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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AlbumsBlack Mountain – IV
Those searching for echoes of Black Mountain's thunderous 2008 release In The Future won't find it in latest record IV. This is certainly not to say that the... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsYeasayer – Amen and Goodbye
If there’s a suspicion that Brooklyn’s Yeasayer try just a little too hard, it’s not a feeling that their fourth LP is going to disprove; A... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsModerat – III
'Why must I hide / In the forests of my mind?' asks Sascha Ring – aka Apparat – in the opening lines of Eating Hooks. It’s as cle... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing
'I’m 20, washed up already,' sings Frankie Cosmos on the appositely-titled I’m 20, in what may just be the most misleading lyric of the year.&nbs... Read more »| 24 Mar 2016 -
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Gnod – Mirror
Nothing if not prolific, Salford’s favourite Krautrock connoisseurs (let’s ignore The Fall’s I Am Damo Suzuki for the moment) follow-up las... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
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Laura Gibson – Empire Builder
Album number four from the Oregon native is a deft furthering of her folk roots and collaborative leanings. With input from Alela Diane and seasoned journeym... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016
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AlbumsTacocat – Lost Time
Seasons change, trends come and go, yet one thing is forever guaranteed: some joyless swine is itching to tell you that guitar pop is dead. Don’t plan ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Baauer, Iggy Pop + more
The best new music this week, including the debut from LuckyMe's Baauer and the return of rock royalty as Iggy Pop teams up with Queens of the Stone Age's Jo... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
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ICHI – Maru
You might *think* you make eclectic music, but until you record an album based on field samples of your gurgling baby, the rustling of turning pages, Big Ben... Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsIggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
The punk icon delivers a forward-thinking rumination on death and legacy with Josh Homme riding shotgun Read more »| 18 Mar 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Adam Stafford, K-X-P + more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, featuring the return of former Y'All is Fantasy Island frontman Adam Stafford, Finnish visionaries K-X-P and Derbyshire composer Richard J Birkin Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
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Public Memory – Wuthering Dream
Discombobulation – that’s the effect ERAAS’ Robert Toher, aka Public Memory is aiming for on his solo debut; a suite of dislocated beats sw... Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Mugstar, Låpsley & more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, including the Rock Action debut of one of Liverpool's finest psych bands, and the much-anticipated debut from Låpsley. Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
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White Denim – Stiff
On Stiff, White Demin really put their backs in to it – infinite solos, myriad breakdowns, hooks on hooks on power chords and huge, brash intros..... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
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Damien Jurado – Visions of Us on the Land
The third entry in his informal Maraqopa trilogy – a string of rustic, lightly psychedelic records themed around an imaginary hippie commune &ndas... Read more »| 03 Mar 2016