The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Posts by John Tindale

REVIEW: Sampha – ‘Process’ (Young Turks)

It’s taken many years, but Sampha’s debut album ‘Process’ really does fulfill all the hopes his admirers had pinned on it.

REVIEW: Loyle Carner – ‘Yesterday’s Gone’ (AMF / Universal)

‘Yesterday’s Gone’ proves to be a debut album worthy of the hype surrounding young British talent Loyle Carner.

REVIEW: The Flaming Lips – ‘Oczy Mlody’ (Warner Bros.)

Whilst some may have hoped for an experimental masterpiece, or a piece of psych-pop bliss, on Ozcy Mlody, the Flaming Lips have kept true to their Terror sound.

REVIEW: Run The Jewels – ‘Run The Jewels 3’ (Run The Jewels, Inc.)

El-P and Killer Mike return with their most politically-charged album to date.

REVIEW: Burial – ‘Young Death / Nightmarket’ (Hyperdub)

The familiarity of the release is something we have not seen before in Burial’s work and whilst that is no problem, it is certainly a surprise.

REVIEW: The Weeknd – ‘Starboy’ (XO / Republic)

‘Starboy’, the third album from The Weeknd, sees the Ontario native attempt to walk the line between the two prior records to differing results.

REVIEW: Lambchop – ‘FLOTUS’ (City Slang / Merge)

In ‘FLOTUS’, Lambchop are on their 12th, and perhaps most interesting, album to date.

LIVE PREVIEW: Local Natives @ LUU Stylus, 07/11/2016

L.A. band Local Natives stop at Leeds on their European tour of their new third album Sunlit Youth. Having already played gigs in London and Glasgow, the band will continue their tour in Leeds before heading to Manchester (and several countries around Europe). The band are, of course, no strangers to Leeds having played the Brudenell Social Club in 2013 on their Hummingbird tour, and on the back of another

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REVIEW: Lou Barlow – ‘Apocalypse Fetish’ EP (Joyful Noise)

‘Apocalypse Fetish’ shows just why Barlow has been able to enjoy such a long and fruitful career in the music industry.