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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AlbumsJohnny Marr – Playland
There's a freewheeling vitality to Marr's second solo venture that not only lifts the weight of history but makes a mockery of the musical bed-hopping that's... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsNorth Atlantic Oscillation – The Third Day
Hardly original but big on heart and soul, this is sophisticated and intelligent dream pop. With the genre tropes of the late 80s shoegaze scene increasingly... Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsMiss Kenichi – The Trail
"My faith is for real and my mind is free," breathes Katrin Hahner, aka Miss Kenichi, on Who Are You. Like much of The Trail, Hahner's third album as Kenichi... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsEX HEX – Rips
“I got no regrets,” Mary Timony proclaims, midway through Ex Hex’s debut album. As with many of the tracks here, it’s a worldly-wise ... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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Die! Die! Die! – SWIM
It’s not all lackadaisical jangles in New Zealand indie rock, y’know. OK, anyone familiar with the proto-slackerisms of the Dunedin Sound might b... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsRM Hubbert – Ampersand Extras
Oh, this is too much. After three albums of beautiful, lilting guitar instrumentals (to which you could fairly attach genre descriptors like ‘flamenco,... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014
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Caribou – Our Love
Previous Caribou albums have borne out the view that Dan Snaith’s output tends to be on the ‘grower’ end of the spectrum. Our Love, Snaith&... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – Unravelling
The effervescence of youth can work wonders on a debut album but how often does such vim dissipate on subsequent works? Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Je... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Melvins – Hold It In
Ah, the ever-reliable Melvins, forever ploughing their enduring furrow. Still, even when your old tricks are among the greatest, doesn’t hurt to rope i... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic
Ooh, a boy-girl electro duo! You'd think, with the market as flooded as it is, these analogue kids would have the savvy to perhaps get a foothold by testing ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Dorian Concept – Joined Ends
It's been a five year wait for a new full-length album by gifted Austrian producer Dorian Concept. He's released some club-oriented, delightfully skewed beat... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
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Cowbell – Skeleton Soul
Seems every generation gets its own set of legislated-nostalgics who wish rock’n’roll would just get back to basics. Dutifully, they head back to... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
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Martin Carr – The Breaks
Two decades since the UK alt scene was trampled by the bovver boots of Britpop, fondness for the era grows apace. Thankfully, nostalgia appears to have kept ... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
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Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Promises that Portishead’s Adrian Utley has helped Mike Hadreas turn his sound on its head for his third record may be a little exaggerated – but... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Much could be made of Ryan Adams' first album in three years sounding, accordingly, his most focused since 2005's underestimated tone poem, 29. Arriving... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014