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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AlbumsNegative Pegasus – Looming
If one has ever been introduced to Negative Pegasus by way of a festival flyer or an egotist blog, allow the following to function as an official disclaime... Read more »| 24 Sep 2012 -
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Hidden Orchestra – Archipelago
Hidden Orchestra's sophomore album sees the Edinburgh outfit once more trading in lushly-orchestrated, cinematic compositions with strings, flute, horn and b... Read more »| 21 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsHomeboy Sandman – First of a Living Breed
Homeboy Sandman's liquid flow and intelligent lyrics make him a perfect fit for Stones Throw, and tracks like the soul-inflected Whatchu Want From Me? and th... Read more »| 21 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsRangda – Formerly Extinct
The second LP from this absurdly talented US psych-rock supergroup – comprising two of the most thrilling guitarists around, in Sir Richard Bishop an... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
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Two Fingers – Stunt Rhythms
Over a sixteen-year career, Brazil’s Amon Tobin has demonstrated an unerring creative instinct which, combined with his painstaking attention to det... Read more »| 20 Sep 2012 -
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Satellite Dub – Velikovsky Said EP
With a title that references a Russian psychiatrist and writer about comparative mythology, whose theories posited that the Earth had experienced several cat... Read more »| 17 Sep 2012
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kNIFE & fORK – The Higher You Get the Rarer the Vegetation
From Magic Band member to stints backing the likes of PJ Harvey, Eric Drew Feldman’s CV exudes pedigree. For kNIFE & Fork – a collaboration w... Read more »| 12 Sep 2012 -
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Lund Quartet – Lund Quartet
Over the years, Bristol has produced plenty of acts that forge links between jazz, hip-hop, dub, and drum 'n’ bass, but the most successful artists &nd... Read more »| 06 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsEfterklang – Piramida
Efterklang’s intrepid ambition is perhaps their defining characteristic, as evidenced by fourth album Piramida’s titular birthplace: an aban... Read more »| 06 Sep 2012 -
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Mala – Mala in Cuba
Mala in Cuba finds the dubstep demi-god attempting to redefine his praxis through collaboration with a host of top-level Cuban musicians. Easing the lis... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Sic Alps – Sic Alps
For their first LP on Drag City, San Francisco’s Sic Alps manage to shoehorn woozy violins, frazzled, treble-heavy guitars, and bursts of atonal feedba... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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TOY – TOY
Poor TOY. For all their reviews so far, not one of them ends without a reference to the bands they so clearly spent their youth listening to. My Bloody V... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsKeser – Audeamus
Audeamus is Keser's third album, and this time round they have produced the work themselves. The result is a slightly more stripped-back sound than on 2009's... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Carlos Cipa – The Monarch and the Viceroy
Fans of Yann Tiersen’s sparse, melancholy piano compositions should find Carlos Cipa’s debut engrossing: a collection of solo pieces by the 22 ye... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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The xx – Coexist
The xx’s debut album was a thrilling affair: dark, playful and sparse. Since we last heard from them, they’ve shed a member and, it would seem, s... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012