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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AlbumsNo Joy – More Faithful
It won't change your life. It might not even change your day, but album number three from Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd makes good on their original fi... Read more »| 20 May 2015 -
AlbumsHolly Herndon – Platform
A dense, chaotic barrage of spatialised noise and chopped up, processed vocals, Holly Herndon’s second full length doesn’t so much require an ope... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
AlbumsJad Fair & Norman Blake – Yes
Half Japanese icon Jad Fair teams up with Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake for the first time since 2002’s Words Of Wisdom And Hope – pr... Read more »| 18 May 2015 -
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Grey Hairs – Colossal Downer
Always a blast when the clever kids play dumb, and plenty have done just that over the years: from Iggy to Mudhoney to METZ, there’s few greater thrill... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
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The Fall – Sub-Lingual Tablet
These are relatively stable times for The Fall, with guitarist Pete Greenway and bassist Dave Spurr having clocked up an impressive nine years' service in a ... Read more »| 06 May 2015 -
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Tyler, the Creator – Cherry Bomb
Dare say it, but has Tyler grown up? In his first effort post-WOLF trilogy the breadth of styles undertaken hints at witnessing a transition into more mature... Read more »| 06 May 2015
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The Hipshakes – Sounds We Found / Maximum Growth And Vigour
Two doses of moreish, bratty rambunctiousness from The Hipshakes - arguably the UK’s most criminally-overlooked garage rock sensations. Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls
As with the rest of Prurient’s unforgiving discography, Frozen Niagara Falls is an assault on the senses with barely a moment of respite, however in wh... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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The Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird is Home
A shimmering influx of Scandinavian country-influenced singers – that’s First Aid Kit and the like – have graced the international sta... Read more »| 03 May 2015 -
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Prefuse 73 – Rivington Não Rio
Four years since Scott Herren’s last release under any of his multiple guises, and it appears he has enjoyed his thinking time. Returning to the very e... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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God Damn – Vultures
Even if you’re not convinced of Wolverhampton-based hard rock duo God Damn’s outstanding technical ability by the first slew on torrential drum f... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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Faith No More – Sol Invictus
Hell-bent on reaching higher than before (rather than pissing on their life’s work), trust these perennial non-conformists to creep back in to the fray... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
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Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter
Cardiff’s finest mess returns with another twenty-one minutes of explosive noisepop. Not much to show for two years’ work, you might think, but i... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
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Du Blonde – Welcome Back To Milk
Beth Jeans Houghton's transformation from screwy troubadour to her new alter-ago is surely standard issue music career car crash, right? Think again: Du Blon... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
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Blanck Mass – Dumb Flesh
If 2012’s White Math EP wrong-footed those tuned into Benjamin John Power's evolving brand of cerebral electronica, they might want to check their... Read more »| 29 Apr 2015