Lav's Music Corner

1. Frank Ocean - DHL Despite having come out very early in the week it is hard to pick anything but Frank Ocean's first new music since 2017 to top this weeks chart, full of potential chart toppers but none of which have quite the circumstance of Frank. 2. Coldplay - Arabesque Coldplay has been making some big but vague promises in interviews recently and now we finally get the taste of their new upcoming "experimental" record with the release of its first two singles. 3. Destroyer - Crimson Tide Dan Beyar is back after a prolific and critically acclaimed decade writing songs as Destroyer with yet another new era on the horizon, though we will have to wait until next year to hear the full album we can get a taste of it right now with its lead single. 4. The 1975 - Frail State Of Min d The 1975 dominated this chart last year with their five singles and got off to a good start scoring a #1 with People last month, now they are back again falling to four when facing...

1. Harry Styles - Lights Up Harry Styles is back and considering that the lead single for his last record ended up being my Single Of The Year in 2017, expectation and anticipation are high. 2. Panda Bear -   playing the long game Panda Bear dropped an interesting record earlier this year but seems to indicate an upcoming change of style, staring with this track. 3. Caribou - Home After a four year absence for the Caribou moniker following a critically acclaimed record, Daniel Snaith is back at it as Caribou. 4. FKA Twigs - home with you  After an up and down road leading up to her first new record in 5 years FKA Twigs hopes to go in swinging with more great singles than just okay ones here. 5. Camila Cabello - Empty Camila is ramping up her new era big time and after some tester tracks landed her a massive collab hit in Seniorita she may be preparing to drop a full fledged mega-hit. 6. Hemlock Ernst & Kenny Segal - Addicted Youth After a great single ...

1. clipping - Nothing Is Safe With the lead single for their upcoming record clipping start the new era for their first studio album in three years. The experimental hip hop groups highly anticipated return net them a chart dominating #1 spot and despite a heavy week appears to be one of the strongest #1's all year heading into week two. 2. JPEGMAFIA - Jesus Forgive Me, I Am A Thot Peggy returns with his first single since February's The Who  and narrowly misses a second #1 by virtue of clippings unexpected return. Although Peggy enters a strong contender for song title of the year with this one. 3. Taylor Swift - Lover After a much improved second single Taylor has led an absolutely massive PR campaign for the title track and final single released before her upcoming record, leaving herself with big shoes to fill in both musical quality and overall sales. 4. Brockhampton - Boy Bye The LA via Texas boy band strives to continue improving and once again contend for a #1...

1. Tool - Fear Inoculum For the first time in months a singles week has produced 15 new debuts all in one week and it is headlined by the first new single from legendary metal band Tool since their last record in 2006. After finally releasing their back-catalog on streaming services last week they have taken the next step to dropping the newest song in promotion of their highly anticipated upcoming album. 2. Lana Del Rey - Looking For America Lana Del Rey follows up the announcement of her fifth studio album with the release of one of the songs that didn't make the cut, but addresses America in the wake of yet another two mass shootings. The track will certainly turn heads and help build up hype for Norman Fucking Rockwell  two weeks before its release. 3. Iglooghost - Lockii  (Feat. Kai Whinston & BABii) Iglooghost is back with his first release in 2019 and he recruits some featured artists he has worked with before resulting in a track that will likely reel many o...

1. Bon Iver - Faith Bon Iver grabs a second #1 debut of 2019 with the announcement of a new record and two follow-up singles to the two excellent songs they released a few months ago. 2. Jenny Hval - Ashes To Ashes Jenny Hval takes off strong in 2019 after her excellent solo EP and the debut of the lost girls project made waves in 2018. 3. Of Monsters And Men - Wild Roses Of Monsters and Men return with their second single and attempt to turn back the clock to the early years of this decade. 4. Common - Hercules  (Feat. Swizz Beatz) Common recruits veteran Swizz for production on the lead single to the legendary rap artists new project. 5. Nas - Jarreau Of Rap Nas' Lost Tapes  series gets its first true taste with this out of the blue single. 6. Future - 100 Shooters  (Feat. Meek Mill & Doe Boy) Future proves to be as prolific as ever and drops yet another single after releasing a full length album and a follow-up EP earlier this year. 7. Rosalia - M...

1. Ride - Repetition The legendary shoegaze band steals a #1 in what may be the weakest week of 2019 so far. On the back of a great lead single Ride is gearing up to drop their second album of the 2010's 2. Rosalia - Millionaria Rosalia continues building up her namesake in 2019 with a split single calling back to the ever growing popularity of latin pop music on the charts. 3. Post Malone Goodbyes  (Feat. Young Thug) Post Malone is back with what will likely be another nondescript chart topper, but thankfully he has brought along Young Thug this time and hopefully Thugger can give a little bit of life to a track we will all grow to hate quickly. 4. Dreamville - Costa Rica  (Feat. Bas, JID, Guapdad 4000, Reese LAFLARE, Jace, Mez, Smokepurpp, Buddy & Ski Mask The Slump God) Sneaking in before the Friday release of ROTD3 is this massive posse cut that features some Dreamville favorites and some of traps brightest young faces. 5. Cupcakke - Ayesha Cupcakke return...

1. The Drums - Try One of the weakest release weekends all year for singles is headlined by a well deserved #1 for The Drums, who dropped numerous great singles earlier this year that were blocked from the top spot. 2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Organ Farmer Gizz takes the number two spot after a quick turnaround from a disappointing last record, and the announcement that their next album in just a few months will be a thrash metal release. 3. Juicy J - Three Point Stance  (Feat. City Girls & Megan Thee Stallion) Juicy J recruits hot feature City Girls and recently named 2019 XXL freshman Megan Thee Stallion for what will certainly be a grimey and inappropriate song. 4. Liam Gallagher - The River Liam follows up a surprisingly good lead single with the potential to drum up more hype than his brothers solo project this year. 5. The Soft Cavalry - Never Be Without You The Soft Cavalry takes advantage of the short week for their highest charting single yet...

1. Nicki Minaj - Megatron Nicki takes a storming #1 with the highly anticipated MEGATRON  that arrives after a huge viral marketing campaign and a quick turnaround from last years Queen  era. 2. Spoon - No Bullets Spent Spoon returns after a two year absence likely to continue their reign as indie's most consistent band with more sharp riffs and catchy tunes. 3. Poppy - Choke Poppy is playing the genre bender game once again and by dropping the title track to her upcoming EP she asks the question what do you EXPECT her music to sound like? 4. Lupe Fiasco - Run Game Out of nowhere Lupe Fiasco returns with a new single looking to build off of a solid release last year and potentially building to a third album in the Drogas  series. 5. YBN Cordae - Bad Idea  (Feat. Chance The Rapper) Cordae scores his highest chart spot since last years J. Cole response song, by recruiting in demand feature Chance The Rapper and ramping up for his big debut solo release. ...

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...