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 Faint – Doom Abuse
These Nebraskan digital punks vanished like a deleted file not long after the release of 2008’s Fasciinatiion, seemingly leaving The Faint to be no mor... Read more »| 15 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsThe Skull Defekts – Dances in Dreams of the Known Unknown
Welcome to the pleasuredrone. You have to hear this. Or maybe you don’t. (But you do.) Latest album from the Swedish noise stalwarts is more of their v... Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
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Chad VanGaalen – Shrink Dust
“Cut off both my hands and threw them in the sand,” sings Chad VanGaalen cheerfully, adding: “Watched them swim away from me like a pair of... Read more »| 10 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsThee Oh Sees – Drop
With rumours of a split now thankfully put to bed, John Dwyer and pals get back to doing what they do best: making ear-splitting garage rock that feels like ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
AlbumsWye Oak – Shriek
In which the Baltimore duo continue to defy lazy labelling. Shriek, their fourth album, carries on where 2011’s much-lauded Civilian left off, further ... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
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Elephant – Sky Swimming
Is the recent explosion of boy/girl electro duos a sign of the artistic times or a necessity born of economic downturn? Austerity rock: everybody’s doi... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014
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Heterotic – Weird Drift
It's scarcely a year since Heterotic released their debut Love & Devotion, combining the production talents of Mu boss Mike Paradinas and wife Lara Rix-M... Read more »| 08 Apr 2014 -
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Chain And The Gang – Minimum Rock N Roll
“What are you in here for?” croons Ian Svenonius dolefully; half-welcoming us back into his band’s secret universe, whilst also digging an ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
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Shonen Knife – Overdrive
There’s just something about the Japanese approach to pop music that sets both knees and lower lips a-tremblin' - especially here in the (relatively) o... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
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Woods – With Light And With Love
While many ‘alternative’ bands make a habit of becoming more esoteric as they age, Woods have taken the other route. The first Woods record At Re... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
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Liz Green – Haul Away!
In a recent interview, Liz Green described Haul Away! as more joyous than debut O Devotion, in that "lyrically not as many people die" – a deadpan asse... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
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The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
Those unfamiliar with Glasgow's The Amazing Snakeheads might presume this album is the sound of a band going back to basics; there's drums, bass, guitar, voc... Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
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Loops Haunt – Exits
The full-length debut of Scotland's Scott Douglas Gordon combines carefully treated field recordings, spectral synth work, musique concrete and questing, exp... Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
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PUP – PUP
Punk is pessimistic; it languishes in its own brash, self-deprecating defeatism. It’s no surprise then that Toronto-based four-piece PUP named themselv... Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
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SOHN – Tremors
Having nabbed a 4AD signing off the back of his first EP The Wheel, the now-Vienna-based British (and former Trouble Over Tokyo) producer Toph Taylor –... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014