Pixies

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.
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 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.
Dashboard Confessional
- Event Reviews
- March 29, 2018
Emo darlings Dashboard Confessional, with some help from openers Beach Slang, lift up a near-capacity crowd in Orlando with heartfelt musings and aching melodies. Jen Cray opened her heart to it all.
Beach Slang
- Event Reviews
- October 20, 2016
The Bleached Slang Tour (Beach Slang + Bleached) brings Orlando to its knees and causes hearts, like Jen Cray’s, to swoon.
Beach Slang
- Music Reviews
- September 27, 2016
A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings (Polyvinyl). Review by Jen Cray.

Belly
- Event Reviews
- August 25, 2016
Belly brought lot of grit and a touch of grace to the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.
Bully
- Event Reviews
- February 5, 2016
Bully greets Orlando with apathy and anger toward one of its theme parks. Jen Cray smiles and thinks, “Man, this band would have fit in well in the nineties!”
Big Guava Festival
- Event Reviews
- May 15, 2015
Tampa’s Big Guava Festival puts itself on the sun & sounds map, and wins the heart of Jen Cray.
Nots
- Music Reviews
- March 31, 2015
We Are Nots (Goner). Review by Jen Cray.
Big Guava Festival
- Features
- February 13, 2015
Central Florida has got itself a proper music festival in the way of the BIG GUAVA. Save your gas money, cause with a lineup this good there’s no reason to drive 500 miles north to get your festival fix.
Pixies
- Event Reviews
- January 30, 2014
The Pixies raided Port Chester, NY on a big 2014 tour and May Terry was la-la lovin’ both old and new songs from an iconic band that dares to evolve.
Ex Friends
- Music Reviews
- October 16, 2012
No Wonder We Prefer the Dark (Paper + Plastick). Review by Jen Cray.

The Gaslight Anthem
- Music Reviews
- August 9, 2012
Handwritten (Mercury Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Grass Widow
- Event Reviews
- July 3, 2012
Good things come to May Terry, who waited through a half-dozen bands before Grass Widow closed out the Panache Northside Showcase in NYC.
Orlando Calling Festival
- Event Reviews
- December 12, 2011
The first ever Orlando Calling Festival set up camp on a picture-perfect Central Florida fall day. Jen Cray parked it on the lawn amid tens of thousands of music fans and absorbed.
Orlando Calling Festival
- Info
- October 25, 2011
The inaugural, and hopefully annual, Orlando Calling Festival brings BIG acts to Central Florida for a major two-day music festival November 12-13.
Le Butcherettes
- Event Reviews
- May 31, 2011
Le Butcherettes unleash their inner she-beast at an Orlando show that not only wowed Jen Cray, but won over a venue full of macho Deftones fans.
The White Wires
- Music Reviews
- May 10, 2011
WWII (Dirtnap). Review by Jen Cray.

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