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Mixtape 138 :: Political Song
- The Lacking Organization
- October 30, 2020
Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.
Back Home to Broadway
- Archikulture Digest
- October 26, 2020
Static songs from a dynamic performer fill the house at this minimalist cabaret.
Halloween 2020
- Sound Salvation
- October 25, 2020
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Mixtape 137 :: melatonezone
- The Lacking Organization
- October 23, 2020
To make illuminati hotties for your gathering, splash melody and harsh noise into a tumbler, drop in some production trickery, and shake until you hear a dizzying howl emerge
The Empty Space
- Archikulture Digest
- October 18, 2020
A spacey exploration of love , pain and reality as it might exist in cyberspace.
Ugly Lies the Bone
- Archikulture Digest
- October 18, 2020
A young woman returns from the war and struggles to overcome pain and loneliness.
Holmes and Watson: The Games Afoot
- Archikulture Digest
- October 18, 2020
Four Holmes and Watson tales enacted by a constantly changing cast.

Ohio State Murders
- Archikulture Digest
- October 17, 2020
Zoom back to 1949 as a black woman attempts to find acceptance in a midwestern academic setting.
Mixtape 136 :: No Glory in the West
- The Lacking Organization
- October 16, 2020
The mysterious Orville Peck is a modern cowboy marvel, a rare and legendary masked man with a dusty guitar and a lonesome coyote howl.
Mixtape 135 :: Bottle Rocket Baby
- The Lacking Organization
- October 9, 2020
Hissing steam and spitting fire, the Old 97s chew up the rails and cross-ties by playing country music with a punk attitude.
Bright Young Things
- Archikulture Digest
- October 3, 2020
An immersive show takes you through the dark alleys of Orlando’s night life.
Mixtape 134: Identity Theft
- The Lacking Organization
- October 2, 2020
Taking their name from Australian slang for something not good, The Chats are here to strike fear in the hearts of parents and guidance counselors across the globe.
Jesus Hopped The A Train
- Archikulture Digest
- September 28, 2020
Two convicts discuss God, morality and how many people they killed as their lawyer gets disbarred.
Impossible Dream: The Best of Broadway’s Leading Men
- Archikulture Digest
- September 27, 2020
Shawn Kilgore presents a caberet on line from Winter Park Playhouse.

Mixtape 133: Waba Duba
- The Lacking Organization
- September 25, 2020
Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
Urinetown (The Musical)
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2020
If you think quarantining is a pain, try holding it in when you can’t go out.
Mixtape 132: Holiday
- The Lacking Organization
- September 22, 2020
The Just Joans keep it in the family, and they keep it fairly civil, covering their lethally caustic Scottish wit in a layer of pleasant pop.
Mixtape 131: Chocolate Samurai
- The Lacking Organization
- September 18, 2020
Listening to Fantastic Negrito is like lifting the lid on a simmering pot to a wonderfully exotic yet very familiar blend of spices.
Hello, Dolly!
- Archikulture Digest
- September 13, 2020
Matchmaker Dolly Levy makes her own match, saving some young woman from the grouchy yet wealthy Horace Vandegelt as live theater returns to Winter Garden.
Mixtape 130: Cowboy
- The Lacking Organization
- September 11, 2020
Bill Callahan has been wandering the halls of music for quite some time now, his deep voice and aimless arrangements a constant hypnotic presence.

Mixtape 138 :: Political Song
- The Lacking Organization
- October 30, 2020
Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.
Emily Barker
- Music Reviews
- October 30, 2020
A Dark Murmuration of Words (Everyone Sang /Thirty Tigers). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Aquabats!
- Music Reviews
- October 29, 2020
Kooky Spooky In Stereo (Gloopy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Warning From Space
- Screen Reviews
- October 28, 2020
Cult classic Warning From Space gets a welcome Blu-ray reissue.
Kristen Grainger & True North
- Music Reviews
- October 27, 2020
Ghost Tattoo. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Back Home to Broadway
- Archikulture Digest
- October 26, 2020
Static songs from a dynamic performer fill the house at this minimalist cabaret.
Make Music Not War
- Music Reviews
- October 26, 2020
Put Down That Weapon (Y&T). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Halloween 2020
- Sound Salvation
- October 25, 2020
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Seized Up
- Music Reviews
- October 23, 2020
Brace Yourself (Pirate’s Press). Review by Scott Adams.
Mixtape 137 :: melatonezone
- The Lacking Organization
- October 23, 2020
To make illuminati hotties for your gathering, splash melody and harsh noise into a tumbler, drop in some production trickery, and shake until you hear a dizzying howl emerge