Brittain Thompson

Brittain was an associate editor of The Local Voice from 2015-2018, ex-journalism student, and bad noise maker from the highway town of Brandon, Mississippi.

Elevate Yourself to New Heights With Mr. Billiam Mysterium RSDroundvector_2016

Elevate Yourself to New Heights With Mr. Billiam Mysterium

Brittain Thompson March 28, 2017

9 Days is the debut hip hop/rap album from the baritone-MC Mr. Bill Mysterium, aka Mr. BM....

Man Breaks into Apartment, Burns Stolen Property, Harrasses Tennant Oxford Police Department

Man Breaks into Apartment, Burns Stolen Property, Harrasses Tennant

Brittain Thompson March 27, 2017

On March 23, 2017 investigators of the Oxford Police Department served an arrest warrant on Blake Robert...

And The Echo Release New Music Video for “The Blind Ones” 2016-12-5-and-the-echo

And The Echo Release New Music Video for “The Blind Ones”

Brittain Thompson March 23, 2017

And the Echo have released their new music video for “The Blind Ones”! Check it out below...

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The Local Voice #275 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi

Brittain Thompson March 23, 2017

Click Here to Download The Local Voice #275 PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #275: March,...

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2017 Record Store Day List Out Now!

Brittain Thompson March 21, 2017

Check out the 2017 list of Record Store Day releases here! End of All Music, as always,...

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Do It Yourself, Oxford

Brittain Thompson March 16, 2017

The Oxford music community has been a hot topic as of late. Our interviews with Jace Hughes...

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Psych-Rockers Spaceface Oxford’s Swear Tapes Playing Proud Larry’s March 23

Brittain Thompson March 15, 2017

 Spaceface is led by Jake Ingalls who also plays guitar and synthesizer in The Flaming Lips, And...

Three-time Junior Ragtime Champion Daniel Souvigny to perform at Nutt Auditoriumn March 24 2017-03-07-rag time kid

Three-time Junior Ragtime Champion Daniel Souvigny to perform at Nutt Auditoriumn March 24

Brittain Thompson March 11, 2017

Three-time World Junior Ragtime Champion Daniel Souvigny will perform in concert at Nutt Auditorium at the University...

Oxford St. Paddy’s Pub Crawl Sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey is Saturday, March 18 2017-03-06-Jameson Whiskey

Oxford St. Paddy’s Pub Crawl Sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey is Saturday, March 18

Brittain Thompson March 7, 2017

The 8th Annual Oxford Pub Crawl is set for Saturday, March 18. The festivities kick off at...

Local Musician Ben Ricketts “Here, Asleep” Album Release Show March 4 2017-03-02-Here_Asleep

Local Musician Ben Ricketts “Here, Asleep” Album Release Show March 4

Brittain Thompson March 3, 2017

Ben Ricketts, a name you’ve likely seen frequently playing in town, has finished his latest album Here,...

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The Local Voice #274 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi

Brittain Thompson March 2, 2017

Click Here to Download The Local Voice #274 PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #274: March,...

Local Artist Lowdown: Hailey Hodge 2017-02-21-Artist Lowdown

Local Artist Lowdown: Hailey Hodge

Brittain Thompson February 22, 2017

Artistic Style: I primarily work with serigraphic and digital glitch software for my work. My work could...

The Lyric in Oxford Makes Top 10 List of Live Music Venues in Mississippi 2017-02-21-The Lyric

The Lyric in Oxford Makes Top 10 List of Live Music Venues in Mississippi

Brittain Thompson February 22, 2017

Mississippi has a long tradition of great music, from the Delta all the way down to the...

2017 Oxford Film Fest Hoka Award Winners hoka_awards

2017 Oxford Film Fest Hoka Award Winners

Brittain Thompson February 18, 2017

This year the Oxford Film Fest received over 900 submissions. Of those 900 these films were selected...

Louis Bourgeois Interviews Johnny McPhail (2013) 2017-02-16-mcphail

Louis Bourgeois Interviews Johnny McPhail (2013)

Brittain Thompson February 17, 2017

We recently received a brief interview local writer Louis Bourgeois did with local actor Johnny McPhail in...

The Local Voice #273 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi TLV-Cover-273-750-CMYK

The Local Voice #273 is out now – Download the PDF for Entertainment News in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi

Brittain Thompson February 16, 2017

Click Here to Download The Local Voice #273 PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #273: February...

Has Oxford Lost Its Soul? The State of the Local Music Scene Sparks Discussion Bill Perry Post

Has Oxford Lost Its Soul? The State of the Local Music Scene Sparks Discussion

Brittain Thompson February 14, 2017

The state of Oxford’s music scene is a topic The Local Voice has focused on as of...

Filming FireMax: An Oxford Community Film Debuts February 15 at The Powerhouse 2017-02-8-firemax

Filming FireMax: An Oxford Community Film Debuts February 15 at The Powerhouse

Brittain Thompson February 13, 2017

The Oxford Film Festival is, at this point, a staple of the town. What started as a...

The Local Voice #272 is out now – Entertainment Newspaper in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi TLV-Cover-272-CMYK-750

The Local Voice #272 is out now – Entertainment Newspaper in Oxford, Ole Miss, Tupelo, and North Mississippi

Brittain Thompson February 2, 2017

Click Here to Download The Local Voice #272 PDF for only 99¢ The Local Voice #272: February...

Secret Shows and House Hunter: Talking with Ben Ricketts

Brittain Thompson January 26, 2017

With how quickly Ben Ricketts became a name everyone in the music community knew, it is easy...

Randy Weeks on The View From The Balcony: “Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.* Really?”November 22, 2024
Thanks for such a thoughtful response, Howard. One of the main things I'm still bumfuzzled over is how so many…
Howard Dodson on The View From The Balcony: “Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.* Really?”November 22, 2024
Randy, I go back and forth with my reaction. I too was absolutely stunned @ how people could brush aside…
Randy Weeks on VOX Press to Publish “Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison” December 2024November 21, 2024
This is a great source of hope to the hopeless. Cudos to Louis for his courageous work!
New radio show heightens concerns of Republican influence at Mississippi Public Broadcasting - Mississippi Today on It’s Time for a Change in D.C. (by Russ Latino)October 31, 2024
[…] referendum that would have compelled lawmakers to fully fund public schools. He was also a public proxy for far-right…
John Thompson on Obituary: Bill Plunk (March 23, 1941 – October 9, 2024)October 29, 2024
RIP Bill . I enjoyed working for you way back in the early 90's .. You were a fair guy…