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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AlbumsTim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
The first of a series of proposed collaborations scheduled for release on the Software label finds these two kindred spirits embracing ‘jazz-based imp... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – November 2012
Ahead of this month's Scottish tour with Bill Wells, noted no-nonsense 2am Twitter pop critic Aidan Moffat pops by to give the November singles the long-form review treatment. Yes: we take requests... Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
AlbumsUmberto – Night Has a Thousand Screams
Having honed his craft playing bass and synths in US prog/psych outfit Expo ‘70, Matt Hill focuses in his solo work as Umberto on horror and thriller... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Jon DeRosa – A Wolf in Preacher's Clothes
When Jon DeRosa croons “don’t say goodnight” in the song of the same name – his rich voice tempting an unnamed companion for one last... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
AlbumsPop Levi – Medicine
Pop Levi claims these songs were ‘recorded by a different version of me in another dimension, then transmitted to this version of me during prolonged... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
AlbumsOffshore – Bake Haus
Aberdeen-born Ewan Robertson, aka Offshore, first came to prominence with a release on Stuff Records / Numbers, confirming him as one of the cream of the cro... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012
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Stumbleine – Spiderwebbed
Transcending the alternately melancholy and blissful post-dubstep of his self-released EPs, Stumbleine explores a breathtakingly broad range of sounds on Spi... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Pseudo Nippon – Colorama
The main difference between London-based Pseudo Nippon's second full-length and debut Universal Pork Tai Chi lies in the project's membership, whic... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Pangaea – Release
Hessle Audio's impressive back catalogue of high-sheen, experimental future bass goes back to 2007, with releases from leading lights such as Ramadanman and ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
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Cheval Sombre – Mad Love
Cheval Sombre has friends in high places. The second album from upstate New Yorker Christoper Propora features both members of MGMT and was co-produced by Sp... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
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Ogre – 194
Ogre, also known as Monster! Monster! has established a reputation as an unmissable live performer, sharing the bill with bass music legends such as Caspa, P... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
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Prince Rama – Top 10 Hits of the End of the World
At first glance it would be rather easy to lump Prince Rama (aka sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson) in with the plethora of pseudo-mystical culture vultures ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
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Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament – The Violence
For the concluding instalment of his ‘Essex trilogy’, Darren Hayman rewinds the clock a few hundred years. The first two parts surveyed the songw... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
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Monokle – Saints
St. Petersburg-based producer Monokle's fifth album, his first for Ki, a boutique label set up in 2009, is a glorious trek through glitch, IDM and experiment... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
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My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
Best known for pioneering modern British doom alongside bands like Anathema and Katatonia in the 90s, My Dying Bride have softened their approach in recent r... Read more »| 26 Oct 2012