Lav's Music Corner

Courtney Barnett is an Australian singer songwriter who emerged as one of the genre's next big acts in the mid 2010's. Her unique blend of indie instrumentation with a rambling and narrative heavy style of songwriting made her a quick critical darling as songs like Avant Gardner  and Pedestrian At Best  were praised for their relentless cleverness. On her 2018 sophomore album Tell Me How You Really Feel  she shifted her sound to a more familiar indie rock approach which garnered her a lot of new fans but received mixed reviews from some already familiar listeners.  Review By Lav: I'm one of those already familiars. Courtney Barnett was one of the first artists in the indie scene that I can confidently say I was in on pretty early, because as a 14 year old I somehow spent even more time listening to music than I do now. While I do like both her albums, her debut is an utterly unique and impossibly charming piece of contemporary indie music. While her follow-up was goo...