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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AlbumsGodspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress
"And what are you going to sing for us, Nathan?" "I'm going to sing Piss Crowns Are Trebled by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Simon." "Excellent. Well best of ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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The Cathode Ray – Infinite Variety
OK, ‘infinite variety’ might be stretching things a little. Still, there’s plenty to digest on this Edinburgh quartet’s second album,... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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East India Youth – CULTURE OF VOLUME
East India Youth – aka William Doyle – does it again. 2014’s Mercury nominated triumph Total Strife Forever saw Doyle lead the pack of hotl... Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
AlbumsAidan Baker – Half Lives
Multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker’s double album Half Lives shows the Canadian bridging his ambient and lyrical modes on the electric-guitar leaning Mo... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
AlbumsStornoway – Bonxie
Through sounds of cheeps and twitterings, Stornoway’s latest release emerges; one word to describe their new obsession – birds. It’s assure... Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
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Francis MacDonald – Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste
Rein in those tiresome drummer jokes: Teenage Fanclub’s multi-talented sticksman Francis MacDonald is here to make nonsense of all those clapped-o... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015
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AlbumsThomas Truax – Jetstream Sunset
The Dr Seuss of pop returns. With The Hornicator (the home-made assemblage of various instruments and components that drives his off-beat – in both sen... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
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Föllakzoid – III
III promises more of the same for Chilean ‘cosmic music’ band Föllakzoid, masters of the mantric ten-minute krautrock groove. However, this ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2015 -
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Bop English – Constant Bop
At first glance Constant Bop just looks like a sixties pastiche. From the pastel-washed cover to the cheesey title, this could pass for a lost Tim Buckl... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
AlbumsSufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
If 2010’s The Age Of Adz was Sufjan Stevens' bombastic all-action space opera, then Carrie & Lowell is his intimate, stripped-back, soul-barin... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
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Young 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 -
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Villagers – 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 -
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Toro 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