ALBUM REVIEW: Damn Tall Buildings Construct a Fresh Sound on ‘Sleeping Dogs’
Damn Tall Buildings’ latest album, Sleeping Dogs, would fit perfectly in a festival dance tent, and it’s just as suitable for singing in the car at full volume. The unpredictable, often rapid-paced original lyrics of Sleeping Dogs are clever and playful, with refrains that lend themselves to singing along.
Katie Pruitt Brings Frank Conversation on Religion to Park City Song Summit
The music industry is grueling, no question about it. While a typical music festival might focus on good times or discussions about the State of the Industry, the inaugural Park City Song Summit, taking place this week in Utah, seeks to balance joyful creative expression with serious conversations about mental
THROUGH THE LENS: Nelsonville Music Festival Makes Itself at Home on New Site
The Nelsonville Music Festival has had a lot to deal with the past couple of years. First, like everybody else, it put up a temporarily closed sign due to COVID. Second, just as the epidemic was subsiding (somewhat), the local college it had called home since 2000 decided it wanted
JOURNAL EXCERPT: The Weird and Wonderful World of Wes Freed
EDITOR’S NOTE: The team at No Depression is saddened to hear about the passing of visual artist and musician Wes Freed. His work graced almost every Drive-by Truckers album cover, as well as gig posters for bands like American Aquarium, and even regular ND contributor and author Stephen Deusner&
ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Dressing Like a Stranger,’ Luke Sital-Singh Embraces Being Yourself
Have you ever looked in the mirror and not recognized yourself? Does the question “Who am I?” make you dizzy with panic? This uncertainty and the coupled loneliness are what Luke Sital-Singh is processing on his latest album, his fourth, Dressing Like a Stranger.
Susurrous folk-rock acts as the ideal
ALBUM REVIEW: Martha Spencer Makes Traditional-Tinted Magic on ‘Wonderland’
Wonderland, Martha Spencer’s second solo album, is aptly titled; it carries us through a magical musical landscape via old-time Appalachian tunes, Django jazz, bluegrass, country, American songbook-style tunes, and ambling blues. Spencer’s high mountain vocals dip and swerve, providing the thread around which harmonies and instruments wrap themselves.