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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.
2020 on Fire
- Sound Salvation
- July 28, 2020
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

Mixtape 118 :: Look Alive
- The Lacking Organization
- July 28, 2020
Following a proud tradition of weird Australian pop, The Stroppies give us the sort of incisive harmonic jangle the world needs right now.
Mixtape 117 :: All Or Nothing
- The Lacking Organization
- July 24, 2020
There is no shortage of consuming urgency to the sound of this UK trio called simply Shopping.
Mixtape 116 :: Hard To Explain
- The Lacking Organization
- July 21, 2020
Coriky is three musicians crumpling up their resumes, throwing them to the floor, and showing you exactly what they can do.
Episode 115: Born Too Late
- The Lacking Organization
- July 17, 2020
Habibi is what happens when you spill solvent on the psychedelic garage / surf music / girl groups section of your record collection.
Episode 114: Can’t Do Much
- The Lacking Organization
- July 14, 2020
Katie Crutchfield, performing as Waxahatchee, has been slowly and steadily building her repertoire and now her talent is overflowing her banks.
Episode 113: Trou Noir
- The Lacking Organization
- July 10, 2020
Double Date With Death are loud and Canadian, and they don’t care if you don’t understand their French howling. They have a double date to get to.

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- The Lacking Organization
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