Lav's Music Corner

It's time to loop back around on some indie music. At one point or another I absolutely LOVED all 5 of the artists we're going to talk about today, but in an already extremely busy 2025 so far, their newest material fell by the wayside. To amend artists who have made music I love so much, I'm covering them all here instead.  Dan's Boogie  - Destroyer In the early to mid-2010s Dan Bejar, AKA Destroyer, released a pair of albums that really should serve as benchmarks for indie pop and sophisti-pop. Kaputt  and Poison Season  are both staggeringly good albums that till sound as delightfully fresh and lush today as they did when they came out. Since then Dan has shared a few records I liked, most notably his darker 2020 record Have We Met , but hasn't quite reached the same highs he once did. That wasn't helped when the lead single "Bologna" was a huge letdown for me and one of my least favorite Destroyer singles ever. Thankfully, the era bounced back from...

Lets get crazy. This is the first list of the week that is truly and honestly separated completely from everything in the world around it. Every single song released on any album, mixtape or EP this year is eligible for the list no matter how abstract, experimental or unconventional. From major pop hits to tracks that test the very conventions of what a song even is, these rankings set out to find the 100 best songs of 2021, and put them in order.  Enjoy <3 100. Cold Summer  - Issa Gold Starting off the list we have one half of rap group The Underachievers whose solo album has gone painfully under the radar this year. While he isn't rewriting the book on conscious hip hop he does have plenty lyrical ability, tight flows and compelling thematic points to touch on. Nothing here will sound unfamiliar but the level of execution Issa Gold works with on this track is thouroughly impressive. Key Lyric: "Before we finish one thought, we thinkin what to say next, quiet that mind, th...