Pixies

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.
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- The Lacking Organization
- February 19, 2021
Sometimes rock and roll seems to get stuck in a rut, but The New Madness bring fresh life to a sound that was old before they were born.
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
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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
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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!”
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- 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.

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- Event Reviews
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Ex Friends
- Music Reviews
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No Wonder We Prefer the Dark (Paper + Plastick). Review by Jen Cray.
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Handwritten (Mercury Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Grass Widow
- Event Reviews
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Orlando Calling Festival
- Event Reviews
- December 12, 2011
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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.

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