Music Street: Where Is the Studio Melton Promised?During Frank Melton's mayoral campaign, he told an audience of young African American musicians at The Birdland that he would bring a world-class recording studio to them, to Farish Street, once he was elected mayor in June. "I'm entering the …
We Are The Street: New Coalition Seeks To Unify The SceneFour 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 affiliated with the Jackson rap scene, captured a stereotype of …
[New Release] Schizo SoundsThere 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 on GoodmanCOUNTY's excellent new release, "Dead-Ends and Transits," a beautifully …
[Gospel] Fired By Trump, Employed By GodLeft 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 having a lack of depth.
[Stiggers] Battle of The Black Iron Skillet ChefsLive from the kitchen of Clubb Chicken Wing, it's the premiere of the Ghetto Science Team's Black Iron Skillet Chef cooking competition show with Sista Church Hat.
Holly PerkinsHolly Perkins has always liked art, but it was a family-weekend adventuring trip with her parents and older sister Katie that changed the almost-a-teen-ager forever. "Maybe two years ago, we went to Vicksburg, to The Attic Gallery. I loved that …
‘Karl Rove Is A Liar'Salon's Joe Conason takes on Karl Rove for his latest trick to divide America. Rove ignited a firestorm when he said recently:
"La Foret" XIU XIUJamie 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 they say everything's been done, and that the only thing …
"At the Soundless Dawn," Red SparowesInstrumental, 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 Emperor. Hailing from Los Angeles and containing members from Isis …
"Axes," ElectrelaneThis 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 before. Using the quintessential Too Pure drone-on freestyle jam and …
"Blue Eyed In The Red Room," Boom BipPart 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 (IDM), his sonic portfolio has caught the attention of many …
"Hole," 65daysofstaticSince 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 elements of sweeping Mogwai influenced indie-rock, damaged IDM clicks and …
Attacks Rock London<i>Four blasts rocked the London subway and tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday, sending bloodied victims fleeing in the worst attack on London since World War II. At least 40 people were killed, U.S. …
Hail To The StaffJuly 6, 2005 This is the 101st issue of the Jackson Free Press. We set out three years ago to bring independent journalism (and the best entertainment coverage) to Jackson, Miss., based on the "alt-weekly" model that is successful in …