Lav's Music Corner

In celebration of Charli XCX's brat  I decided to do a week dedicated to dance music here on the blog. Since brat  didn't turn out to be the nonstop dance record I was anticipating, it's somewhat fitting that this week has blown so far off course. Earlier we discussed Iglooghost and Kaytranada and now were going to cover an actual dance music outfit's new dance album, a dance music producer's new ambient techno effort, and frequent Charli XCX collaborator AG Cook's completely undanceable new album. Enjoy <3 Hyperdrama  - Justice Justice is one of the definitive dance acts of the 2000s whose debut album made a crater-sized impression on the genre's history. Since then the pair have shared two follow-up records neither of which I was particularly head-over-heels for. In fact, it's Gaspard Auge's 2021 solo album Escapades  that stands as my favorite thing to spawn from the duo since their debut. So it's out of respect for the duo and acknowledgem...

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Parklife  one of my favorite albums of all time a a huge defining moment for britpop and the 90s in general, I'm ranking all the Blur albums so far. It wasn't easy given how much I love this discography but after spending sometime on it I think I'm comfortable with my rankings. 8. Blur  - 1997 The self-titled album lands here at 8 as the least "Blur" album of the bunch. The attitude is here as sharp as ever but the mock grunge music and high octane pacing conflicts pretty hard with Blur's usual sound. There are some tracks here like Song 2  and Beetlebum  that can maybe help us reimagine Blur as an edgy american 90s rock band, but there's a reason that's not who they are.  7. Think Tank  - 2003 Despite being released 12 years apart Think Tank  was the trial run for Blu's next album and retrospectively it looks a little bit less meditative and veteran than it initially may have. Despite having s...