Lav's Music Corner

Tyler showed up earlier this year with credentials as a photographer and tagged along through most of 2020 penning judgement on the quality of each of the album covers accompanying the albums and EPs I reviewed for the blog. So just like I'm recapping the year musically Tyler put together a list of his 10 favorite album covers of the year for Day 2 of List Week 2020.  10. HAIM - Women In Music Pt. 3 I like this cover. Knowing the previous aesthetics of the sisters, I think this fits in well with their indie vintage photo style and it encompasses what their style is and has been for a while. It has a lot of detail packed into the simple photo and it takes time to look into all the background gems. I appreciate that the sign in the back is used as the title and it adds itself into the composition rather than sitting on top of it. Overall I think this is wildly successful and adds to the list of the other very strong covers in their discography. 9. Moses Sumney - Grae This cover is gr...

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest artists in the world by all measure. Since her 2008 single Just Dance  hit #1 on the Hot 100 Stefani hasn't looked back as she released one commercially successful album and single after another. Over the years she has transitioned from the world of electro dance pop she made her debut in towards the more folk inspired album Joanne  in 2016 as well as her huge part in the A Star Is Born  soundtrack a few years later. But with the teaser tracks leading up to Chromatica Gaga signified a return to her dance floor roots and takes a dive headfirst into the sound.  Review By Lavender: If you are around my age then you have not only grown up with the music of Lady Gaga but have grown up in a world where it was inescapable. From the nauseating Born This Way  to the creative but messy Artpop  and even to the genre shifting Joanne  commercial success has followed Lady Gaga like a shadow. While Lady Gaga hasn't put out a record I t...