Lav's Music Corner

Fever Ray is the solo project of Swedish musician Karin Dreijer who is most well known as one half of electronica duo The Knife alongside their brother. While it's been 10 years since The Knife last released new music Fever Ray released their second solo album back in 2017. Fans were excited for Radical Romantics  not only because Karin was returning to releasing new music, but also Olaf Dreijer, the other half of The Knife, is returning with production and songwriting on many of these tracks. Review by Lav: With a recent video I've been working on covering the best albums of 2013 and the great trio of singles Karin has released dating back to last year, I've rekindled my love for The Knife. Revisiting some of their old material that I've always loved and hearing these new songs gave me expectations for this record that I felt might be a bit much. Turns out I was wrong because this is seriously a wonderful listen that sees Karin not only writing phenomenally catchy tune...

Better late than never. Enjoy <3 5.  Never Gonna Change  - Sharon Van Etten If you know Sharon Van Etten then you can probably predict what this song is going to sound like going into it, even if the fusion of Weyes Blood style chamber with a dash of classic heartland still manages to be compelling. It probably also won't surprise fans that despite it being a deep cut that missed the official tracklist of Sharon's album earlier this year, it's still great and should be headed directly into the ears of indie folk fans.  Listen 4.  The Loneliest Time  - Carly Rae Jepsen (Feat. Rufus Wainwright) The singles from Carly's new album have been pretty all over the place in terms of style but very consistent in terms of quality. This sort of disco ballad which yes, randomly features Rufus Wainwright actually turns out great. The song has the emotional poise to justify playing it a little slow but Carly refuses to make something you can't dance to, with wonderful resul...