Lav's Music Corner

Backxwash is a Canada based experimental rapper who has risen in popularity over the past few years with EP's and mixtapes that interpolate genres like horror core and heavier rock music. God  is her biggest release to date and features themes of spirituality and her individuality as a black trans woman.  Review By Lavender: This record totally slipped by me when it first came out, and it wasn't until I saw the great reception the record was receiving that I realized I had actually heard and enjoyed Backxwash's Black Sailor Moon  project a few years ago but had somehow forgotten about it. Now that I finally got around to listening to the record I'm glad I did because its really good, and one of the more unique hip hop albums you'll hear this year.  I hadn't heard any of these songs before hand so lets just jump into my favorites. The title track serves as the opener and I think its a super creative way to kick off the record. It features stripped back percussion...

Kim Petras is a German born pop singer who has spent much of her life in the limelight after publicly undergoing gender transition surgery at a young age and began releasing a string of singles starting in 2017. While she has a few verified hits under her belt many of the best of these singles were released in promotion of this album. With almost all the material that landed on Clarity  having been released before hand the sound of the record was predictable but nonetheless refreshing. Review By Lavender: It feels like I have been following Kim Petras for far more than just the two years she has been active, on top of this for it being her debut album she has amassed a number of hits and an impressive amount of material to date. Given that I heard almost all of the tracks here before the album was released I had a pretty good sense of what it would end up sounding like and I have to say that a handful of extra tunes round the album out nicely and complete a very solid pop re...