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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EpANOHNI – Paradise EP
After releasing one of the most overtly political albums of the year just nine months ago, it's no surprise that, with the precarious state of contemporary g... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsPorter Ray – Watercolor
It’s easy to dismiss the notion of rapping as a form of poetry when ‘rappers’ like French Montana exist, but Porter Ray is making hip-hop g... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsRon Gallo – Heavy Meta
Ron Gallo is fed up; with himself, with other people, with rock music, with technology, with junk food – the whole stinking business. He opens his solo... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
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The Shins – Heartworms
'It’s the means to a terrible end,' James Mercer sings about halfway through Name For You, the first track on the new album by The Shins – and he... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
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Nathan Fake – Providence
After a two year music-making hiatus, Nathan Fake returns with Providence, an album which sees him take his music in a new, and wholly unanticipated, directi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
Albumssir Was – Digging A Tunnel
Previously a professional jazz saxophonist, sir Was has travelled the world performing in several ensembles, picking up a range of musical influences as he w... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017
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Cameron Avery – Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
Back story first: Cameron Avery is probably best known for his involvement with Tame Impala, who he’s played with since 2011, but he’s also a fou... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Hurray for the Riff Raff is arguably the most overtly political act on the folk-rock scene right now, and given everything that’s going on in the world... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Laura Marling has remained remarkably consistent throughout her ten year career. She hasn't reinvented the wheel, nor has she needed to. There will always be... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains – Solide Mirage
There are a few tracks on Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains fifth album that saunter past the five minute mark, but even the shorter ones seem... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
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Thundercat – Drunk
Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner invites us down a literal rabbit hole on Drunk opener Rabbit Ho, though if you’re unfamiliar with the bassist&r... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
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WHY? – Moh Lhean
Somehow, we are approaching a decade since WHY?'s 2008 masterpiece Alopecia and since then time has not been kind to them. They rushed the popular-yet-f... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
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Grandaddy – Last Place
Eleven years ago, Jason Lytle pulled the plug on Grandaddy after four albums of intriguing and often wonderful indie rock music. They fused the archetypal 90... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
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Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
As British society sails into increasingly perilous waters, Sleaford Mods have somehow positioned themselves in the last few years as music’s most cutt... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
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Blanck Mass – World Eater
The third album from Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power is as dark and brilliant as we've come to expect. In an interview with The Skinny last year, ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017