicago with cherry-red lips, giggle fits, and a wooden drumstick
Meg & Dia in Detroit on March 1, 2007
The sisters bring their catchy distortion to the home of rocknroll
Images by Laura Leebove
Of a Friday night
Anaïs Mitchell
Up front at Lollapalooza
Matt and Kim
Up front at Lollapalooza
Ben Harper
5 minutes with the Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish
Mikey Rocks (Antoine Reed) and Chuck Inglish (Evan Ingersoll)
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
Mirah and friends
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
Mirah and friends
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
Julie Doiron
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
Mount Eerie
Mirah and friends make magic in Metro Detroit
Mount Eerie
