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 Pastels – Slow Summits
Slow Summits is being billed by some as The Pastels’ first album in sixteen years – a timescale that only fits if you discount their 2003 The Las... Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
AlbumsCocoRosie – Tales of a Grass Widow
It’s been three years since the Casady sisters’ last outing. Has anything changed? They’ve certainly come a long way since La maison d... Read more »| 08 May 2013 -
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Boats – A Fairway Full of Miners
On third album A Fairway Full of Miners, Winnipeg’s Boats convey an array of unruly but endearing quirks that are liable to be manna to some,... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
AlbumsDelta Mainline – Oh! Enlightened
The density of this debut album from Edinburgh's Delta Mainline is so great that it seems to hang heavy in the air long after the final track has ended. This... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
AlbumsSaturday Looks Good to Me – One Kiss Ends It All
A four year gap between records is nothing in some circles, but in the world of Michigan's Saturday Looks Good to Me, it's almost an eternity. Driven by song... Read more »| 07 May 2013 -
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Primal Scream – More Light
Primal Scream are no strangers to robust political debate. This is a band that once planned to release a song entitled Bomb the Pentagon, and felt comfo... Read more »| 03 May 2013
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Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Talib Kweli's new album features guest appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Busta Rhymes, with beats from a wealth of up and coming producers lik... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
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Small Black – Limits of Desire
Although Limits of Desire is Small Black's second album proper, it's also a follow-up to last year's fantastic Moon Killer mixtape, released online for ... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
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Ghostface Killah & Adian Younge – Twelve Reasons To Die
Leaving aside the elaborate concept behind Twelve Reasons To Die, and just examining the music, it's pretty much all in the win column. Adrian Younge, using ... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
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Ghostpoet – Some Say I So I Say Light
A progression is evident on Ghostpoet's sophomore album – where Peanut Butter Blues... was more a scattergun of influences and styles, Some Say I ... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
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The National – Trouble Will Find Me
Album number six is a worthy addition to The National's pristine oeuvre Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
AlbumsThe Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer
The Dillinger Escape Plan's fifth LP might not grip listeners with anything quite so visceral as throat-grabbing past staples like Fix Your Face or Panasonic... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
Singles
Deco Child – Skinless
Alex Lloyd aka Deco Child garnered rave reviews in 2012 for early singles S&G and Pray. While S&G flirted intelligently with blistering micro-house a... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
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Deerhunter – Monomania
Having operated amongst a mire of genres within their self-proclaimed ‘ambient punk’ label, fans of Atlanta quintet Deerhunter should hold no tru... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
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Thirty Pounds of Bone – I Cannot Sing You Here, But For Songs of Where
I Cannot Sing You Here, But for Songs of Where is Johnny Lamb’s third album as Thirty Pounds of Bone, and its title is evocatively apt. As Lamb si... Read more »| 30 Apr 2013