Julius C. Lacking

Tom Tom Club
- Staff Picks
- December 2, 2021
The Good The Bad and the Funky (Nacional). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Palberta
- Staff Picks
- November 16, 2021
Palberta5000 (Wharf Cat). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 170 :: I Must Go
- The Lacking Organization
- November 2, 2021
Hailing from the southwest of France, The Llamps build on a sound that’s equal parts New York City grit, San Francisco psychedelia, and spaghetti Western twang, which makes for a pan-global main dish.
Mixtape 169 :: TV Dinner
- The Lacking Organization
- October 26, 2021
For quite some time, the Mommyheads have delivered the sort of complex pop and lyrical insight that fills in the cracks and gaps in your musical thinking with new ideas and sounds.
Los Lobos
- Staff Picks
- October 21, 2021
Native Sons (New West). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Hearty Har
- Staff Picks
- October 19, 2021
Radio Astro (BMG). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 168 :: Shame Reactions
- The Lacking Organization
- October 19, 2021
Pom Pom Squad began as songwriter Mia Berrin’s solo operation but now employs four full-time experts in musical munitions and lethal lyrical techniques.

Mixtape 167 :: Hideaway
- The Lacking Organization
- October 12, 2021
If the name didn’t give it away, there is a very distinct beach slash surf feeling to San Diego’s Wavves and their sun-glittered sounds.
Mixtape 166 :: Alpine
- The Lacking Organization
- October 5, 2021
There are several sounds that are most definitely British, and with their clear soaring female vocals and intimate indie pop sensibility, The Catenary Wires are a textbook example of one of them.
Drug Store Romeos
- Staff Picks
- October 1, 2021
The World Within Our Bedrooms (Rough Trade). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
New Music Now 001
- Features
- October 1, 2021
NMN Episode One features Adam Elk, talking about his band the Mommyheads with KAFM Radio’s Judy C. and Julius C. Lacking. No relation, everyone! They’re just good friends.
The Scientists
- Staff Picks
- September 30, 2021
Negativity (In The Red). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Olivia Jean / April March
- Staff Picks
- September 29, 2021
Palladium EP (Third Man). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 165 :: Sauce Piquante
- The Lacking Organization
- September 28, 2021
At a time when we need the positive carefree sound of French yeh-yeh the most, April March comes through with a spicy new number.

Death Valley Girls
- Staff Picks
- September 23, 2021
Street Venom (Burger). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
The Catenary Wires
- Staff Picks
- September 22, 2021
Birling Gap (Shelflife). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 164 :: Radio Man ’56
- The Lacking Organization
- September 21, 2021
The Fogerty Brothers are putting their upbringing to good use in the genuinely psychedelic outfit Hearty Har, parsing the electric sitars and paisleys of long ago into a legitimate translation.
black midi
- Staff Picks
- September 20, 2021
Covercade (Rough Trade). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
You Didn’t Think We Could Take It Vol. 2
- Staff Picks
- September 14, 2021
A Tribute to the Subsonics (Mandinga). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Mixtape 163 :: Magic Pants
- The Lacking Organization
- September 14, 2021
The Scientists have been conducting their Australian experiments in proto-punk for over four decades now, and it’s surprising that they’ve yet to publish in a peer-reviewed journal.

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