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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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 -
EpSeamus 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 -
AlbumsWillis 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 -
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A 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
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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 -
AlbumsYo 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 -
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Laura Cannell – Beneath Swooping Talons
Laura Cannell's (bloody) chamber music is the kind of artistry that pays back the courageous listener in spades. Her album notes speak of "pure music without... Read more »| 13 Aug 2015