The best gigs of the week in Leeds including Riot Jazz Brass Band, Girli, Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation, Suede and Idlewild.
Mixing their literacy and charm with a new-found love for the off-kilter and psychedelic, ‘Interview Music’ is Idlewild’s best album in 15 years.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album ‘Hope Is Important’, we present an introduction to Scottish indie cult heroes Idlewild, featuring discography and Spotify playlist.
Idlewild lead singer Roddy Woomble comes to the Brudenell Social Club with his poetic, empathetic lyrical style.
2015 has been our first year of operation under our new name The Student Playlist, and it’s been a year of steady expansion. There are now five of us, with a view to adding yet more talented, passionate writers in the new year as we continue in our quest to point out the best new music, rediscover old albums, both stone-cold classics and hidden treasures, and cause lively debate with
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by Ed Biggs Six years out of the game isn’t that long when you compare it to the huge swathes of time groups like My Bloody Valentine and Suede have left between records, but it’s proved to be too much for Idlewild fans, who successfully launched an online petition for their heroes to make more music early last year. But why? Though they frequently landed Top 40 singles, Top 10
