The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Category Reviews

REVIEW: Christine And The Queens – ‘Chris’ (Because)

A bold and aggressive expansion upon all the elements that made ‘Chaleur Humaine’ such a slow-burning success, ‘Chris’ is another winner.

REVIEW: Villagers – ‘The Art Of Pretending To Swim’ (Domino)

Conor O’Brien oversees another gentle expansion of the sonic terms of Villagers with the project’s beguiling fifth album ‘The Art Of Pretending To Swim’.

REVIEW: Joyce Manor – ‘Million Dollars To Kill Me’ (Epitaph)

Joyce Manor continue to tack away from their older punk mannerisms and towards an enmeshment of ‘90s alternative rock, Britpop and shoegaze on ‘Million Dollars To Kill Me’.

REVIEW: Beak> – ‘>>>’ (Invada)

Geoff Barrow’s Beak> project continues to march slowly towards mainstream accessibility with new album ‘>>>’.

REVIEW: Suede – ‘The Blue Hour’ (Suede Ltd. / Warner)

Still bent on creativity and pushing their limits years after their Britpop contemporaries became lazy and fat, Suede have delivered one of their finest albums with ‘The Blue Hour’.

REVIEW: Pale Waves – ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ (Dirty Hit)

Pale Waves deliver their long-awaited debut ‘My Mind Makes Noises’ that has you reminiscing over your long forgotten indie-pop obsessions – in both good and bad ways.

REVIEW: Sleaford Mods – ‘Sleaford Mods’ EP (Rough Trade)

A compelling voice in an otherwise bland wilderness, Sleaford Mods deliver another no-nonsense EP.

REVIEW: Orbital – ‘Monsters Exist’ (ACP Recordings)

Despite a clutch of classic Orbital moments, the Hartnoll brothers’ ninth studio effort ‘Monsters Exist’ isn’t quite as forward-thinking as we know them to be.

REVIEW: Jungle – ‘For Ever’ (XL)

It took Jungle a long four years to make, but ‘For Ever’ is little more than a holding pattern after the success of their debut.

REVIEW: Fizzy Blood – ‘Pink Magic’ EP (Killing Moon / Ayla)

Leeds-based band Fizzy Blood’s third EP ‘Pink Magic’ continues to build on the strong foundations they’ve already laid down.