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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AlbumsThe Cesarians – Pure White Speed
Modern life desperately needs agit-pop. Something to shoot holes in perceived wisdom. Get it wrong, however, and you can end up with a mess like Pure White S... Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
AlbumsMike Krol – Turkey
Judge Mike Krol as much for what he isn’t as for what he is. After eight blasts of searing fuzz-pop, this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it album switches... Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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Seamus Fogarty – Ducks and Drakes EP
There’s nothing hurried or harried about Seamus Fogarty’s music, as Ducks and Drakes favourably attests. The EP’s title track opens with it... Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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Willis Earl Beal – Noctunes
To describe Willis Earl Beal’s latest record is to do so in a fervent whisper, an awed hush – no sudden movements please, as this would threaten ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
ReviewsA Week in Records: Deradoorian, Foals, Dope Body
We take a look at new albums due this week from a fiery Foals, a surprise release from Baltimore noise rockers Dope Body and Anticon's compelling new secret weapon Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
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Dâm-Funk – Invite the Light
Funk’s been outlawed. No one’s quite sure how it went down – some blame Mark Ronson – but fear not; L.A.’s grooviest ... Read more »| 28 Aug 2015
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Ane Brun – When I'm Free
Last heard belting out elated guest vocals on Dr. Kucho! and Gregor Salto’s house hit Can’t Stop Playing (Makes Me High), Norwegian songwriter An... Read more »| 28 Aug 2015 -
AlbumsJerusalem In My Heart – If He Dies, If If If If If If
The key to this riveting, unsettling record is there in the sleeve notes: "Original rear cover photograph taken by Trevor Horgan on 16 July 2014 during anoth... Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
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Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There
Yo La Tengo’s sound has always been defined by the feelings they evoke: intimacy. Wistful sighs. Warmth. This is a quieter, less action-packed aff... Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
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Dope Body – Kunk
"I think we're getting more mature as songwriters." That was Dope Body drummer David Jacober late last year, talking to The Skinny shortly after the release ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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Foals – What Went Down
What Went Down's title track makes no bones about Foal’s intentions for album number four – seething with a thundering, caustic might that makes ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
Never mind the quality, feel the width. Oh, and feel the quality, too. For Iron Maiden – three lead guitarists strong, and time-served purveyors of XXL... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Planet
True to its title, the debut LP from ex-Dirty Projectors member Angel Deradoorian is the proverbial grower. Give it time and its slithering creations of enta... Read more »| 26 Aug 2015 -
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A Week in Records: Destroyer, Kagoule, Radkey
From Dan Bejar's exhilarating E Street homage to the snarling return of Sheffield techno anarchists The Black Dog, we run down five releases out today Read more »| 21 Aug 2015 -
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Dr. Dre – Compton
“My life’s like a soundtrack I wrote to the beat,” Andre Young rapped way back on Still D.R.E., lead single off 1999’s sextuple-plati... Read more »| 13 Aug 2015