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ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke Leans All the Way In on ‘Country Curious’ EP

ALBUM REVIEW: Lola Kirke Leans All the Way In on ‘Country Curious’ EP

Lola Kirke has long been dipping a toe in country music, but beyond what its title, Country Curious, suggests, her new EP is a cannonball into the deep end. Kirke is more than just curious, she is enthusiastically wrapping her arms around the genre across the four new songs on

SPOTLIGHT: On ‘Weird Faith,’ Madi Diaz Sings From the Anxiety of New Beginnings

SPOTLIGHT: On ‘Weird Faith,’ Madi Diaz Sings From the Anxiety of New Beginnings

EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Diaz is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for February 2024. Look for more about her and her new album, Weird Faith, out Feb. 9 on ANTI-, all month long. “I’m doing my damnedest to claim my crazy right now.” Madi Diaz is embracing the turmoil.

ALBUM REVIEW: Relocated to Nashville, Sarah Jarosz’s Sound Sparkles on ‘Polaroid Lovers’

ALBUM REVIEW: Relocated to Nashville, Sarah Jarosz’s Sound Sparkles on ‘Polaroid Lovers’

Though it must have been a brutally sad goodbye when Sarah Jarosz left her longtime home of New York City in 2020, her new city suits her. Polaroid Lovers, the seventh studio album from the prolific songwriter with a voice of gold, is Nashville through and through. It has the

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Reveal the Self on Katy Kirby’s ‘Blue Raspberry’

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs Reveal the Self on Katy Kirby’s ‘Blue Raspberry’

Processing a relationship and all its messy complications through songwriting is a daunting enough feat, but exploring your identity at the same time could be enough to do some artists in. Katy Kirby, though, is sturdy and steady on Blue Raspberry, the follow-up to her 2021 debut Cool Dry Place.

SPOTLIGHT: Lizzie No Takes Hold of Possibility in Music and Beyond

SPOTLIGHT: Lizzie No Takes Hold of Possibility in Music and Beyond

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lizzie No is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for January 2024. Her new album, Halfies, will be released Jan. 19 via Thirty Tigers. Look for more about No and Halfsies all month long. The photos are glossy, black and white, early 1960s. A little girl of about

ALBUM REVIEW: Woods Invites Aural Wandering on ‘Perennial’

ALBUM REVIEW: Woods Invites Aural Wandering on ‘Perennial’

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the end of the year approaches, we’re taking a look back at albums we weren’t able to review when they first came out. Perennial was released in September. Somewhere amid the beautiful tangle of instrumental loops and psychedelic orchestral jams, Woods has once again

ALBUM REVIEW: Michael Nau Beckons Listeners to Follow Flow on ‘Accompany’

ALBUM REVIEW: Michael Nau Beckons Listeners to Follow Flow on ‘Accompany’

The magic of Michael Nau has always resided in his ability to shapeshift. He even has a song about it on his new solo LP, Accompany. “Shiftshaping” is the ideal embodiment of Nau’s sound, the flexible sonic explorations and subdued vocals recorded mostly live to tape. With fifth album