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Jackson Free Press | February 22, 2008

While including nature footage in a music documentary is a little unusual, the clips show how influential Sigur Ros' homeland is to their music. The group writes beautiful, sprawling pieces as majestic and awe-inspiring as the snow-capped glaciers and jagged mountains of Iceland.

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Tags: Heima, Sigur Ros

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Referring to Athens-based musicians Of Montreal as a pop band is a bit misleading. Though often catchy and cheery, the band's discography is more complex, inaccessible and frequently more pretentious than most pop music.

Jackson Free Press | Lindsey Maddox | 11-25-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Of Montreal, Lykke Li, Youth Novels, Skeletal Lamping, Alight of Night, Crystal Stilts

Christmas Trees (From Best to Worst)new

Christmas may be the time to find the best deals on gifts and goodies, but it is not the time to skimp on eco-values. That means finding the best tree not only for your family traditions but also for Mother Earth. Here is the good, the bad and the ugly side of Christmas tree buying.

Jackson Free Press | Lindsey Maddox | 11-25-2008 | Culture

Tags: Christmas, shopping, environment, Christmas trees

Chuck Palahniuk's Latest Novel is Undeniably Weirdnew

While Rant is less shocking than other Palahniuk novels, it contains a cabal of eccentrics and a zeal for the outrageous.

Jackson Free Press | Lindsey Maddox | 07-03-2008 | Fiction

Tags: Chuck Palahniuk, Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey, Fiction Reviews

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When it comes to music-streaming services, I'm usually late to the party, and not fashionably so. It's probably forgivable that I didn't hop onboard Spotify when it launched in Sweden in October 2008.

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The first time I heard Weezer, the band was a musical guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." I was a freshman at Delta State, and those were good times because bands such as Nirvana opened the floodgates for artists that fit into a broad category called "alternative music" to enter mainstream TV and radio.

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