Lav's Music Corner

On todays edition of rapid fire reviews we are giving in to our simple side and indulging on some plain old pop rock. Bands that won't test you with complicated things, but try to lull you in with measured pleasures. Does it work? Rarely. But they continue trying. Music Of The Spheres   - Coldplay "Coldplay averages out to be a pretty good band". That was always my line. I'm an adamant defender of the bands first three records and I really enjoyed their last album Everyday Life  in 2019. So yeah when you average everything out, the good outweighs the bad. They are stretching that formula to its absolute limit here. Believe it or not this isn't the worst album Coldplay has ever released which I promise you is not a compliment directed at Spheres . Believe it or not I didn't even approach this album with the critical cynicism that most do for a new Coldplay release. I thought the lead single Higher Power  was actually one of their more tasteful pop crossovers an...

Coldplay is a massively popular British pop rock band who rose to prominence in the 2000's on the back of 4 straight critically acclaimed records to start their career. With numerous hits already under their belt going into the 2010's the band found even more commercial success across their next three records, but it came at the expense of the critical acclaim they had enjoyed in the beginning of their career. After many long time fans have been calling for the band to return to their more alternative rock sound for years Coldplay confirmed that their next record would be a double album, and their most experimental in a while. Review By Lavender: Don't let anyone my age tell you that Coldplay was never a good band, you'd have to do some serious revising of history to call Coldplay's output in the 2000's anything but fantastic, and 2002's A Rush Of Blood To The Head , one of the best rock albums of that decade is all you need for proof. But since then ...

1. Frank Ocean - In My Room For the second time in three weeks Frank Ocean takes the number one spot on the charts with pure name recognition alone, and for the second time in two weeks he blocks a Coldplay tune at #2. Frank seems to be gearing up for a proper album release which is exciting for everyone even if the singles haven't received universal acclaim. 2. Coldplay - Everyday Life Coldplay is back with a third single in three weeks and this one came paired with a debut performance of the song on Saturday Night Live, proving that despite the years since Coldplay's last record they are still commercially dominant. 3. Poppy - BLOODMONEY Poppy has been nearly flawless in 2019 with not only my runaway EP of the year but also a handful of fantastic singles that are working us towards her third record in four years in early 2020. 4. Mura Masa/Slowthai - Deal Wiv It Given that the last time Mura Masa and Slowthai paired up they dropped the absolute banger that is Doorma...

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...