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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AlbumsLiars – Mess
Liars’ seventh album is undeniably, blatantly a Mute Records album, not just in practical terms but also in spiritual terms; the album plays like a hom... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
AlbumsFuture Islands – Singles
This Baltimore-based new wave/synthpop trio are now on their fourth full-length, and have been through nearly as many record labels: this, their 4AD debut, f... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
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Kevin Drew – Darlings
While Darlings is the second solo release from Kevin Drew, a founding member of Broken Social Scene, it suggests a more focused, determined effort to escape ... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
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The Pussywarmers and Réka – I Saw Them Leaving
Swiss quintet The Pussywarmers named their debut My Pussy Belongs to Daddy, which is just about sleazy enough to put someone off listening to them altogether... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
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Ava Luna – Electric Balloon
Day Dream is the brash, unapproachable gatekeeper to Ava Luna’s third LP Electric Balloon. With Carlos Hernandez’s coos and yelps returning to th... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
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Kimono Kult – Hiding in the Light
Though there's an impressive cast of musicians in Kimono Kult (ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and ... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014
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AlbumsWeathered Hands – A Warm Life in the Cold
Weathered Hands make urgent, post-hardcore infused rock which strives for the anthemic status of early 2000s bands like Funeral for a Friend and A Day to Rem... Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
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Francois and the Atlas Mountains – Piano Ombre
A band picking up where a previous album left off can often be a point of frustration and the sound of a band stagnating, but in the case of Franç... Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
AlbumsMachines in Heaven – bordersbreakdown
The plentiful supply of electro-pop cascading from Glasgow shows no sign of drying up. With Miaoux Miaoux becoming the city's go-to producer and CHVRCHES n... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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Jimi Goodwin – Odludek
Despite spending the best part of his career fronting a band named Doves, Jimi Goodwin isn’t a fan of inhabiting pigeonholes. He’s been talking u... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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Free Nelson Mandoomjazz – The Shape of Doomjazz to Come
Those who investigate the bleak and heavy terrain of Edinburgh jazz/metal fusionists Free Nelson Mandoomjazz will find a lot to enjoy. The guitarist's powerf... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Lost in the Dream may eventually turn out to be the point where The War on Drugs escape references to former member and slacker poster-boy Kurt Vile. While h... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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Appletop – Brave Mountains
Hailing from the town of Hyères in the sunny Côte d’Azur, Appletop are French on their passports but emphatically American in their musica... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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Joan as Police Woman – The Classic
There are times, as on the Motown-fuelled Holy City, a breathless, ribald devotional (“Yeah, I’m ready to get up on your wailing wall!”), w... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014