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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AlbumsDuke Garwood – Heavy Love
Album number six from the Brit soul man resolves a backstory nigh on three decades in the making. After working solo and collaboratively – his contacts... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
AlbumsScreaming Females – Rose Mountain
No sign of let-up for New Brunswick’s Screaming Females, who just can’t seem to gather a pile of irresistible melodies without submerging them in... Read more »| 05 Feb 2015 -
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The Pop Group – Citizen Zombie
When The Pop Group first made their return from a decades-long hiatus, opening what would turn out to be Sonic Youth’s final UK shows around December o... Read more »| 05 Feb 2015 -
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A Place to Bury Strangers – Transfixiation
Frenzied wind, screeching subway trains, corrupted radio transmissions and the rusty insides of a petrol engine: these are just a few of the sounds evoked by... Read more »| 05 Feb 2015 -
AlbumsTwerps – Range Anxiety
Antipodean jangle that borrows heavily from New Zealand’s finest guitar-manglers in all their scuffed glory, while still doffing its cap to the widescr... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015 -
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Black Rivers – Black Rivers
It's tempting to retrospectively label Doves a quiet success story, given their lack of ego when compared with other Mancunian groups. There were never any s... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015
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Dominic Waxing Lyrical – Woodland Casual
Dominic Waxing Lyrical have waited so long (18 years) between albums that they're still quoting the long-dead Melody Maker on press releases. The better look... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015 -
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Peace – Happy People
Happy People is nothing we haven’t heard before: it’s shameless, straight-faced indie-pop, polished and filtered. But there’s a wayward spu... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015 -
AlbumsTwo Gallants – We Are Undone
“If you weren’t always talking you might hear me speak,” sings Adam Stephens towards the end of Two Gallants’ fifth record, but he ne... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015 -
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Last Harbour – Caul
More dark matter from Manchester's Gizeh Records, the increasingly canny collective responsible of late for shadowy essentials from the likes of Ormonde and ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2015 -
AlbumsTigercats – Mysteries
The indie pop classicists earn their stripes on their debut for Fortuna POP!, a match made in the minor chord, lovelorn heaven exemplified by both parties. I... Read more »| 03 Feb 2015 -
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Ibeyi – Ibeyi
Folklore has it that there’s something a little spooky about twins, and Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz use this to incredible, uncanny a... Read more »| 28 Jan 2015 -
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John Carpenter – Lost Themes
Semi-retired from the film industry, Hollywood’s loss becomes your record collection’s gain as The Master of Horror – long considered a pro... Read more »| 28 Jan 2015 -
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Crushed Beaks – Scatter
Crushed Beaks' invigorating debut offers a bracing antidote to those proliferating and profiting via the UK indie scene's current predilection for so-called ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2015 -
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Darren Hayman – Chants for Socialists
London Grammar and First Aid Kit can rest easy: certainly, their dubious status as David Cameron's favourite bands is unlikely to be challenged by Darren Hay... Read more »| 27 Jan 2015