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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AlbumsAutechre – Exai
Eleven albums deep into a career that reached new heights of expressiveness with 2010's emotionally-charged Oversteps LP (reviewed here), Exai ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsKavinsky – Outrun
Kavinsky's Nightcall was the seminal moment in Drive – soundtracking the opening credits, it became the film's signature track, and went on t... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsCaitlin Rose – The Stand-In
Tiptoeing the divide between showiness and subtlety, Caitlin Rose has a voice all-but guaranteed to melt hearts. Velvet-soft and effortlessly emotive, the ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
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Alice Russell – To Dust
Five LPs in, Alice Russell’s take on classic soul continues its gradual evolution; her longstanding production and songwriting partner TM Juke is aga... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsAtoms For Peace – AMOK
Does age mellow everyone? The Thom Yorke we encounter on Amok is not the alienated, fractured personality from The Eraser. Although similar in some respects,... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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Golden Grrrls – Golden Grrrls
With a dramatis personae split across Glasgow and London, Golden Grrrls (Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari Maclean and Rachel Aggs) reference DIY punk from Australia and... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013
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Al Lewis – Battles
There’s little to discover on Welsh songwriter Al Lewis’s second English-language album, but that’s not to say there’s nothing to en... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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Doldrums – Lesser Evil
From the opening of Doldrums' eccentric debut album, you're in for treats. Recorded on a laptop borrowed (or lifted, if you believe the interview in this month's magazine) from Grimes, using entirely analogue gear, it's a work of ambitious, experimental i Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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TM404 –TM404
TM404 is the latest alias of Swedish glitch pioneer Andreas Tilliander; this project turns his considerable talents to spacious, dubby techno in the vein of ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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Dobie – We Will Not Harm You
Despite his reclusive nature, Anthony Campbell has built a devout following over the last couple of decades from admirers across the London dance underground... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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Fly Agaric – In Search of Soma
This London-based jazz quartet, having worked over the years with contemporary luminaries including Oren Marshall and Mor Kabasi, have pooled their talent... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsWiht – The Harrowing of the North
Though they've now officially split up, singerless Leeds trio Wiht have finally unleashed this physical version of their first (and sadly last) offering, ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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The Soft Hills – Chromatisms
A year since last album The Bird is Coming Down to Earth, Seattle’s The Soft Hills return sounding slightly less pastoral and a tad more cosmic, succ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2013 -
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Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
Though divisive may be a strong word, 2010’s The Winter of Mixed Drinks certainly eked out differing opinions on the direction Frightened Rabbit were ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013 -
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Universal Sex Arena – Women Will Be Girls
Look beyond the sleazy triumvirate of band name, album title and cover art (a kitsch bunga bunga fantasy in pen and watercolour), and the debut album from ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2013