We Are The Street: New Coalition Seeks To Unify The Scene
Four years ago, the rap music magazine Murder Dog did a special on the underground music scene of Jackson. A photo of almost 30 men, all of whom were somehow …
[New Release] Schizo Sounds
There is an old cliche that, if you don't like the weather in Mississippi, wait a few minutes and it will change. The same could be said for the tracks …
[Gospel] Fired By Trump, Employed By God
Left as the last man standing on NBC's hit reality show "The Apprentice, "Gulfport, Miss.-born Craig Williams exited the show's location after a series of interviews that tagged him as …
"La Foret" XIU XIU
Jamie Stewart is what Victorian society would have called, "an unsettling young man." To hear Jamie's band Xiu Xiu play is to be shaken, disturbed, and shown something original. If …
"At the Soundless Dawn," Red Sparowes
Instrumental, sublime and slightly bombastic- these are terms normally used to describe the new school of indie post rock as heard in the music of Mogwai and Godspeed You Black …
"Axes," Electrelane
This Brighton 4-piece formed in 1998 to revive the fem-core movement in a unique way- one more diverse and lasting than the riot-grrl movement that preceded them some 5 years …
"Blue Eyed In The Red Room," Boom Bip
Part avant-garde composer and part beat master; Boom Bip has created some of the richest instrumental soundscapes in recent memory. Combining hip-hop, ambient and experimental electronica with Intelligent Dance Music …
"Hole," 65daysofstatic
Since releasing their stunning debut long player in October 2004, "The Fall of Math," this Sheffield 4-piece have been drawing raves from the UK music press. Their apocalyptic style combines …
[Music] Born Under A Bad Sign
Toward the end of my talk with Bernard Jenkins, he tells me: "There's no better musicians than right here (Jackson). Make sure you get that down."
Stevie J at 930 this Weekend
Keeping the blues' cutting-edge sharp with Stevie J at the 930 Blues Café, Friday and Saturday, July 8-9, at 9:30 p.m. One of Jackson's most bodacious bluesmen Stevie J joins …
[Music] The Lamb That Roared
When Bethany Spiers played at Millsaps College last year, she pulled a reverse March on the crowd: in like a lamb, out like a lion. The lead singer of The …
Bobby Bare, Jr. at W.C. Don's July 18
Bobby Bare, Jr. shares his famous father's musical genetics, but he's hardly hiding in dad's shadow with his own blend of R&B swagger and SoCal country rock. He and his …
"Surrounded by Silence," Prefuse 73
Scott Herrin, a former Atlanta native known as Prefuse 73, changed the face of underground music in 2001 by unleashing the groundbreaking glitch-hop release "Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives." Combining …
[Jacktown] Dirty South Take-Over
Either you've been in a coma or looking at Fuse TV too much if you haven't noticed the explosion of Southern hip-hop recently. According to sources, over 40 percent of …
Sexy Experimental
When I meet with Bradley Nicholson of the band A Black Medic, the first thing I notice is that he's young—still a teenager. But age hasn't held back the Florence …
