The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

Tag Ed Biggs

PLAYLIST: March 2017

A summary of all the best new music released in March 2017, plus a Spotify playlist!

LIVE PREVIEW: Live At Leeds 2017

A preview of this year’s live music extravaganza Live At Leeds, plus a Spotify playlist.

REVIEW: Pulled Apart By Horses – ‘The Haze’ (Caroline International)

On their fourth album and first with their new drummer, Pulled Apart By Horses continue to be one of the most consistently entertaining guitar bands in Britain.

REVIEW: Depeche Mode – ‘Spirit’ (Venusnote / Columbia)

Railing against the upheaval in the world, ‘Spirit’ is Depeche Mode’s angriest and most political album yet.

CULT ’70s: Iggy Pop – ‘The Idiot’

Iggy Pop was on the scrapheap in the mid-1970s but, with the help of his friend David Bowie, reinvented himself with his debut solo album ‘The Idiot’, which presaged the soul of post-punk.

CULT ’90s: Aphex Twin – ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II’

Richard D James’ second Aphex Twin album went in a drastically different and challenging direction, and helped cement his mythology as an artist.

CULT ’00s: LCD Soundsystem – ‘Sound Of Silver’

One of the greatest albums of the 2000s, ‘Sound Of Silver’ impressively expanded the sonic and thematic palette of James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem.

PLAYLIST: February 2017

All the new music highlights from February 2017!