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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AlbumsTwin Shadow – Confess
After debut Forget had us falling headlong in love with Twin Shadow’s intimate synth-pop, it’s hard not to approach Confess with second-date jit... Read more »| 27 Jun 2012 -
AlbumsBEAK> – >>
BEAK> could be considered something of a self-indulgent side project for Portishead's Geoff Barrow; a jam-band for a frustrated krautrock afficionado to m... Read more »| 27 Jun 2012 -
AlbumsAesop Rock – Skelethon
Skelethon is the first album from Aesop Rock to be entirely self-produced, but the template hasn't fluctuated much from the mercurial, experimental approach ... Read more »| 26 Jun 2012 -
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Dub Pistols – Worshipping The Dollar
Dub Pistols are a force to be reckoned with live, and in the setting of a summer festival there are few better bands to rock out to, with their crowd-ple... Read more »| 26 Jun 2012 -
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Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
Predicting the Dirty Projectors’ next step is a pointless task. Led by idiosyncratic frontman David Longstreth, the Brooklyn-based quintet explore ro... Read more »| 26 Jun 2012 -
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Paul Heaton – Presents: The 8th
From the live debut of Bjork’s Biophilia to an Amadou and Mariam gig performed in a pitch-black venue, the 2011 Manchester International Festival h... Read more »| 26 Jun 2012
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AlbumsDoseone – G Is For Deep
Doseone is a phenomenal live hip-hop performer – a literal human dynamo who blows on stage in a torrent of manic, high-pitched rapping and a flurry ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
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Lorn – Ask the Dust
After touring with the psychedelic likes of Gonjasufi, Amon Tobin and Shpongle, a more human and emotionally expressive element has burrowed its way into Lor... Read more »| 19 Jun 2012 -
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Miaoux Miaoux – Light of the North
Perhaps the most satisfying thing about Julian Corrie AKA Miaoux Miaoux's hotly-anticipated Chemikal Underground debut is the timelessness of his hook-fi... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
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Various Artists – Blam Lord's Quest
A 49-track heartfelt tribute to classic video games from underground electronic label Aural Sects Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
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Capitol K – Andean Dub
The sixth LP from the London-based electronica artist Capitol K, aka Kristian Craig Robinson, represents something of a new direction, another shift in ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
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Variety Lights – Central Flow
Though they’ve continued to dazzle throughout the last two decades, Mercury Rev’s identity splintered the day they parted ways with original vo... Read more »| 08 Jun 2012 -
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Olympic Swimmers – No Flags Will Fly
2012’s probably not the smartest year for Olympic Swimmers to release their debut longplayer. Not only does a quick online scan for the Glasgow qu... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Leverton Fox – The Human Arm
Two and a half years in the making, The Human Arm is a dark, esoteric mash-up of free jazz, glitchy beats and power electronics-style overdriven bass dro... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
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Christian Löffler – A Forest
As the co-founder of Cologne’s Ki Records, Christian Löffler is well-versed in melodic, downbeat techno, and A Forest has a depth and subtlety whi... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012