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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AlbumsThe Unthanks – Diversions Volume 3: Songs from the Shipyards
Views of the wasted ghost ships at Seaton and the tankers chugging out of Tees dock typified every trip to the coast for those of us living in the sha... Read more »| 09 Nov 2012 -
AlbumsZombie Zombie – Rituels d'Un Nouveau Monde
On Rituels d’Un Nouveau Monde, this French electro/neo-prog duo progress from their previous work – reinterpreting John Carpenter soundtracks &n... Read more »| 07 Nov 2012 -
AlbumsSnow Palms – Intervals
With his work in the London instrumental trio State River Widening from the late '90s to the mid '00s, David Sheppard helped to create a pastoral, folk-infle... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know – The Remixes
With No One Can Ever Know showcasing a cold electro minimalism, The Twilight Sad confidently stepped outwith their self-imposed confines earlier this year.... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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Frank Eddie – Let's Be Frank
The new project from Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin feels uncomfortably like a novelty record, and a rather dated one at that: Let’s Be Frank is a col... Read more »| 06 Nov 2012 -
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The Lovely Eggs – Wildlife
On their third album, couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell have again gone to every effort to remind us that The Lovely Eggs are northern. Really.... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012
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AlbumsCrystal Castles – III
Crystal Castles were one of the central influences on the producers and bands who would go on to be grouped under the genre tag of 'witch house.' In a remark... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012 -
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Deftones – Koi No Yokan
Storming out of the gate with Swerve City – a brutally sexy sledgehammer of a song, and hands-down their best opener since White Pony's Feiticeira &nda... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Brian Eno – LUX
After two patchy outings on Warp, LUX finds Eno returning to purely ambient pastures with a suite based on a recent gallery installation. A cursory listen ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Mogwai – A Wrenched Virile Lore
A Wrenched Virile Lore is not strictly a remix album to Mogwai’s seventh studio record Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. In fact, Justin Broadric... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Guided By Voices – The Bears for Lunch
Usually when a treasured act reforms, they hit the road, give fans an opportunity to hear the hits, and then go back to whatever it was they were doing befor... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Benjamin Gibbard – Former Lives
If the key to unlocking former lives is regression, Ben Gibbard’s solo debut is perfectly titled: there’s scant sign of progress or advancement i... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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P.O.S. – We Don't Even Live Here
Doomtree co-founder P.O.S. brings another sonically dense alt-rap assault with his fourth LP, and although the synth-heavy palette he's working with this tim... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Clinic – Free Reign
Now on their seventh LP, Clinic’s career has spanned a period in which rock that combines innovation and poppiness has become increasingly thin on th... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
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Neil Halstead – Palindrome Hunches
On Palindrome Hunches’ penultimate song, Hey Daydreamer, Neil Halstead asserts the persistence of his idealistic outlook: "I don’t wanna be jus... Read more »| 02 Nov 2012