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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AlbumsVolcano! – Piñata
Instantly appealing on the outside, but with treats at their core: the piñata not only provides a name for Volcano!’s third album, it’s a ... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
AlbumsMetallic Taste of Blood – Metallic Taste of Blood
Metallic Taste of Blood are a multicultural collective of semi-familiar faces whose eponymous debut curiously fuses together elements of prog, dub, math-ro... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
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The Invisible – Rispah
The untimely death of front-man Dave Okumu's mother massively informs the making of Rispah (the title being his mother's first name) and lush meditations on ... Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
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The Lost Brothers – So Long John Fante
With their debut released way back in 2008, it seemed The Lost Brothers might have taken their moniker literally and gone AWOL. But they’ve been b... Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
AlbumsLaurel Halo – Quarantine
Laurel Halo's full-length debut is the darker, experimental twin of Grimes' Visions Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
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Mina Tindle – Taranta
With a stage name adapted from twist-laden, Michael Caine-starring thriller Sleuth, Mina Tindle (born Pauline de Lassus) seems keen to preserve a little myst... Read more »| 28 May 2012
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AlbumsDope Body – Natural History
This Baltimorean quartet alternate between a slurring, droney development of Albini-style math rock, all grinding bass, delayed vocals and brutally clear ... Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
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Ryat – Totem
A female solo artist who generates lush, complex electronic soundscapes, which ebb and flow between chamber-pop peaks and shuffling, syncopated glitchy be... Read more »| 23 May 2012 -
AlbumsUV PØP – No Songs Tomorrow
John Kevin White was one of the more obscure cult figures to emerge from the 80s post-punk / early electronic scene in 1980s Sheffield. His sometime-band, so... Read more »| 22 May 2012 -
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Nasty P – Story So Far
Story So Far by Nasty P is a cohesive, satisfying collection of hip-hop cuts aimed squarely at the dancefloor. Read more »| 10 May 2012 -
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King Tuff – King Tuff
Even if this brand of finely tuned garage rock is not entirely groundbreaking, and the infectious vocal hooks on each track are largely some variation on c... Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
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Cornershop – Urban Turban
Cornershop have been releasing records for more than 20 years but are still bizarrely viewed in some quarters as one-hit-wonders. It's an entirely undeserv... Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
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Still Flyin' – On a Bedroom Wall
The second LP from San Francisco’s Still Flyin’ takes its cues from the dreamy atmospheres of understated 80s indie; the textures of opener Els... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
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Dead Mellotron – Glitter
Given the celebrated output of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound foreman Bradford Cox, it’s surprising just how few imitators he has. There’s good reason fo... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – May 2012
With his two bandmates otherwise engaged, the gargantuan responsibility of reviewing the month’s singles rests squarely on the shoulders of Phillip from Glasgow trio PAWS. Can he withstand the terrible auto-tuned RnB vocals? Will the CDs actually work? Read more »| 03 May 2012