The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Posts by Louis Marlow

10 Releases To Look Out For At Record Store Day 2018

The best new releases to watch out for at Record Store Day 2018!

REVIEW: Goat Girl – ‘Goat Girl’ (Rough Trade)

Goat Girl’s self-titled debut album displays huge promise and compelling modern punk bile, but its structure of song sketches lets the band down.

CLASSIC ’90s: Suede – ‘Suede’

The impact of Suede’s 1993 debut album ‘Suede’, one of the first masterpieces of Britpop and which introduced one of the most hyped British bands ever.

REVIEW: Young Fathers – ‘Cocoa Sugar’ (Ninja Tune)

Young Fathers’ third album ‘Cocoa Sugar’ sees a resolutely left-field and undefinable band venture slightly over the border into pop territory.

REVIEW: Superorganism – ‘Superorganism’ (Domino)

One of the most hyped-up debut albums of 2018, ‘Superorganism’ doesn’t fail to please, although the eight-piece group don’t really show us anything we didn’t already already know about them.