Lav's Music Corner

St. Vincent While I never really fully came around on some of St. Vincent's earliest material, for a full decade now she's been on a stylistic elevation and creative ascent that I've absolutely adored. It's hard to say exactly where it peaked, but when we last heard from Annie Clark she was in her Young Americans  era on an album I loved in 2021 . Now she's onto something grittier, darker, and even more explosive than ever before. While much of the album lives up to its predecessors, it doesn't quite stick the landing in the same way.  The album got off to a strong start when I liked its first two singles a lot. Broken Man  came first and it's an absolute ripper worthy of St. Vincent's always incredible lead singles. The gritty production and instrumentation pair perfectly with an absolutely swagger-packed vocal performance from Annie that absolutely kills. I also loved Flea  which once again delivered more muscle than your average St. Vincent track. Thi...

After a slow one last week we kick it into high gear with 7 new releases across all genres and quality expectations. Let's get into it. 7. "Ogilala" William Patrick Corgan Better known as Billy Corgan the frontman of once great rock band Smashing Pumpkins, the music has certainly gone downhill as the line up of musicians surrounding Corgan constantly changed over the years. Though he's far from heyday he also hasn't crashed yet and even though some of his most recent work is just plain boring, it's not outright bad, here's to hoping he can turn it around for a late career comeback effect, but I wouldn't hold my breath. 6. "Carry Fire" Robert Plant Here we are again, this time Plant of the great Led Zeppelin is dropping his 11th album as a solo artist. Coming off a solo career high point in 2014 with Lullaby... And The Ceasless Roar it's an uphill battle to expect Plant will come back with a classic. The singles have been managab...