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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AlbumsHerman Dune – Strange Moosic
Herman Dune can be a difficult band to get into. Their kitsch ‘quirky’ sound is a factor for some, and for others there can a question of where ... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
EpSimian Ghost – Lovelorn EP
With Simian Ghost, Sebastian Arnström of Swedish post-rockers Aerial swaps out sprawling guitar epics for frothy electronic pop sheen with impressive re... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
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Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper
‘Brave’, ‘searing’, ‘extraordinary’: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s acting has quite rightly prompted many a critic to splu... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsSpotlight Kid – Disaster Tourist
Spotlight Kid, AKA former Six By Seven drummer Chris Davis, joined by Bent and Mylo contributor Katty Heath and cohorts, delve into the back catalogues of My... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsBob Dorough – The Devil's Best Tunes
Known most famously for an educational ode to multiplication (Three Is A Magic Number), The Devil’s Best Tunes gathers together work spanning Bob Dorou... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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Marcel Dettmann – Conducted
Invoking the spirit of Europe's favourite techno fortress for the second time since his inaugural Berghain 02 mix, Marcel Dettmann's Conducted offering is an... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011
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Seafieldroad – Seafieldroad
Released almost exactly a year after his debut as Seafieldroad (itself released a mere six months after Swimmer One’s Dead Orchestras), Andrew Eaton-Le... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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King's Daughters & Sons – If Then Not When
Chemikal Underground welcome members of Shipping News, Rachel’s, The For Carnation, and Shannon Wright in the form of new band King’s Daughters &... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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Bwani Junction – Fully Cocked
Edinburgh quartet Bwani Junction have been standing out from their peers due to their world-traipsing influences for a while now. Obvious connotations have p... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsThe Black Dog – Liber Dogma
While The Black Dog’s early-90s IDM peers tend to have pursued either bewilderingly expansive realms in their later releases (Autechre, Aphex Twin), or... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Joker – The Vision
Joker's foray into longplayer territory mirrors that of fellow dubstep pioneers Skream, Benga and Artwork's Rubicon-crossing debut of last year, Magnetic Man... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Clean George IV – God Save The Clean
Enigmatic Edinburgh citizen Clean George has busied himself with a classical music degree, a lawsuit from Kraftwerk and myriad projects since we last heard f... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Atlas Sound – Parallax
Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox retains the mid-tempo groove of his band's more recent output on this third officially released LP as Atlas Sound. A s... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
Billed as “an electronic song cycle based around lo-fi audio procured from television advertisement compilations,” Replica plays out like an... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Ringo Deathstarr – Shadow EP
It's been said before, but the point remains valid: Ringo Deathstarr, whilst undeniably good, are so overwhelmingly derivative that it surely calls into ques... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011