Lav's Music Corner

I've been bad about covering new country releases, at least the ones music fans are actually talking about. So let's fix that.  Anniversary  - Adeem The Artist Adeem The Artist is an alt-country artist who I first heard about thanks to Spectrum Pulse who covered their 2021 release Cast Iron Pansexual . That was followed by the even more widely discussed White Trash Revelry, though I wasn't quite as much of a fan of that one. Adeem represents one of the most unique and earnest figures in country music, unburdened by the machine of Nashville that controls the genre with an iron fist, yet with a clear appreciation for the genre's history and pioneers, even if they may be those very same Nashville stars.  This unencumbered style of songwriting allows Adeem to say things like the instantly iconic opening lines of Nancy , one of the best songs on the record. The record is at its best when Adeem's earnest sentiments lead them to a place more vulnerable than many of their c...