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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AlbumsTrailer Trash Tracys – Ester
The debut LP from this London-based quartet is a well-realised take on ethereal, melancholic indie, which shoehorns diverse elements – 80’s-inspi... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsFirst Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
If 2010's The Big Black & The Blue marked their initial emergence from the backwoods of Stockholm from the resonant echoes of their now notorious Fleet F... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsHowler – America Give Up
Minnesotan quintet Howler need to cut loose from their influences, or seek out new ones. The debts to The Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy and The Strokes'... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsThe Big Pink – Future This
Two years on from their acclaimed debut A Brief History of Love, this London-based electro-shoegaze duo here augment the narcotic atmospheres of that record ... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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Dear Reader – Idealistic Animals
Idealistic Animals, the second record from South Africa’s Dear Reader, sees now-sole member Cheri MacNeil relocated to Berlin from Johannesburg. The al... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012 -
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LAL – LAL
For thirteen years, LAL have sat proudly outside the mainstream, embodying a multicultural, multi-genre approach that combines political activism with elemen... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012
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Vakunøht – Gagarin's Start
Former members of Senator and Bangtwister weave psychedelic tales of space travel, mysterious transcripts and alien parasites on this debut as, essentially a... Read more »| 20 Dec 2011 -
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Kobra Audio Labs – Two Blue Towers
K.A.L.'s new release is a musical homage to his hometown of Wishaw. Part audio-collage, part art object, it is released via Bandcamp as a limited-edition cas... Read more »| 13 Dec 2011 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – December 2011
We invite Santa and his helpers (A.K.A. Joe, Ian and Johnny from Take A Worm For A Walk Week) to rate and slate December’s singles. Will the yuletide season instil peace and goodwill to all men? With unprintable chat revolving around home-made flesh lights, don’t count on it… Read more »| 06 Dec 2011 -
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Kid Chocolat – Kaleidoscope
As its title suggests, Swiss musician Kid Chocolat doesn’t settle on any single arrangement of sounds and influences on Kaleidoscope, preferring to try... Read more »| 05 Dec 2011 -
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The Third Man – Follow As Satellites EP
As some big names compete to find the most inventive way to compress the sound of steam, The Third Man gives an indication that rumours relating to the death... Read more »| 05 Dec 2011 -
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Mark de Clive-Lowe – Renegades
Vaguely pitched as a 40 minute sketch of contemporary globetrotting club music, Mark de Clive-Lowe's ninth studio album is an assuredly well-travelled affair... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
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White Denim – Last Day Of Summer
As numerous box sets and compilations of outtakes testify, collections recorded in unusual contexts – external to official sessions – can often r... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
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Dan Mangan – Oh Fortune
With Oh Fortune – the follow up to 2009’s Nice, Nice, Very Nice which largely brought the Canadian singer songwriter to the attention o... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
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The Cure – Bestival Live 2011
There are several excellent live documents of The Cure, from the classic 1988 film The Cure In Orange to the more recent reissue of Entreat (which solely rel... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011