Lav's Music Corner

The Avalanches are an Australian trio most well known for their heavy use of sampling and their critically acclaimed 2000 album Since I Left You . The band waited 16 years to follow the record up with the feature heavy Wildflower  in 2016 and have thankfully taken a shorter turnaround releasing this, their 3rd album, 20 years after Since I Left You . Review By Lav: I love The Avalanches. I have loved Since I Left You  since I first heard it sometime around 10 years ago and I was thrilled to see the band return on Wildflower  which I also thoroughly enjoyed.  Despite my love of the bands work I wasn't expecting quite as much from this record. The primary reasons being that it was less sample based than either of their first two projects and I thought the singles leading up to the album were a bit of a mixed bunch despite some major highlights. As it turns out there are still plenty of samples used perfectly all over the record, the original instrumentals are used...

Morrissey  is a legendary British musician and former frontman of The Smiths. Despite a successful ongoing run as a solo artist he has been frequently controversial for many of his political views which sometimes manifest through songs. The record had three singles that continue in his long running social commentary heavy indie rock and pop approach. Review By Lavender: There is no secret that The Smiths are incredible, everyone knows that. But even since then Morrissey has continued to impress me with his incredible Bona Drag  compilation album and a number of solid solo records. Though I skipped his recent covers record his last true studio album Low In High School  was far from perfect but included a handful of highlights that had me excited for what may come next, and Dog  is certainly an improvement and on par with his best records of the last two decades. The records singles were a little bit inconsistent and the record itself becomes fittingly inconsi...