The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

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PREVIEW: Gigs of the Week in Leeds, 2nd-8th February

The best gigs coming up in Leeds this week, including Swearin’, Rival Sons, Kagoule and The Amazons.

LIVE REVIEW: Catholic Action @ Headrow House, Leeds

Glasgow’s Catholic Action played a sumptuous, hit-packed but rather brief set that left us tingling for more.

PREVIEW: Gigs of the Week in Leeds, 4th-10th November

The best gigs of the week coming up in Leeds – including Shopping, Gordi and a Kagoule / Catholic Action double-header!

The Top 50 Albums of 2015

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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REVIEW: Kagoule – ‘Urth’ (Earache)

by Ed Biggs Nottingham three-piece Kagoule are the latest serious contenders to emerge from a burgeoning scene in that city. While Jake Bugg rocketed to superstardom seemingly overnight, Sleaford Mods have quietly grown a fanbase over the course of eight years. Vocalist and guitarist Cai Burns, bassist Lucy Hatter and drummer Lawrence English are doing things with a middle approach of those two success stories, spending two years building an impeccable

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