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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AlbumsFlying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Cosmogramma begins with sledgehammer beats, but quickly mutates. A wafting haze of analogue clicks and dust permeate the veins of this intriguing record, len... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsHrdvsion - Where Did You Just Go?
Billed as the record on which he embraces the DJ's primary task of pleasing the crowd, Where Did You Just Go? begs another question: just what did Hrdvsion s... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
EpEagleowl - Into the Fold EP
Moody and atmospheric, Eagleowl deliver a complex and weighty EP with Into the Fold. Bookended by the doleful title track and sombre but triumphant N... Read more »| 23 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsMike Patton - Mondo Cane
Musically, there's not much ground that Mike Patton hasn't covered, and yet it was with a pang of delicious surprise that we welcomed the news of Mondo Cane:... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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Future Islands - In Evening Air
From the opening refrain of Baltimore trio Future Islands’ official sophomore release we’re met by the rabid growl of singer and lynchpin Sam Her... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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Steve Mason - Boys Outside
The post-split material released by ex-Beta Band members has been almost as enigmatic as the group’s seminal output on their three EPs and albums. Sing... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010
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The Tivoli Vs. Cabaret Voltaire - National Service Rewind
Cabaret Voltaire don’t need much of an introduction – if they weren’t long-established scene vanguards, Blair Street proprietors mi... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The first thing James Murphy ever did as LCD Soundsystem frontman was confess to a serious music addiction. Losing My Edge, his 2002 debut single, was an acu... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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jj - jj n° 3
Last year, Swedish dream-pop outfit jj scored a critical hit with the imaginatively titled n° 2. n° 3 follows quickly on its heels and unsurprisingly... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsStigma - Concerto For The Undead
Inspired by the cult comic series Tales From The Crypt, Concerto For The Undead – the second full-length from Italian metallers, Stigma –... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Deftones - Diamond Eyes
With long-awaited album Eros on indefinite hold, Diamond Eyes proves that Deftones are still in the game and swinging for the fences – stand-in bass pl... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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The Peryls - I Have Not Slept One Wink EP
Average English folksy type fail to capitalise on palpable potential. Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Conflict Diamonds - Two City Tales
Edinburgh duo Conflict Diamonds' debut album has been a fair while coming, but thankfully it delivers just what we've come to love about their live performan... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Songdog - A Life Eroding
Like Nick Cave before him, Songdog frontman Lyndon Morgan’s lyrics sketch life – in all its tragicomic glory and horror – over elegant arra... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows EP
A Sunny Day In Glasgow have some funny ideas about what constitutes an album. Apparently, inclusion on last year’s Ashes Grammar wasn’t enough fo... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010