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  • Beneath the Kudzu’s Debut Album Presents 38 Minutes of Doomy Soundscapes

    Beneath the Kudzu’s Debut Album Presents 38 Minutes of Doomy Soundscapes

    Vicksburg 4-piece Beneath the Kudzu released their debut album Birds Sing as the World Crumbles on October 3rd, 2025. If you’ve seen them live at any point in the last year or so, then these songs will be very familiar to you since the tracks on this album have made up their setlists. Track 1,

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  • So Much Is Happening, and I Have to Clock In Soon

    So Much Is Happening, and I Have to Clock In Soon

    Recently, I watched a movie called September 5, which is about ABC Sports’ news coverage of the kidnapping and killing of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. This movie piqued my interest because I work in the news and the trailer and modest 90 minute runtime convinced me to watch it on Paramount+.

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  • Eulogy for a Bakery

    Eulogy for a Bakery

    On Friday, April 25th, 2025, it was announced publicly via Instagram that the Sunflower Oven, which served as a bakery by day and a DIY music venue by night, would be closing the next week. The news didn’t exactly come out of nowhere – to people familiar with the matter, it seems the writing had

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  • Jackson’s Biggest Little Festival Returns April 19th

    Jackson’s Biggest Little Festival Returns April 19th

    The days are longer, the air is warmer, and the pollen is proliferating, so you know what that means: festival season is upon us. In the coming months, people will be traveling out-of-state to festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, maybe even Furnace Fest. But let’s face it, traveling is hectic and weekend festival passes are

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  • The Magical Realism of Death Throes From A Star

    The Magical Realism of Death Throes From A Star

    The state of Mississippi is home to a wide variety of bands and artists making all kinds of music, from things you’d typically expect like blues, country, jazz, and the like, to the mostly conventional pop and rock acts, to the more arthouse-y experimental noise artists. Vicksburg 3-peice shoegaze band Death Throes From A Star,

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