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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AlbumsTartufi – These Factory Days
San Francisco trio Tartufi's penchant for lush sonic textures and gentle guitar picking shines through in every track of their sixth full-length. As such, it... Read more »| 12 Mar 2013 -
AlbumsHeterotic – Love & Devotion (ft. Gravenhurst)
A collaboration between Mu boss Mike Paradinas and his wife Lara Rix-Martin, Heterotic's instrumental tracks on their debut mini-album range from sublime, ba... Read more »| 12 Mar 2013 -
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Rungs – I Don't Wanna Hug! I Just Wanna Cum!
This new band formed by the remaining members of Take a Worm For a Walk Week (and fronted by Project: Venhell vocalist Hines) will be instantly familiar to o... Read more »| 11 Mar 2013 -
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DJ Day – Land of 1000 Chances
Hailing from sunny Palm Springs, California, DJ Day's first full-length studio album sees him exploring funk, jazz and lounge music through the medium of the... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
AlbumsEnsemble Pearl – Ensemble Pearl
Instead of mirroring the primitive drone of early Earth, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley takes a more majestic approach to experimental music with this collabor... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
AlbumsLapalux – Nostalchic
Nostalchic is the definitive stage in the development of Lapalux from experimental beatsmith to full-fledged musical visionary. Borrowing from chillwave, eth... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013
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Edwyn Collins – Understated
In a near forty-year career, Edwyn Collins has steadfastly tread his own path, seemingly oblivious to the wax and wane of popular culture. When fame has... Read more »| 06 Mar 2013 -
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Marnie Stern – Chronicles of Marnia
With Marnie Stern’s signature sound long honed to a tee, Chronicles of Marnia sees the voyage of this born shredder take a turn for the less ... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
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Dizraeli & The Small Gods – Moving In The Dark
Coming from a spoken word background which saw him winning the Radio 4 Slam and bringing his acclaimed 'hip-hop play' The Rebel Cell (written with Baba Brink... Read more »| 05 Mar 2013 -
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Phosphorescent – 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 -
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Harper 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 -
Singles
Deftones 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 -
Singles
Urban 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