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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AlbumsWino & Conny Ochs – Heavy Kingdom
Former Obsessed front-man and Dave Grohl-collaborator Wino takes a break from his usual, riff-driven pummelling rock for some acoustic down-time. In this cas... Read more »| 04 Jan 2012 -
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Hyperpotamus – Delta
Hyperpotamus’s talents are unquestionable – search for video evidence of his looping skills, and marvel as he builds complex tracks from no more ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsErrors – Have Some Faith in Magic
For their latest trick, Errors have produced their most impressive album thus far. Tusk is an impeccable introduction – bombastic and tight, its openin... Read more »| 04 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsLetka – Far Off Country
Letka have the fixings of something special: Sandra O’Neill sings beautifully; Peter Chilvers has proven his diverse talents through collaborations wit... Read more »| 04 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsDJ Food – The Search Engine
DJ Food has always been a refreshingly nebulous project, with production duties falling to Coldcut, myriad collaborators, and the current helmsman, Strictly ... Read more »| 03 Jan 2012 -
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Plug – Back On Time
Luke Vibert's prolific output over the last two decades is such that the West Country producer's latest release suggests that even he has lost track. Back On... Read more »| 03 Jan 2012
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AlbumsWiley – Evolve Or Be Extinct
After last year’s patchy 100% Publishing, Wiley rebounds with Evolve Or Be Extinct. His eighth album kicks off with the digital skank of Welcome To Zio... Read more »| 03 Jan 2012 -
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Three Cane Whale – Three Cane Whale
Recorded live in an eighteenth-century church, in a single eleven-hour sitting, by a minimalist-folk-jazz ‘supergroup’ wielding lyre and bowed ps... Read more »| 03 Jan 2012 -
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Laura Gibson – La Grande
Laura Gibson hails from Portland, Oregon, but La Grande owes little to that city’s signature brand of introspective indie; her first record on City Sla... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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Trailer Trash Tracys – Ester
The debut LP from this London-based quartet is a well-realised take on ethereal, melancholic indie, which shoehorns diverse elements – 80’s-inspi... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
If 2010's The Big Black & The Blue marked their initial emergence from the backwoods of Stockholm from the resonant echoes of their now notorious Fleet F... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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Howler – America Give Up
Minnesotan quintet Howler need to cut loose from their influences, or seek out new ones. The debts to The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy and The Strokes'... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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The Big Pink – Future This
Two years on from their acclaimed debut A Brief History of Love, this London-based electro-shoegaze duo here augment the narcotic atmospheres of that record ... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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Dear Reader – Idealistic Animals
Idealistic Animals, the second record from South Africa’s Dear Reader, sees now-sole member Cheri MacNeil relocated to Berlin from Johannesburg. The al... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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LAL – LAL
For thirteen years, LAL have sat proudly outside the mainstream, embodying a multicultural, multi-genre approach that combines political activism with elemen... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012