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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AlbumsYoung Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
Young Fathers' White Men Are Black Men Too is a gargantuan, fearless record. It’s a celebration, a rebuttal, a call to action; a dance party that won&r... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsVillagers – Darling Arithmetic
Even the briefest scan of Conor O’Brien’s upcoming tour schedule screams – sorry, whispers – ‘intimate venues’ and sure e... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsToro Y Moi – What For?
Is Chazwick Bundick – aka Toro Y Moi – going back in time? His 2010 debut Causers of the This, a key milestone in the risibly-named &ls... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
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Nadine Shah – Fast Food
Nadine Shah's follow up to 2013's Love Your Dum and Mad (applause for the title alone) confirms a vision that her debut could only hint at. That opening shot... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
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Garden Of Elks – A Distorted Sigh
‘Thrash-pop,’ they call it, although Scotland’s Garden Of Elks favour something a little more subtle than Kerry King-style shredding. Drawi... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
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The Mountain Goats – Beat The Champ
Fifteen albums in, and The Mountain Goats have lost none of their hoof. The homemade cassette-in-a-record-shop ethos may be behind him, but John Darnielle st... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015
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Ufomammut – Ecate
Italian psych-sludgemeisters Ufomammut titled their seventh album after an ancient Greek goddess who mediates between both mortal and divine realms; a theme&... Read more »| 27 Mar 2015 -
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Portico – Living Fields
Before you ask, Portico are not Portico Quartet. Yeah, you might recognise three members of the original four-piece, but Living Fields is – as far as t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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White Hills – Walks for Motorists
The eighth studio album from an underground psych-rock band doesn’t sound like the most approachable prospect on paper, but Walks for Motorists surpris... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Lapalux – Lustmore
Inspired by hypnagogia – the hallucination-prone state of semi-consciousness between sleep and wakefulness – Lustmore finds Stuart Howa... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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Wire – Wire
Their 40th anniversary might be fast approaching but the post-punk paragons show little sign of slowing down. And, on this evidence, the artistic well i... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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The Tamborines – Sea Of Murmur
There’s very little to actively dislike about C86-styled indiepop types The Tamborines,. Sugar-sweet melodies, neat hooks, a thoroughly enjoyable&... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
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K-X-P – III (Part One)
Falling somewhere between krautrock and techno, while also incorporating elements of free jazz and psychedelic rock, the beguiling output of Finland’s ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
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Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
It takes considerable talent to pull off sincere, confessional songwriting as favorably as Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield. Pairing raw anecdotes with ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
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Vessels / worriedaboutsatan @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 17 March
Tonight Sleazy’s underground space holds more electronic items than your local PC World – cables, cords and pedals litter the stage and stan... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015