Laser Guided Melodies' Podcast The Student Playlist

It's time to say goodbye to Lauren James, fronting her last podcast for us before she jets off to the other side of the world for a new job!

She and Ed Biggs go through the biggest and best albums released in May 2015, including:

Mumford & Sons - 'Wilder Mind';
Brandon Flowers - 'The Desired Effect';
The Vaccines - 'English Graffiti';
Hot Chip - 'Why Make Sense?'

Plus there's classic albums passing significant milestones from:

Gorillaz - 'Demon Days' (10yrs);
Supergrass - 'I Should Coco' (20yrs);
New Order - 'Low-Life' (30yrs).

Happy listening!

Lauren and Ed are back, chatting about music news, the biggest and best albums released in April, and classic albums from years gone by.

In the April edition, we review albums by Blur, Drenge, The Wombats and East India Youth. This month's classic records are Pavement's 'Wowee Zowee'; Guided By Voices' 'Alien Lanes' (both 20 years old) and Public Enemy's 'Fear Of A Black Planet' (25 years).

Happy listening!

Lauren James presents and Ed Biggs rants about the biggest and best new albums released in March 2015, including:

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds; Modest Mouse; Laura Marling; Kendrick Lamar; The Cribs; The Prodigy; Courtney Barnett; James Bay.

Also we chat about Robin Thicke's copyright lawsuit, the new Muse song, Live At Leeds, Record Store Day, and the anniversaries of no fewer than FOUR classic albums:

Radiohead - 'The Bends' (20yrs); Bob Dylan - 'Bringing It All Back Home' (50yrs); Depeche Mode - 'Violator' (25yrs); M.I.A. - 'Arular' (10yrs).

Happy listening!

Lauren James and Ed Biggs run down the biggest and best new album releases of February 2015, including:

- Peace - 'Happy People'
- Idlewild - 'Everything Ever Written'
- Imagine Dragons - 'Smoke + Mirrors'
- Father John Misty - 'I Love You, Honeybear'

Also we chat about the new Blur song, the BRIT and Grammy Awards, Live At Leeds and two classic album anniversaries:

- Bloc Party - 'Silent Alarm' (10yrs)
- The Smiths - 'Meat Is Murder' (30 yrs)

Happy listening!

We're back!

Lauren James and Ed Biggs give their opinions on the biggest and best album releases from January 2015, including:

- Bjork - 'Vulnicura'
- Mark Ronson - 'Uptown Special'
- Belle & Sebastian - 'Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance'
- Enter Shikari - 'The Mindsweep'

Plus some classic albums re-appraised:

- Bob Dylan - 'Blood On The Tracks' (40 years old)
- LCD Soundsystem - 'LCD Soundsystem' (10 years old)

Happy listening!

In a slight change of line-up, Lauren James is absent this time, but staff writer Matthew Langham fills in to chat with Ed Biggs about the last month's worth of new releases and classic album anniversaries.

Reviewed this episode:
Weezer - 'Everything Will Be Alright In The End'
Ben Howard - 'I Forget Where We Were'
Flying Lotus - 'You're Dead!'
The Twilight Sad - 'Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave'

Classic albums under scrutiny are:
Kraftwerk - 'Autobahn' (40yrs)
The Smiths - 'Hatful Of Hollow' (30yrs)

Happy listening!