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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AlbumsMy Bloody Valentine – m b v
The turn of the century was a time of great productivity for Kevin Shields. He toured and recorded with Primal Sceam, his arrival inspiring the band to produ... Read more »| 26 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsSuuns – Images du Futur
If at first you don't succeed, try again? That seems to be the motto of Montreal's Suuns. 2011's excellent Zeroes QC was criminally overlooked by t... Read more »| 26 Feb 2013 -
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Function – Incubation
The debut full-length album from New York's David Sumner under his Function alias has been a long time coming – his production and remix credits using ... Read more »| 26 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsHow to Destroy Angels – Welcome oblivion
Having delivered two competent-but-unremarkable EPs thus far, How to Destroy Angels were surely looking to make a strong statement with their debut long-play... Read more »| 25 Feb 2013 -
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Mogwai – Les Revenants
Mogwai's soundtrack for French zombie TV show Les Revenants is an exercise in wilful self-control and restraint, with their customary feedback-driven walls o... Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsMano Le Tough – Changing Days
Born near Dublin, Niall Mannion aka Mano Le Tough moved to Berlin some time before 2009, and quietly began to revolutionise the template of house music with ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2013
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Various Artists – Dødpop Vol. 3
Skwee is an awkward beast of a genre. Glasgow-based artist Ben Butler & Mousepad described it for us in a recent interview: “Synthetic funk; influe... Read more »| 18 Feb 2013 -
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Miguel Baptista Benedict – Super(b)-Child-Ran
Less an album and more of a compilation, this collection of cut-ups and collages from experimental producer Miguel Baptista Benedict was selected by Brainfee... Read more »| 18 Feb 2013 -
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Autechre – Exai
Eleven albums deep into a career that reached new heights of expressiveness with 2010's emotionally-charged Oversteps LP (reviewed here), Exai ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
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Kavinsky – Outrun
Kavinsky's Nightcall was the seminal moment in Drive – soundtracking the opening credits, it became the film's signature track, and went on t... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
AlbumsCaitlin Rose – The Stand-In
Tiptoeing the divide between showiness and subtlety, Caitlin Rose has a voice all-but guaranteed to melt hearts. Velvet-soft and effortlessly emotive, the ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
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Alice Russell – To Dust
Five LPs in, Alice Russell’s take on classic soul continues its gradual evolution; her longstanding production and songwriting partner TM Juke is aga... Read more »| 06 Feb 2013 -
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Atoms For Peace – AMOK
Does age mellow everyone? The Thom Yorke we encounter on Amok is not the alienated, fractured personality from The Eraser. Although similar in some respects,... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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Golden Grrrls – Golden Grrrls
With a dramatis personae split across Glasgow and London, Golden Grrrls (Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari Maclean and Rachel Aggs) reference DIY punk from Australia and... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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Al Lewis – Battles
There’s little to discover on Welsh songwriter Al Lewis’s second English-language album, but that’s not to say there’s nothing to en... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013