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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AlbumsGhost Capsules – Ghost Capsules
On the face of it, Ghost Capsules should work a treat, given that they are masterminded by venerated UK music producer and electronic innovator Tim Simenon o... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
AlbumsPhoenix – Bankrupt!
Phoenix's first LP in four years promises more experimentation than on their breakthrough, 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and sure, there's a few chan... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
AlbumsLetherette – Letherette
Fitting nicely into the genre of smooth, immaculately realised, emotionally-driven electronic music from which so many strong albums have emerged in recent m... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
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Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
There's nothing worse than a band who plough on for too long. Witness Paul Morley's critical mauling of the Rolling Stones over their Glastonbury booking for... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Tyler, the Creator – Wolf
First things first – at least six of the sixteen tracks on Wolf are easily up there with the best of this year's hip-hop crop so fa... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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PYYRAMIDS – Brightest Darkest Day
PYYRAMIDS (the capitalisation and extra Y are non-negotiable, alas) are Tim Nordwind and Drea Smith – the former moonlighting from professional choreog... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013
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The Haxan Cloak – Excavation
The Haxan Cloak's self-titled 2011 album on Aurora Borealis brought Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak, to the attention of the ultra-hip and experimental Tri ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Aidan Baker – Already Drowning
Those coming to Already Drowning via an interest in Aidan Baker’s work with ambient drone duo Nadja be warned: here be an altogether gentler ... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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The OK Social Club – Nothing In Common
Possibly not since The View’s debut has a Scottish band mined youthful, boozy nostalgia quite as doggedly as Edinburgh’s The OK Social Club. &ldq... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
AlbumsWild Honey – Big Flash
The second LP from Madrid’s Wild Honey – essentially the work of multi-instrumentalist Guillermo Farré – is an unashamedly kitschy, ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
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The Flaming Lips – The Terror
Billed as The Lips 'bleak, disturbing' record (with suitably ominous title to match), the reality is that this, their thirteenth studio album, whil... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013 -
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Fol Chen – The False Alarms
In the four years of their existence, LA’s Fol Chen have held a month-long residency at the city’s Echo venue, organised collaborative workshops ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013 -
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Bonobo – The North Borders
The fifth LP from Brighton’s Bonobo (aka Simon Green) opens in understated style, as Grey Reverend’s brooding vocals overlay the gently shimmerin... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013 -
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Homework – 13 Towers
Live, this Edinburgh-based electro-rock quartet have (in these pages) been compared to LCD Soundsystem, although on record that comparison somewhat overstate... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013 -
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Lubomyr Melnyk – Corollaries
Complex, sparse and beguiling, the new album by celebrated avant garde neo-classical composer Lubomyr Melnyk is a delight from start to finish. Melnyk's tech... Read more »| 29 Mar 2013