Julius C. Lacking Archives • Ink 19

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.
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.
Episode 112: The Juice
- The Lacking Organization
- July 7, 2020
Well into their third decade, G. Love and Special Sauce still sound like they are in no particular hurry to get there.
Episode 111: Carnaval
- The Lacking Organization
- July 3, 2020
It took Cheo a couple of years to get back into his usual Latin-flavored slinky tinkles after leaving his previous band, but we’re all glad to hear he’s back.
Episode 110: Walk Don’t Run
- The Lacking Organization
- June 30, 2020
If you’re wondering if Acid Tongue is about having a particularly caustic wit, or about some sort of psychedelic dosage, the answer is yes.

Episode 109: Digger
- The Lacking Organization
- June 26, 2020
Go ahead and call your band Great Grandpa. You better have something pretty weird up your sleeve.
Episode 108: Jaan Pehechaan Ho
- The Lacking Organization
- June 23, 2020
If a mermaid learned to play surf guitar, she could give Olivia Jean some exciting competition, at least for a little while.
Episode 107: Dedication
- The Lacking Organization
- June 19, 2020
Born Ruffians hail from the Great White North, and they have an innate ability to craft razor-sharp hooks out of the simplest of riffs.
Episode 106: Odelia
- The Lacking Organization
- June 16, 2020
They call it Hotlanta for a good reason, but I’m sure The Black Lips have enough bad attitude to have way more colorful names for their hometown.
Episode 105: Along the Santa Fe Trail
- The Lacking Organization
- June 12, 2020
M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.
Episode 104: Manatee
- The Lacking Organization
- June 9, 2020
It’s edgy and manic and insistent, and it’ll surely drive your lunatic friends to ask you who is making that racket. Make sure you tell them Clifffs is spelled with three Fs.
Episode 103: Old Engine Oil
- The Lacking Organization
- June 5, 2020
Straight outta Staten Island, the Budos Band has enough energy to power a nuclear submarine for seven months, allowing it to circumnavigate the globe three and a half times.

Episode 102: Drama King
- The Lacking Organization
- May 29, 2020
As you may suspect, Peter Bjorn and John hail from Sweden, and as you may expect, they do Anglophonic indie pop better than the Anglophones.
Episode 101: Goin’ Out West
- The Lacking Organization
- May 26, 2020
The Woolly Bushmen may look young, but they sound like a rusted IROC Camaro with a busted manifold roaring out of the 7-11 parking lot.
Flipper with David Yow
- Event Reviews
- September 6, 2019
40 years down the road and Flipper remains a lovingly overwhelming evening, with David Yow on vocals.
DeVotchKa
- Event Reviews
- August 21, 2019
DeVotchKa brings their strange Vegas-gypsy sounds to the masses at Colorado’s Mesa Theater.
Colin Hay
- Event Reviews
- August 16, 2019
Julius C Lacking has an evening of reflection at Red Rocks with some ’80s memories.
The Woolly Bushmen
- Music Reviews
- June 18, 2019
In Shambles (Pig Baby). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Gasoline Lollipops
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2020
All The Misery Money Can Buy (Soundly Music). Review by James Mann.
Peter Stampfel
- Music Reviews
- September 23, 2020
20th Century in 100 Songs (Louisiana Red Hot Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
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.
Nella-Joi
- Music Reviews
- September 22, 2020
M.I.A.. Review by Stacey Zering.
Addis Ababa Noir
- Print Reviews
- September 21, 2020
Akashic Books Noir series stops in Addis Ababa for some stories about the dark side of Ethiopia. The stories blend myth, history, memory and regret related to dealing with the county’s traumatic recent past.
Colter Wall
- Music Reviews
- September 18, 2020
Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records/ Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Champlin Williams Friestedt
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
CWF II (Black Lodge Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Ace Frehley
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
Origins, Vol. 2 (Entertainment One (eOne)). Review by Christopher Long.
Eunha So
- Music Reviews
- September 16, 2020
Reminiscence. Review by Stacey Zering.
Body Double
- Music Reviews
- September 15, 2020
The Floating Hand (Zum). Review by Scott Adams.