Single reviews – 3 June This weeks notable single releases reviewed by Philip Lickley. Coldplay feat. Rihanna – ’Princess Of China’ [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Princess Of China Though the official video has yet to be released, here is the latest single from Coldplay as the follow up to ‘Charlie Brown’ with Rihanna on guest vocals, further…
What happened to Coldplay? Though it’s difficult to criticise the band for trying something different, here on ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ they seem to have picked up the sheet music for a record that even Calvin Harris would reject. It starts off well enough and has the moments of Coldplay’s brilliance but it’s lyrically…
April was a pretty busy month in music – just a quick read through the music news will tell you that. Kasabian announced their new album, Liam Gallagher sent everyone into a mini-meltdown about a possible Oasis reunion, Glastonbury announced the first raft of acts for this years festival and there was also the small…
Coldplay has released the official music video for their new single “Up & Up”. This new single is written by Will Champion, Chris Martin and Guy Berryman. With the release of this single, Coldplay has now released three songs from their upcoming studio album. This will be band’s seventh studio album and it will hit the…
Coldplay will release their sixth album Ghost Stories next week, but before they do that they have made the whole thing available to stream online. To stream Ghost Stories, head over to iTunes Radio. The album is the follow-up to 2011’s Mylo Xyloto and features the previously released tracks ‘Magic‘, ‘Oceans‘, ‘Midnight‘ and ‘Always In…
Coldplay has premiered a music video for its latest single “Adventure of a Lifetime”. The music video came out on 27 November. The track “Adventure of a Lifetime” is from band’s upcoming seventh studio album “A Head Full of Dreams”. The album is expected to make it to stores on December 4 this year. The…
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto [Rating:1/5] While a new Coldplay album might not be the stock-price bothering major event it used to be, and even though the release of their fifth album has been overshadowed by a certain Madchester bands reunion, – the release of Mylo Xyloto is still something of an important moment for one…
A new month always brings a host of great new albums to look forward to, and May is no different. Last month saw big new releases from Damon Albarn, Pixies, Eels and Nas, amongst others, and May is looking even better. Below I’ve listed all of the albums worth getting excited about this month –…
I’m all for bands trying something different and not recording the same thing over and over again, but Coldplay’s ‘Midnight’ is an experiment gone too far. As a piece of ambient music it’s very involving and the mixture of Martin’s vocoder vocals and a mix of electronic instrumentation is actually quite listenable in a relaxing…
Unusually for a new Coldplay album, the build-up to new LP Ghost Stories seems quite muted. Remember, this is the band that used to cause stock market fluctuations with the announcement of new albums. But these days things are much more reserved. Today the four-piece were in the Radio 1 Live Lounge and played two…
