Lydia Loveless – Something Else (LP Vinyl)

Lydia Loveless has spent the better part of a decade establishing herself as one of alt-country's sharpest and most unsparing voices, and her return to Bloodshot Records feels like a homecoming with something to prove. The Columbus, Ohio songwriter writes from a place of hard-won clarity, matching the emotional directness of her best work with a rock-forward edge that keeps her squarely in her own lane.