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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AlbumsPere Ubu – Lady From Shanghai
Few bands can claim the sort of hard-earned respect accorded to Pere Ubu. The Fall are one example that spring to mind; and as with that outfit, a new LP f... Read more »| 02 Jan 2013 -
SinglesBurial – Truant / Rough Sleeper
After Kindred, it was clear that reclusive producer Burial was reaching for the next plateau. Like those tracks, Truant and Rough Sleeper both clock in ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2012 -
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Broadcast – Berberian Sound Studio
Broadcast's soundtrack for the critically-acclaimed film Berberian Sound Studio was created by James Cargill and Trish Keenan before the latter's untimely de... Read more »| 18 Dec 2012 -
AlbumsHaftor Medbøe & Anneke Kampman – Places & Spaces
Anneke Kampman is the songwriter behind Conquering Animal Sound, Haftor Medbøe is a celebrated jazz composer and player with his own band. This collab... Read more »| 17 Dec 2012 -
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Ela Orleans – Tumult In Clouds
Born in Poland, and having lived across the world, including some years spent in the New York underground / alternative music scene, singer-songwriter Ela Or... Read more »| 17 Dec 2012 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – December 2012
Former Ride vocalist and guitarist Mark Gardener sets about December’s singles along with the issue of overblown chorus syndrome and the repetitious strains of Manc rock Read more »| 07 Dec 2012
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AlbumsA Band Called Quinn – Red Light Means Go
A Band Called Quinn’s third album was ready for release three years ago, but other projects delayed its arrival till now. With such a lengthy build-u... Read more »| 07 Dec 2012 -
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Roc Marciano – Reloaded
Roc Marciano's been gaining high praise for Reloaded, the follow-up to 2010's acclaimed Marcberg. There's something about it which just doesn't sit right. Pe... Read more »| 05 Dec 2012 -
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Dam Mantle – Brothers Fowl
Following a slew of well-received EPs for labels like Get Me and his own Growing label, Glasgow-based Dam Mantle returns with an eight-track mini-album tha... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
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Loops Haunt – Zenith EP
Ostensibly starting out as a dubstep label, with releases by the likes of DZ, Marlow and Scotland's magnificent Akira Kiteshi, Black Acre have evolved into a... Read more »| 03 Dec 2012 -
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Sinkane – MARS
Wiping the slate of less distinctive past releases, Sinkane (Sudanese New Yorker Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab) presents MARS as a re-boot debut – a fresh sta... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
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The Douglas Firs – The Furious Sound
Albums about the superstitious persecution of woman are like buses, it seems. A month after Darren Hayman’s The Violence set the witch trials of 17th&n... Read more »| 28 Nov 2012 -
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St Deluxe – Born Into Flame
Welcome back St Deluxe, the well-connected Glasgow scuzz rockers with a penchant for pop hooks and heavy guitars. Their 2009 debut attracted some celebrity... Read more »| 28 Nov 2012 -
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Various Artists – Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Having cycled through theatre and film iterations, Cora Bissett, David Greig and Swimmer One’s multimedia Whatever Gets You through the Night project a... Read more »| 27 Nov 2012 -
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Steve Adey – The Tower of Silence
It’s taken Edinburgh-based songwriter Steve Adey six years to follow up debut album All Things Real, for reasons ranging from tropical maladies to obs... Read more »| 27 Nov 2012