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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AlbumsShonen Knife – Adventure
Shonen Knife, by strength of statistics alone, have earned their legendary status ten times over. The revolutionary Osaka punk band are celebrating their 35t... Read more »| 28 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsNew Albums This Week: The Thermals, Bob Mould
Our round-up of the best new music released this week, including the return of Hutch Harris and The Thermals, and solo LP number eleven from Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould. Read more »| 25 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsThe Field – The Follower
Swedish producer Axel Willner’s 2011 album title, Looping State of Mind, perhaps sums up his music as The Field better than anything. Referencing ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsMogwai – Atomic
Upon motive alone, this is a poignant release – a reworked version of the original soundtrack created for Belfast-born director Mark Cousins’ doc... Read more »| 25 Mar 2016 -
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Alun Woodward – Music From Battle Mountain
It's been seven years since Alun Woodward's last album (2009's eponymous Lord Cut-Glass LP), so the very emergence of Battle Mountain feels like a triumph. W... Read more »| 25 Mar 2016 -
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Future of the Left – The Peace and Truce of...
“The proper music abounds,” sneer Future of the Left on their fifth album, taking potshots at the tedium of 'authenticity' while barrel-roll... Read more »| 25 Mar 2016
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Black Mountain – IV
Those searching for echoes of Black Mountain's thunderous 2008 release In The Future won't find it in latest record IV. This is certainly not to say that the... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Yeasayer – Amen and Goodbye
If there’s a suspicion that Brooklyn’s Yeasayer try just a little too hard, it’s not a feeling that their fourth LP is going to disprove; A... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Moderat – III
'Why must I hide / In the forests of my mind?' asks Sascha Ring – aka Apparat – in the opening lines of Eating Hooks. It’s as cle... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
'I’m 20, washed up already,' sings Frankie Cosmos on the appositely-titled I’m 20, in what may just be the most misleading lyric of the year.&nbs... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Gnod – Mirror
Nothing if not prolific, Salford’s favourite Krautrock connoisseurs (let’s ignore The Fall’s I Am Damo Suzuki for the moment) follow-up las... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
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Laura Gibson – Empire Builder
Album number four from the Oregon native is a deft furthering of her folk roots and collaborative leanings. With input from Alela Diane and seasoned journeym... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
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Tacocat – Lost Time
Seasons change, trends come and go, yet one thing is forever guaranteed: some joyless swine is itching to tell you that guitar pop is dead. Don’t plan ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Baauer, Iggy Pop + more
The best new music this week, including the debut from LuckyMe's Baauer and the return of rock royalty as Iggy Pop teams up with Queens of the Stone Age's Jo... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
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ICHI – Maru
You might *think* you make eclectic music, but until you record an album based on field samples of your gurgling baby, the rustling of turning pages, Big Ben... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016