Lav's Music Corner

Gessaffelstein is a French music producer who blew up after doing production work om Kanye West's Yeezus  in 2013. Since then he has collaborated with the likes of Phoenix, The Weeknd and A$AP Rocky and released two studio album, the 2nd of which Hyperion  was teased with 3 singles of varying quality in late 2018 into 2019. Review By Lavender: Gessaffelstein is talented, nobody is denying that, Black Skinhead  alone is a testament to his talent. But after releasing a debut album that didn't thrill me and doing some very average work in The Weeknd's My Dear, Melancholy  EP last year I was hesitant for this album. It's lead single Reset  at the tail end of last year grabbed me and brought me back into the excitement of a new project and its follow-up Lost In The Fire  with The Weeknd was a better collaboration then their tracks on his EP and really got me ready to hear Hyperion. This hype was dragged just a touch by the release of the very mediocre P...

LCD Soundystem is the James Murphy fronted legendary New York dance punk band that came to prominence in the mid 2000's in the scene of the same style which they helped to develop.  After dropping three fantastic albums between 2005 and 2010 the band announced that they we're retiring and would play one final show in New York's Madison Square Garden. This became what many believed to be the band final release, the live album taken from the event. One that was critically acclaimed upon release and was compared to LCD inspirations like Talking Heads and their fantastic live outputs. LCD reunited and dropped their 4th studio album American Cream  to critical acclaim in 2017 numerous songs from which land on this live project. Review By Lav: I absolutely LOVE LCD Soundsystem, lets get that out of the way immediately. I consider all 4 of their albums to be among the best of their respective decades and their sophomore effort Sounds Of Silver is one of my favorite albums...