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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AlbumsPhosphorescent – Muchacho
Celebrated for his introspective, country-tinged Americana off the back of albums like 2010's Here's To Taking It Easy, fans of Matthew Houck, aka Phosphores... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
AlbumsHarper Simon – Division Street
It would be easy to see the calibre of guest musicians on Division Street – including members of The Strokes, Elvis Costello’s Attracti... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
SinglesDeftones hunt for March 2013's Track of the Month
With a diverse selection of twelve tracks from this month’s single, EP and album releases playing on their backstage stereo, Deftones' Chino Moreno and Frank Delgado go fishing for the one they can 'groove out to' Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
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Steve Mason – Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
In both breadth and depth, Steve Mason’s new opus is a lot to assay. A far-reaching concept album with an ardent heart, it’s driven thematically ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2013 -
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The Experimental Tropic Blues Band – Liquid Love
As their name suggests, Belgium’s Experimental Tropic Blues Band specialise in the kind of absurdly overdriven fuzz-blues associated with acts like the... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
SinglesUrban Homes – Centres
Containing members of PTTRNS, Yage and Airpeople – all well-kent faces in the Cologne experimental electronic and post-punk scenes – Urban Homes ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013
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Natural Self – Neon Hurts My Eyes
Neon Hurts My Eyes marks a striking shift in direction for Brighton producer Nathaniel Pearn, aka Natural Self. Previously known for an aesthetic that d... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Conquering Animal Sound – On Floating Bodies
Entropy and hydrostatics aren’t your average lyrical fodder, but Conquering Animal Sound (aka Anneke Kampman and James Scott) aren’t your average... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Suede – Bloodsports
When Barriers – the first new music from Suede in 10 years – hit as a free download this month it may not have achieved Bowie-level coverage, but... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Parenthetical Girls – Privilege
Although touted as the fourth LP from this Portland-based avant-indie quartet, Privilege is technically a compilation, comprising remixed and remas... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Tullycraft – Lost in Light Rotation
Lost in Light Rotation comes bouncing through your speakers like a rubber ball dropped from a third floor window. Yet behind these sub-three minute guitar po... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Scott & Charlene's Wedding – Two Weeks EP
The nuptials between Erinsborough’s number one sweethearts isn’t the crispest of pop culture references, but it befits a project with its head in... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Specter At The Feast
BRMC built their name on sharp blues-rock stompers that were big on hooks and less keen on legible vocals. But as great as Whatever Happened To My Rock N&rsq... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
Ep
VASQUEZ – EP426
It’s hard to talk about Edinburgh trio VASQUEZ without first acknowledging their debt to the great lineage of progressive instrumental rock bands who t... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013 -
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Daughter – If You Leave
If You Leave is not an album for the impatient. With an average track length of around 8 minutes, and triumphant closer Shallows weighing in at 11, Daug... Read more »| 28 Feb 2013