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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 129: Heroes and Villains
- The Lacking Organization
- September 8, 2020
In order to locate the psychedelic rainbow treasure trove that is Joey Joesph, you will have to navigate and defeat countless auto-corrects.

Mixtape 128: What Happened to Delilah?
- The Lacking Organization
- September 4, 2020
The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
Wanzie’s “Ladies of Lake Eola Heights” – Episode 1
- Archikulture Digest
- September 3, 2020
We return to the Footlights Theater in Orlando to re-experience the original “Ladies Of Eola Heights”
Mixtape 127: Roll Me Mama, Roll Me
- The Lacking Organization
- September 1, 2020
It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.
Mixtape 126: Mini Skirt
- The Lacking Organization
- August 28, 2020
The extremely productive Messer Chups hails from St. Petersburg, Russia, and is currently going through some very heavy surf.
Mixtape 125 :: The Buzz
- The Lacking Organization
- August 21, 2020
It’s been 45 years since Chrissie Hynde initially hit her stride with the Pretenders, and she hasn’t slowed down for anybody since.
Mixtape 124: Forgotten Astronaut
- The Lacking Organization
- August 18, 2020
Matt Sharp and The Rentals have always attracted a stellar cast of musicians to help them assemble their popsong symphonies.
Sunshine Soul of the 5th Dimension
- Wax On
- August 18, 2020
The Fifth Dimension lets Jeffrey Schweers travel up, up and away in a new Wax On!

Mixtape 123: Thieves
- The Lacking Organization
- August 14, 2020
Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.
Mixtape 122 :: Warm Brass
- The Lacking Organization
- August 11, 2020
Soul jazz ensemble The Greyboy Allstars have been around so long they have grown into their name.
Mixtape 121 :: So We Won’t Forget
- The Lacking Organization
- August 7, 2020
The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.
Mixtape 120 :: She Now
- The Lacking Organization
- August 4, 2020
Part of what will be known as the Great Australian Psychedelic Expansion, Bananagun is more incense and lava lamps than strobes and smoke machines.
Four-Letter Words
- Sound Salvation
- August 3, 2020
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
Mixtape 119 :: J Terrapin
- The Lacking Organization
- July 31, 2020
Jade Hairpins don’t care about your repetitive song structures, man. That’s not how you cram five albums’ worth of material into less than forty minutes.

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