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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AlbumsDowntown Boys – Cost of Living
Some music has a mission to shake you awake. With the righteous thrash and playful bilingual polemic of 2015’s Full Communism, Providence’s Downt... Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
AlbumsWarm Digits – Wireless World
Newcastle duo Warm Digits take listeners on a psychedelic ride with Wireless World, their first album for Memphis Industries. Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
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Camille – OUÏ
Even if your French is a bit rusty, the new album from Camille Dalmais features a lot to say yes to Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
AlbumsZGTO – A Piece of the Geto
This collaboration between Shigeto and ZelooperZ is attention-grabbing at times, but suffers from a tentative streak. Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
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BadBadNotGood – Late Night Tales
BadBadNotGood make their contribution to the artist-curated compilation series, with a substantial soul sampler that’s dynamic, international, and well-curated Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
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Cage the Elephant – Unpeeled
Recorded on Cage the Elephant’s “stripped down” Live and Unpeeled tour, with the new sound leading to mixed results. Read more »| 24 Jul 2017
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Arcade Fire – Everything Now
Whether you'd like to admit it or not, we won't get another record like Funeral in our lifetime, especially not from that record's composers, Arcade Fir... Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
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Fake Laugh – Fake Laugh
Fake Laugh, the new project from Kamran Khan, have teased their fans with a splattering of singles and EPs over the last few years but now their self-titled ... Read more »| 21 Jul 2017 -
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Dan Croll – Emerging Adulthood
Dan Croll could probably fill a small swimming pool with all the bells and whistles on Emerging Adulthood. His sophomore record is sticky with ear candy, eve... Read more »| 18 Jul 2017 -
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Nicole Atkins – Goodnight Rhonda Lee
The New Jersey native wears her legacy influences with pride, but ever since the release of 2007's Neptune City, Nicole Atkins has toyed with history with a ... Read more »| 17 Jul 2017 -
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Foster the People – Sacred Hearts Club
Let’s start with the good, because there’s more than a little to like about Foster the People’s new record. For one, there won’t be m... Read more »| 17 Jul 2017 -
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Callum Easter – Delete Forever
Delete Forever, the second mini-album from Edinburgh's Callum Easter, makes good on the singer-songwriter/producer's already distinctive sound. Late last yea... Read more »| 13 Jul 2017 -
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Boris – Dear
For 25 years, it would be fair to say Boris have earned a name for themselves as one the pre-eminent noise/drone bands in the world, let alone their native J... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
AlbumsShabazz Palaces – Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
Shabazz Palaces have fully fallen for space travel on these sister albums starring Quazarz, Ishmael Butler’s new persona, who invites us into his realm... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017 -
AlbumsShabazz Palaces – Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star
Shabazz Palaces are of the distant future, the forgotten past, or a wormhole connecting both. Songs are dense with effects, whisper-quiet raps masked by star... Read more »| 10 Jul 2017