Reviews
Album, EP and single reviews from The Skinny. Find reviews of the biggest new releases, as well as new records from up-and-coming new artists from across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
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AlbumsDisappears – Low: Live In Chicago
Philip Glass aside, why on earth would anyone choose to take on Bowie’s Low? There is context: the opening of last year’s Bowie exhibition i... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
AlbumsUSA Nails – No Pleasure
Let's get it out of the way: USA Nails are a post-hardcore supergroup featuring members of the British underground scene’s finest acts of the past deca... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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!!! – As If
!!! – the band so obnoxiously named that knowing how to pronounce the symbols certifies you a know-it-all and will possibly see you eschewed at parties... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
AlbumsDavid Mackenzie & Tony Doogan – Starred Up: Film Music Reworked
Even with the film fresh in mind, you could be forgiven for responding to news of Starred Up: Film Music Reworked with the question: what film music? Within ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
EpParquet Courts – Monastic Living EP
Parquet Courts have been busy on the road, and they want you to know. Monastic Living is a surprisingly chaste title for a compilation of thoughts from a tou... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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Holy Sons – Fall of Man
For a man who once admitted to taking drugs every day since he was 16, Portland songwriter and drummer Emil Amos is a prolific musician. Claiming to have wri... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015
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The Drink – Capital
If BBC Four’s recent history of indie music has piqued your interest about a world of shy boys with bowl cuts and girls with hair slides then London tr... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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Bill Wells And Friends – Nursery Rhymes
Reworked nursery rhymes, you say? Recorded by musical catalyst Bill Wells alongside collaborators old and new? Ok, whatever. Yo La Tengo announce their prese... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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Steeple Remove – Position Normal
Originally available digitally or on import, the French experimentalists’ fifth long player – out in their homeland at the beginning of the year ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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Prehistoric Friends – Prehistoric Friends
Some records are easy to love, others can be impossible to hate. The debut album from Glasgow's Prehistoric Friend's does a fine job of bridging both of thes... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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Kristian Harting – Summer of Crush
“The muted, minimalist nature of these recordings will perhaps leave some yearning for more layers of sound to get lost in,” said The Skinny of F... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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Black International – A Lesson In Repression
Having grinded on the Scottish circuit for several years now, powerhouse drummer Craig Peebles and guitarist/frontman Stewart Allan return with a refine... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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Anna Von Hausswolff – The Miraculous
Fans of The Twilight Zone will thrill to Anna Von Hauswolff's choice cover on this, the young Swede's third album. Come Wander With Me, the eerie folk tune s... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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Darren Hayman – Florence
Tender hearts beware. Hayman's second album of 2015 is a significant step down from the orchestrations of his stirring William Morris tribute, Chants For Soc... Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
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The Silence Set – Teeth Out
The curious may well be pulled in by the presence of Nils Frahm and Heather Woods Broderick (whose recent Glider album is one of the unsung jewels of 2015), ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2015