Lav's Music Corner

While yes I do try to often deliver some semblance of continuity in these rapid fire reviews to make them make sense. But at its core the series is just meant for me to cover records that I'm too late or don't have the time to talk about in full. So with that being said this is a mish-mash of different genres of hardcore and industrial that I'm stretching because it includes records I want to talk about. 40 oz. To Fresno  - Joyce Manor After releasing some of the most essential emo and pop punk albums of the 2010's with their self-titled debut and 2014's Never Hungover Again  it hasn't exactly been a parade of critical or even fan acclaim since then. While I certainly don't think the bands releases have been terrible or anything they certainly haven't matched the energy of their earlier work. On this new album which runs out at a tight 16 minutes and change I was hoping that the band could find a way to translate their new feelings into music that was as...

So I took a week off to recover from consecutive Ty Segall, Cloud Nothing, Idles and Black Midi moshpits. I think I deserved it. But now we're back and given how weak the last two classes of singles have been I decided to just combine the last two weeks and find the best five songs of the bunch to present to you here. Hopefully next week we will be back to regularly scheduled programming.  5.  Tarantula  - Azealia Banks While it can be hard to predict what Azealia will do outside of her music career, generally speaking when she drop new tracks the tend to deliver and Tarantula  is no different. Just in time for Halloween she delivers an eerie club jam with monotone vocals that come off more threatening than most songs trying to be genuinely scary do. The stiff club beat and organ style synths clear up a track with an alarmingly tight aesthetic.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAyCwgl_gQ 4.  Moth To A Flame  - Swedish House Mafia Feat. The Weeknd Swed...