Lav's Music Corner

Nicholas Jarr preceded his second Against All Logic record with a strange and indulgent EP that has some high profile names attached to it, but lacked the immediate charm that his music under the moniker has so often had. Review Dan Beyar is back in his stride with yet another excellent entry into the long running sophisticated piano pop legacy he has built the Destroyer name under, Have We Met  is an absolute treat. Review Torres unique approach to singer-songwriter music brings a sharp electronic edge and the beauty of chamber pop instrumentals to her intimate and passionate vocal performances to make for one of the genres more unique listens in recent memory. Review Funeral  shows off some of Wayne's creativity across its tracklist but it is ultimately a wildly inconsistent set of songs that runs on well past the point where it stops being interesting, Review The follow-up to Nicholas Jarr's surprise 2018 hit came sooner than anticipated but once again...

Green Day is a legendary California pop punk band who released some of the most essential mainstream punk music of the 90's. They spent the 2000's dropping thematic and politically charged records that made them even more popular, but since then they have had difficulty getting their footing. After the critically panned 2012 trio of albums Uno! , Dos!  and Tre!  the band collected some good karma with fans on the follow-up Revolution Radio  in 2016 being a more true to form pop punk album, but critics still weren't convinced. Father Of All features short songs with edgy themes in the song topics and promotional material and looks to be the most true to form punk the band has been in decades. Review By Lavender: It's been a very long time since I have truly loved a Green Day record, like I'm talking American Idiot . While 21st Century Breakdown  and Revolution Radio  certainly have their moments I have long missed the youthful edge the band had in the 90's...