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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AlbumsCaribou – Our Love
Previous Caribou albums have borne out the view that Dan Snaith’s output tends to be on the ‘grower’ end of the spectrum. Our Love, Snaith&... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – Unravelling
The effervescence of youth can work wonders on a debut album but how often does such vim dissipate on subsequent works? Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Je... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Melvins – Hold It In
Ah, the ever-reliable Melvins, forever ploughing their enduring furrow. Still, even when your old tricks are among the greatest, doesn’t hurt to rope i... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic
Ooh, a boy-girl electro duo! You'd think, with the market as flooded as it is, these analogue kids would have the savvy to perhaps get a foothold by testing ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsDorian Concept – Joined Ends
It's been a five year wait for a new full-length album by gifted Austrian producer Dorian Concept. He's released some club-oriented, delightfully skewed beat... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
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Cowbell – Skeleton Soul
Seems every generation gets its own set of legislated-nostalgics who wish rock’n’roll would just get back to basics. Dutifully, they head back to... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014
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Martin Carr – The Breaks
Two decades since the UK alt scene was trampled by the bovver boots of Britpop, fondness for the era grows apace. Thankfully, nostalgia appears to have kept ... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsPerfume Genius – Too Bright
Promises that Portishead’s Adrian Utley has helped Mike Hadreas turn his sound on its head for his third record may be a little exaggerated – but... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Much could be made of Ryan Adams' first album in three years sounding, accordingly, his most focused since 2005's underestimated tone poem, 29. Arriving... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
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Camera – Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide
The live-recorded, improvised psychedelic workouts of Camera's debut Radiate! saw them championed by Michael Rother of Neu! and Kluster's Dieter Moebius. The... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
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Goat – Commune
This mysterious Swedish collective certainly got chins-a-wagging in 2012, thanks to the sheer scope of their all-action psych-rock. This second LP picks up w... Read more »| 04 Sep 2014 -
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Eureka California – Crunch
Jake Ward is a clever so-and-so. Over-educated, over-stimulated and over it all – the classic American slacker tale, and one that can feel overdone whe... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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The Vaselines – V Is For Vaselines
With their second album in five years, Kurt Cobain’s one-time “favourite songwriters in the whole world” can now claim to actually be more ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Bronto Skylift – Date with a Ghoul
From the opening bars of Bird Catcher, Bronto Skylift grab you by the scruff of the neck and pin you against the wall. Ordinarily, when confronted with this ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsDavid Thomas Broughton & Juice Voice Ensemble – Sliding the Same Way
It’s hard to feel totally at ease during Sliding the Same Way. Maybe it’s due to lyrics like “I killed a man with a broken glass” in ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014