Lav's Music Corner

Dirt Femme  - Tove Lo While you could argue that at points Tove Lo has maybe been a bit too stylistically trashy to break back into the mainstream, I've always been a big fan of her music regardless. This album Dirt Femme  definitely felt like her turning over a new leaf, not in terms of it being a more mainstream effort as her previous record Sunshine Kitty  already made that transition. But on the singles leading up to Dirt Femme  it felt like Tove Lo had the life and personality back that gave her a breakout hit nearly a decade ago. The lead-up to the record was marked by some killer singles starting with the Euphoria  soundtrack cut How Long , probably my favorite Tove Lo song in years and one that I'm very happy made it onto this record. It also delivered the shimmering relationship-examining anthem No One Dies From Love  which kicks off the record with an absolute bang. The record is further supplemented with solid singles in both 2 Die 4  and Gr...

Oh another week. This time around there were two big headliners in terms of new singles but that didn't stop quite a few of the other new releases from standing out. Enjoy <3 5.  D.M.B  - A$AP Rocky For a while now A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have been a celebrity couple purely in the paparazzi sense. From compelling photographs of two of the most gorgeous people on earth together to a hilarious stream of memes resulting from the great fake cheating scandal, that kind of couple. But now they officially graduate into a bonafide celeb couple through the guise of their work, or Rocky's work at least. With this new single and accompanying video their prescence is cemented, and the song itself isn't half bad either.  Listen 4.  Degree  - Cola From the ashes of Ought, one of the best indie bands of the 2010's, came Cola. While the band hasn't quite blow me completely away yet I have been enjoying what they do more and more as the weeks go by and this is no different. Th...

Tove Lo is a Swedish pop singer who blew up in 2014 off the back of a huge single Habits (Stay High)  but has grown to have a more specific audience of devoted conscious pop listeners. After dropping two records under her " Lady Wood " era she has turned over a new leaf and transformed her sound to a more conventional pop approach on Sunshine Kitty . Review By Lavender: I have always been a passive Tove Lo fan, each of her three records have scored a six or higher in my reviews, but none of them have reached an eight. She has a number of great singles and some excellent high profile features under her belt but has yet to come through with a truly breakout record. Despite the fact that none of the singles for this record were as great as Disco Tits  or Habits  I still had some hopes for it, while Sunshine Kitty  isn't that much of a let down it is the weakest full length project Tove Lo has released yet. The singles weren't necessarily bad either a few of the...

1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Crime Pays Along with an announcment of a release date for the long awaited follow up to Pinata  came a single the help drive up even more hype and secure the duo a second #1 this year. 2. Cardi B - Press Cardi B is back to prove 2019 won't be her conqueror and re-establish herself as the queen of rap with a highly promoted new single. 3. Poppy - Scary Mask  (Feat. Fever 333) Poppy recruits Fever 333 of all acts for a single that is attention grabbing enough based on its collaborative effort alone. 4. The Voidz - The Eternal Tao The Voidz are back after dropping their indie darling sopohmore album last year with their first new single of 2019. 5. Titus Andronicus - Just Like Ringing A Bell Titus Andronicus have dropped a series of fantastic punk anthems and they are at it again with a two part single pushing closer to the groups new album. 6. Tove Lo - Glad He's Gone Tove is back after what feels like a long wait but falls victim to o...