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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SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – September 2011
Coercing Chad VanGaalen, self-pronounced 'worst critic in the world', into dissecting the month’s singles is no easy task Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
AlbumsNurses – Dracula
If you find Animal Collective awesome in theory but too obtuse in reality, Nurses offer a safer, less pioneering alternative. They specialise in dub-psych do... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
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Trips and Falls – People Have to Be Told
Managing Trips and Falls, Preventing Trips and Falls, Avoid Trips and Falls, How to Reduce Trips and Falls… a cursory googling and it appears the whol... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
EpKing Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Honest Words EP
Honest Words is the apt yet playful title for the King Creosote and Jon Hopkins EP which follows the critically lauded, and Mercury Music Prize nominated, Di... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
AlbumsWATERS – Out in the Light
When Port O’Brien severed ties earlier this year, ending a solid (albeit unspectacular) run, Van Pierszalowski wasted no time upping sticks to Oslo, re... Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
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Primus – Green Naugahyde
After some 12 years in absentia from the studio, Primus' return is a surprisingly consistent and rewarding listen. The lyrics are as gratifyingly bizarre as ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical
Having leapt to the top of NYC’s heavily stacked indie canon with their eponymous 2005 debut, Brooklyn’s CYHSY gained a fervent following with th... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
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Mogwai – Earth Division EP
Word on the streets (well, the blogs then) was that this new EP was to herald something a little bit different from Glaswegian heavyweights Mogwai. In some r... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
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Kono Michi – One More Day
Having made the transition from globally-recognised classical violinist to singer-songwriter, Brooklyn's Kono Michi evinces a healthy lack of interest in gen... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
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St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
"I was going for something a bit more direct, more tactile" says Annie Clark of her third album, a collection themed around an investigation of "those kind... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Peter Wolf Crier – Garden of Arms
Peter Wolf Crier’s rustic debut drew comparisons to For Emma, Forever Ago, partly for some slight aesthetic similarities, and partly because the back-s... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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The Drums – Portamento
Following their critically-lauded debut of last year, Brooklyn trio the Drums seek on Portamento to cement their position as the foremost practitioners of me... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Shimmering Stars – Violent Hearts
Shimmering Stars arrive to the reverb/Spector/dream-pop party fashionably late, with a record that makes no qualms about lifting hooks from bygone hit parade... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Squarehead – Yeah Nothing
Yeah Nothing, the debut LP from Irish guitar pop trio Squarehead, forges links between Beach Boys-style overlapping vocal harmonies and a rougher-edged garag... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
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Jono McCleery – There Is
A product of the ever-diversifying Ninja Tune stable, Londoner Jono McCleery may have self-released his debut and been directed to the label's more rock-orie... Read more »| 25 Aug 2011