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ALBUM REVIEW: Lily Seabird Fills 'Trash Mountain' with Cracks, Folk, Grit, and Grunge

ALBUM REVIEW: Lily Seabird Fills 'Trash Mountain' with Cracks, Folk, Grit, and Grunge

“How are we supposed to remember things?” This is the central question of “Trash Mountain (1pm),” one of two title tracks off Lily Seabird’s latest album Trash Mountain. In sum, Seabird’s songwriting is tackling the challenge of touching down when the world feels like a dumpster fire growing

ALBUM REVIEW: Daughter of Swords' Alex Sauser-Monnig Uncovers New Sounds on 'Alex'

ALBUM REVIEW: Daughter of Swords' Alex Sauser-Monnig Uncovers New Sounds on 'Alex'

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Forever is a Feeling' Lucy Dacus Falls in Love, Deeply

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Forever is a Feeling' Lucy Dacus Falls in Love, Deeply

An imprint of text from a dedication plaque on a bench, pressed into skin. Friends in a kind of beautiful freeze frame of mundanity, playing Grand Theft Auto, ripping a bong, snacking on popcorn. A hypnotic fixation on the gap between a lover’s teeth. A boardroom full of men

SPOTLIGHT: "All Risk, All Reward." Olivia Ellen Lloyd is Ready to 'Do It Myself'

SPOTLIGHT: "All Risk, All Reward." Olivia Ellen Lloyd is Ready to 'Do It Myself'

Editor's Note: Olivia Ellen Lloyd is No Depression's Spotlight Artist for March 2025. Learn more about her life and upcoming album, Do It Myself, to be released March 21, in this feature, and keep an eye out for more all month long. Olivia Ellen Lloyd’s

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Foxes in the Snow' Jason Isbell returns to 'Southeastern' Simplicity

ALBUM REVIEW: On 'Foxes in the Snow' Jason Isbell returns to 'Southeastern' Simplicity

For an artist to get in the studio and record an entire set in just a few days on a single acoustic guitar, one might assume the music is calling with some urgency. But for Jason Isbell’s latest solo outing Foxes in the Snow, there’s a slow and

ALBUM REVIEW: On Cornelia Murr 'Run to the Center' Returns with More Tactile Work

ALBUM REVIEW: On Cornelia Murr 'Run to the Center' Returns with More Tactile Work

There was a wispy, ethereal quality to Cornelia Murr’s 2018 debut LP Lake Tear of the Clouds, and an angelic echo of that on her excellent 2022 EP Corridor. But with time comes growth and change, and her long-anticipated follow-up, Run to the Center shows off a new version

ALBUM REVIEW: Patterson Hood Matures on 'Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams'

ALBUM REVIEW: Patterson Hood Matures on 'Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams'

It may have taken Patterson Hood a dozen years to get it out, but Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams was well worth the wait. The Drive-By Truckers co-founder is no stranger to making solo records—this is his fourth—but none are quite like this one. Crafted with help from