R.I.P. No Depression
It's shaping up to be a morbid day in the world of music announcements. Alt-country music rag No Depression is quite literally folding after 13 years being the best magazine to be named after an Uncle Tupelo song. No Depression was founded by former Austin American Statesman staffer Peter Blackstock and Grant Alden of Seattle, and calls it quits after publishing its May-June issue. There is no public wake planned, but well wishers may pay their respects by continuing to read nodpression.net.
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Posted at 12:17 PM
Comments (14) latest by len
That sucks...
Posted by: rocknrollchad at February 19, 2008 12:36 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Was it named after an uncle tupelo song or a carter family song. I'm pretty sure it was the latter
Posted by: mdc at February 19, 2008 1:14 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Probably both, though wasn't there (at least at a point) other sections referring to Uncle Tupelo song titles/lyrics?
Posted by: bret at February 19, 2008 1:24 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Not sure about other references, I know that on the first 'What it sounds like' volume they sent with the subscription, it had the original Carter Family version as the last track.
Posted by: mdc at February 19, 2008 1:38 PM | ReplyScore = 0
The Uncle Tupelo song was a cover of the Carter Family's song.
Regardless, it's still a sad day - the magazine will be missed.
Posted by: Brian at February 19, 2008 1:58 PM | ReplyScore = 0
it was an alt-country magazine, it was named after uncle tupelo's version. the founders said as much. also...sad news. what's going to be left in the music industry in a few years? probably all magazines are ceding the way to online stuff, which is fine. i wonder if the struggling music business will affect online media outlets too.
Posted by: jeff t at February 19, 2008 2:23 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Sucks. Absolutely sucks.
At least we've still got Harp.
Posted by: Andrew at February 19, 2008 4:46 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Check out American Songwriter Magazine. It's better than Harp.
Posted by: jay at February 19, 2008 5:31 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Sucks indeed, but...uh, how the hell is it "quite literally folding"? Are the staffers taking all remaining issues of the zine and folding them in half? Dammit, "literally" means "not a metaphor - what the word means in its literal sense." "Folding" as in "going out of business" is a metaphor. Grr. (I wouldn't care but, uh, you know, you guys are supposed to be writers 'n shit.)
Posted by: 2fs at February 19, 2008 11:44 PM | ReplyScore = 1
Oh well, so much for that expensive, lifetime subscription I paid for. No, wait, that was Rolling F@#$%&ing Stone. Gonna really miss No Depression - turned me on to A LOT of great music!! RIP
Posted by: TheVandalsTookMyHandle at February 20, 2008 4:39 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I liked No Depression up until they lost their focus on alt.country. I don't care what their excuse was, Mandy Moore does not belong in the pages No Depression.
Posted by: PaidToGetExcited at February 20, 2008 8:52 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I had kind of an on-again, off-again relationship with ND. Some issues I would really love; others were just okay. But I could always count on it for quality writing...and that Mandy Moore cover story was quite good!
We'll miss you, ND. Harp sucks.
Posted by: Scott E at February 20, 2008 9:22 AM | ReplyScore = 0
I'm still upset about broadside folding!
Posted by: dannygutters at February 20, 2008 2:05 PM | ReplyScore = 0
thank you for helping me survey the past/present of American music now i must travel a alt. route it does suck big time
Posted by: len at February 24, 2008 1:19 PM | ReplyScore = 0