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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AlbumsTobacco – Ultima II Massage
A growling, distorted bass hums, a pitch-bent synth wobbles, clashing live drums shudder and lurch. "RIDE," commands a distorted, vocoder-destroyed voice, "R... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsSwans – To Be Kind
Swans have consistently offered the most brutal of listening endurance tests with the maniacal Michael Gira spitting blood and venom at the wheel. This lauda... Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
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The Horrors – Luminous
When Brian Eno said My Bloody Valentine made “the vaguest music ever to be a hit,” he noted a group rejecting the mainstream/underground dichotom... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsLykke Li – I Never Learn
The final part of a thematic trilogy that began with 2008 debut Youth Novels, I Never Learn takes Lykke Li’s work a shade darker and a notch glummer &n... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Kreidler – ABC
Düsseldorf's Kreidler are two decades deep, combining drifting ambient soundscapes with complex yet understated rhythmic patterns and richly-textured el... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsWussy – Attica!
If there’s one area where US music has always excelled, it’s depicting the dark underside to the nation’s sunny exterior. Country music exp... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014
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Gruff Rhys – American Interior
Fresh from writing shiny electro-pop chronicling the life of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli as one half of Neon Neon, Gruff Rhys reverts to his own name to tell t... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed – a new collaboration featuring members of Soulfly, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Mars Volta – intelligently splic... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Fat Goth – One Hundred Percent Suave
Fat Goth don't have immediate crossover appeal; their music is too heavy and takes too many sharp changes in direction that can leave the casual listener str... Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Damon Albarn's solo debut proper doesn't feel like it labours under the weight of anticipation – the Blur front-man has already proved everything ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch
Kuwait-born Fatima Al Qadiri, first associated with the 'vaporwave' microgenre, reveals herself to be worthy of the hype on her Hyperdub debut. The dominant ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsBrody Dalle – Diploid Love
Much has been made of Brody Dalle’s transition from gobby punk reprobate to Hollywood mom. Jeez – what? A tattoo on her arm offering a frien... Read more »| 25 Apr 2014 -
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The Last Battle – Lay Your Burden Down
Opening their second album with a robust Be-My-Baby beat, returning Edinburghers The Last Battle initially seem a somewhat different band to that which made ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2014 -
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Pixies – Indie Cindy
Perhaps to avert the crushing weight of expectation that comes with such a studio hiatus, the Pixies have been releasing this album in dribs and drabs for th... Read more »| 24 Apr 2014 -
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bis – data Panik etcetera
When bis split back in 2003 they left behind a small but special discography, topped by hyperactive early EP Transmissions on the Teen-C Tip! and tailed with... Read more »| 24 Apr 2014