Venus no. 9 features super-dope photos of and in-depth interviews with Bratmobile, the Butchies, Low's Mimi Parker, Retsin, Luna's Britta Phillips (formerly the voice of the '80s cartoon character Gem), Detroit's DJ Minx, Tiffany Anders, and Autour de Lucie. No. 9 also has an in-depth D.I.Y. section featuring interviews with Manic Panic founding sisters Tish and Snooky, Ladyfests worldwide, home recorder Linda Smith, and others. Plus 25 music reviews of the latest and greatest releases by le...   [ read more ]

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Erase Errata * Ursula Rucker * Von Bondies * Holly Golightly * Pretty Girls Make Graves * Broadcast * Slumber Party * Joan Baez * Enon * Trailer Bride * Fanny Pack (heard their "Camel Toe" song yet?) * Scout Niblett * Leona Naess * Ellen Alien * Client * Rachel Goswell (of Mojave 3 and Slowdive) * The Dishes * "On the Road" with Nina Hagen * graffiti photographer Martha Cooper * Venus "Penus"es of the issue: Blur and Senor Coconut * loads of super-cool D.I.Y. stories, how-tos, fashion fabulousness * ...   [ read more ]

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It's stretching things a little to call this a best-of (or certainly a "very best-of"), since this draws from a fairly limited slice of Cleaners From Venus' prolific 1981-1990 output. It focuses on the late-1980s period when Giles Smith was primary CFV singer/songwriter Martin Newell's chief collaborator in the band, and when the group graduated from underground cassettes to more widely distributed LPs. Not that you'd necessarily be able to figure that out from the liner notes, which, while ...   [ read more ]

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