The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Posts by Ed Biggs

REVIEW: Deerhunter – ‘Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?’ (4AD)

All of the seemingly contradictory elements of ‘Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?’ add up to yet another strange but fascinating chapter in the history of Deerhunter and Bradford Cox.

REVIEW: Sharon Van Etten – ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’ (Jagjaguwar)

Sharon Van Etten’s first album in nearly five years, ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’, is a significant sonic expansion but retains all of the qualities that made her name.

PLAYLIST: An Introduction to Motown Records

An introduction to Motown Records, to mark its 60th anniversary.

PREVIEW: Gigs of the Week in Leeds, 19th-25th January

The best gigs of the week coming up in Leeds, including The Wave Pictures, Canadian outfits F***ed Up and Dilly Dally, plus the return of The Streets.

CULT ’00s: Animal Collective – ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’

‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ completed Animal Collective’s narrative arc and made them the most important American indie band of the Noughties.

PLAYLIST: December 2018

A playlist of all the best new music released in December 2018!

PLAYLIST: An Introduction to Brainfeeder

To mark the 10th anniversary of Flying Lotus’s experimental hip-hop and jazz label Brainfeeder, here’s an introduction to one of the most cutting edge labels.

PREVIEW: Gigs of the Week in Leeds, 15th-21st December

The best gigs of the week coming up in Leeds, including British Sea Power, MGMT and Misty’s Big Adventure.