The women are doing it for themselves! This issue of Target or Flag gives you the low down on four women making music in very different styles but displaying the same independent spirit.

Natures Princess (Princesa de la Naturaleza) (Adventure). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Love Songs 2 (Sony). Review by Alicia Benjamin-Samuels.

Ghost of Yesterday (Creeping Bent). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Tony Bowman has an almost oracular knack for picking the next big thing, and he assures us Laura Dawn is it. Get to know her in this extensive conversation.

Midnight Pumpkin (TMG/Antones). Review by Hal Horowitz.

They don’t play major label politics (even sacrificing a full album because of it), they’re not a lounge act, and they don’t want their lead singer to be thought of as a sex symbol. So what are Elysian Fields? Even singer Jennifer Charles and guitarist Oren Bloedow have trouble explaining that to Gail Worley.