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New Wave: Dare To Be Different
- Screen Reviews
- January 30, 2019
The Story of the Most Influential Radio Station in America
The Alarm
- Event Reviews
- August 27, 2018
The Alarm came “marching on” through Orlando, and Michelle Wilson relived her 80s alternative heyday.
Baby In Vain
- Music Reviews
- July 18, 2016
For the Kids (Partisan Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Nothing
- Music Reviews
- May 17, 2016
Tired of Tomorrow (Relapse Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Lust for Youth
- Music Reviews
- July 15, 2014
International (Sacred Bones Records). Review by Alexa Harris.
Lust for Youth
- Music Reviews
- July 15, 2014
International (Sacred Bones Records). Review by Alexa Harris.
A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths
- Print Reviews
- June 24, 2013
Despite being dissolved for over two decades, Fletcher discovers how The Smiths, a band of four working-class kids from Manchester, created a fanatical following and left an iconic legacy that changed the music world.

BNLX
- Music Reviews
- June 3, 2013
LP (Susstones). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Frank Turner
- Event Reviews
- October 5, 2011
Jen Cray and a horde of bodies mosh to Frank Turner’s odes to life, love, and music at his headlining Orlando show — finally.
Cut Off Your Hands
- Music Reviews
- August 16, 2011
Hollow (Frenchkiss Records). Review by Eli Didier.
Duncan Sheik
- Music Reviews
- August 5, 2011
Covers 80’s. Review by Tim Wardyn.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Music Reviews
- May 6, 2011
Belong (Slumberland). Review by Scott Adams.
Dum Dum Girls
- Event Reviews
- March 18, 2011
Dum Dum Girls top a promising indie rock bill that woos Jen Cray into downtown Orlando in the midst of St. Paddy’s Day madness.
Twin Shadow
- Music Reviews
- December 14, 2010
Forget (Terrible Records). Review by Jen Cray.

Alfred John
- Music Reviews
- October 22, 2010
Memories of an Echo. Review by Robert Sutton.
The Dream Syndicate
- Music Reviews
- October 15, 2010
Medicine Show (Water ). Review by James Mann.
James
- Event Reviews
- September 28, 2010
Brit-Pop darlings James have reunited with their incomparable frontman Tim Booth and are flooding American shores with their timeless pop songs. Jen Cray caught the first wave at Orlando’s House of Blues.
Pernice Brothers
- Music Reviews
- August 6, 2010
Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont Records). Review by Sean Slone.
Bad Lieutenant
- Music Reviews
- March 23, 2010
Never Cry Another Tear (Original Signal). Review by Sean Slone.
Mellowdrone
- Music Reviews
- December 22, 2009
Angry Bear (Coming Home Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

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