Lav's Music Corner

Death Cab For Cutie are a now legendary indie pop and Northwest rock band who released some of the eras most essential material in the late 90's and throughout the 2000's. Albums like Transatlanticism and Plans  are indie favorites from the 2000's and the band has a deep catalog of great music in records from before and after their most popular era. Though the groups two most recent albums have been some of the least critically acclaimed they both featured at least one excellent single and some worthwhile deep cuts, making the band still worth looking out for in 2019. Review By Lavender: It's been a long time, ten years exactly since I was really floored by a Death Cab record with 2009's Narrow Stairs . While the three records they've dropped since then haven't been perfect they have each had some degree of worthwhile tunes that have kept me coming back to the bands music but it is feeling less essential than ever in 2019. After their album last year ...

Chance The Rapper is a Chicago based rapper who blew up earlier this decade with his gospel inspired style and youthful energy on his 10 Day  mixtape. The very next year after this debut mixtape Chance dropped his second tape Acid Rap  to universal critical acclaim and it became his breakout project. With numerous marquee features and an unmistakable style the mixtape turned Chance into an overnight sensation and is considered by many to be one of the best rap records of the entire decade. Chance took his time crafting a follow-up record, ultimately dropping "Chance 3" Coloring Book  in 2016. The album featured a historic list of features from acclaimed and popular artists across the board and was met pretty positively from critics. After another three year wait Chance spent most of 2019 teasing his upcoming "debut album". He dropped the single Groceries  earlier this year but the track doesn't land on the record and ultimately the album was released with...