Lav's Music Corner

What a great week for new singles, let's get into it. 5.  New World  - Tindersticks According to Tindersticks themselves, this is a shift into a more poppier and accessible direction. Given this less-than-4-minute edit from the band is still a distinctly composed swaying chamber ballad it's not like they're exactly making an Imagine Dragons song or anything. But I see what they're going for and despite a slow start I appreciate where the song eventually ends up.  Listen 4.  Joker  - Porches Porches got my attention earlier this year with the great single Rag  which is probably why I was so open to this deeply strange follow-up. This weird indie-slacked jam that seems to meander through weird lyrics about getting a dog and kissing him on the mouth. I know it may not exactly sound enticing but there's something so effortlessly smooth about the songs rambling demeanor that I find pretty captivating.  Listen 3.  Oh No!  - The Decemberists This is...

Tindersticks are a British experimental chamber rock band who made a number of essential experimental rock records in the 90's and have maintained an experimental sound in the decades since as a Stuart Staples led project. The band found late stage critical acclaim in 2016 on The Waiting Room  and are continuing to experiment, evident by the two singles from the record being a deep cut Television Personalities cover, and the records 11 minute opener.  Review By Lav: Anyone who knows Tindersticks knows that they are experimental, envelope pushing and boundary expanding within the world of British rock music and have been for a few decades now. Even given their history, and that they've continued to experiment late in their career, Distractions  is still impressively weird at nearly every turn.  Despite being nearly 50 minutes long there are only 7 tracks in the mix on this record. The first two and last two tracks are originals with 3 covers laid in-between. Man Alone...