Maeri Ferguson

2 weeks ago | nodepression.com | Maeri Ferguson

“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 ever hotter and bigger, surrounding on all sides.

2 weeks ago | nodepression.com | Maeri Ferguson

Even as she’s been genre shapeshifting over the years, the core qualities of Alex Sauser-Monnig’s artistry have not just remained intact, but strengthened with each outing. Recording as a member of bands Mountain Man and The A’s (both with Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso), and her solo moniker Daughter of Swords, Sauser-Monnig has proven herself an intrepid sonic explorer with a soft-spun voice she uses elastically, whether it’s wrapped in spare folksy instrumentals or buoyant pop melodies.

4 weeks ago | nodepression.com | Maeri Ferguson

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 seeking insight from a young woman about what’s hip, a cardboard cutout of a cowboy in the background.

1 month ago | sva.edu | Maeri Ferguson

Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, El VIH se enamoró de mi (HIV Fell in Love With Me), 2024. Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, El VIH se enamoró de mi (HIV Fell in Love With Me), 2024. Credit: Visual AIDS Credit: Visual AIDS

1 month ago | nodepression.com | Maeri Ferguson

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 debut and sophomore albums have a few things in common. Both albums are self-released, and while making each she was living through the demise of a romantic relationship.