Wye Oak

The Knot (Merge)

Portland Cello Project

The Thao & Justin Power Sessions (Kill Rock Stars)

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band

Outer South (Merge )

Tara Jane O’Neil

A Ways Away (K)

Hottt List: Pink Loves Brown   Issue #38

Loving Pink Loves Brown

Fujiya & Miyagi

Lightbulbs (Deaf Dumb & Blind)

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The Living And the Dead (Anti)

Ellen Allien   Issue #36

SooL (BPitch Control)

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

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

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

August 8-10, 2008, at Liberty State Park

By Dominick Mastrangelo