Mitski’s eighth studio album, “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me,” debuted on Friday, Feb. 27. The 11-track album merges Mitski’s emotional lyrics and indie-rock sound with classical elements. The album was recorded with a live band and orchestra through indie record label Dead Oceans. “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me” follows Mitski’s 2023 album “This […]
Academy Award-winning British director Emerald Fennell’s latest film adapts Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel “Wuthering Heights,” starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. Controversy over the adaptation sparked when the original casting was announced in 2024 and has since received mixed reviews from audiences and critics for its style-over-substance approach to the […]
The up-and-coming T-shirt brand Drink The River (DTR) started when a group of young Oxford natives joined to celebrate their hometown’s landscape. Its designs feature cultural touchstones of Oxford and the state of Mississippi that highlight Southern identity. Seven Oxford-based individuals founded the company, including University of Mississippi graduates Haihai Fisher, Caroline Kincaid and William […]
The University of Mississippi’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) raised $20,000 to pay for its members to attend the National Society of Women Engineers Conference in New Orleans last month. In doing so, the group overcame significant funding cuts through creative revenue-raising efforts. Like every other registered student organization (RSO) at the university, SWE lost […]
Florence + The Machine released its sixth studio album “Everybody Scream” on Friday. This Halloween debut added another harmonious addition to the band’s discography. Lead singer and songwriter Florence Welch’s bewitching vocals and lyrics mixed with the band’s dramatic production created a haunting, yet riveting 12-track album. “Everybody Scream” was written after Welch suffered a […]
With October coming to an end and Halloween quickly approaching, it is time to break out the new and classic hits to set the spooky scene. Here are 10 must-listen songs spanning decades and genres for the haunted holiday. “Sisters of the Moon” by Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks is the only correct way to kick […]
Even in places that have long been abandoned, Mississippi’s long history of literary and artistic content creation is alive and well. On William Faulkner’s mule farm between Oxford and his birthplace in New Albany, Miss., lies Greenfield Farm, a future writer’s residency that will cultivate and support Mississippi creatives and artists. On Sunday, Oct. 19, […]
Oxford’s lively cultural scene melds with its academic reputation at weekly trivia nights hosted by local restaurants. These game nights are hosted by The Blind Pig, Moe’s BBQ and Circle and Square Brewing. Students, professors and Oxonians congregate at the trivia sessions for brain teasers, good food, opportunities for cash prizes and community engagement. The […]
Ole Miss Theatre and Film, in collaboration with the Southern Punk Archive, hosted a screening of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren’s short films with a live score by Memphis post-punk band Optic Sink, on Thursday, Sept. 18. The event followed the Thacker Mountain Radio show at the Powerhouse. John Rash, the founder of the Southern Punk […]
Indie folk band Big Thief released its sixth studio album, “Double Infinity,” on Friday, Sept. 5, resonating with hopeless romantics and nostalgia chasers. The nine-track album winds from slow-paced ballads to upbeat psychedelic folk songs that pack a punch with their sentimental lyricism. Since 2015, Big Thief has released dreamy, melodic music. This is Big […]
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