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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AlbumsButcher the Bar – For Each a Future Tethered
For Each a Future Tethered does everything a second album should, evoking its predecessor’s blueprint whilst comfortably improving on it. On his follow... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsThee American Revolution – Buddha Electrostorm
Although active since 2004, this frazzled psych duo – comprised of Craig Morris, and The Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider – didn’t... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsPusha T – Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
Pusha T, the younger half of seminal Virginia hip-hop duo Clipse, has been making a conscious move towards the mainstream arena in his own right, as even a c... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsRaleigh Moncrief – Watered Lawn
Sacramento’s Raleigh Moncrief has been chiefly known, until now, for his production work – particularly on the Dirty Projectors’ 2009 opus ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Bill Wells – Lemondale
Following his collaboration with Maher Shalal Hash Baz on 2009’s GOK, Bill Wells returned to Japan to record Lemondale, corralling an impressive array ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Dead Boy Robotics – Dead Boy Robotics
Spitting with dark, expansive electro fervour right from the start, this self-titled debut album from Edinburgh trio Dead Boy Robotics is nothing if not ambi... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011
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Zomby – Nothing EP
Nothing is a rather perverse collector's item: a slightly underwhelming Zomby record. Although billed as a breakbeat-assisted companion piece to Dedication, ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsLil Daggers – Lil Daggers
Imagine finding an old wireless; winding it up, and turning it on to discover that it’s still tuned to an old forgotten AM station constantly broadcast... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Max Cooper - Amalgamations EP
These two extended tracks draw variously upon orchestral and electronic sounds as Max Cooper blends patterns and rhythms which exhibit his mathematical appro... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Korn – The Path of Totality
Jon Davis: “They (our fans) don’t really understand dubstep but then they relate to it because it’s heavy and dark but not techno. They&rsq... Read more »| 25 Nov 2011 -
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Dimlite – Grimm Reality
If you'll forgive the transgression of a time-honoured proverb, the cover of Grimm Reality offers a useful shorthand to the maelstrom of ideas orbiting Dimli... Read more »| 25 Nov 2011 -
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Red Horses of the Snow – Territories
A prevailing sense of nostalgia dominates Territories, the debut from artist/musician Chris Hawtin and producer Mark Burgess’ collaboration as Red Hors... Read more »| 24 Nov 2011 -
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Smackvan – Sound in Space
As Passkeepers in the early 1990s, and more recently as Smackvan, Michael Feeney, Owen McAulay and Gerry Elliot (along with various others, at different poin... Read more »| 24 Nov 2011 -
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The Fnords – Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Fnords
This Edinburgh three-piece sound, at times, almost uncannily like Thee Headcoatees: snarling dual-female vocals are laid over super-trebly guitar, skulking b... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
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The Birthday Suit – The Eleventh Hour
Anyone who has listened to a Scottish indie record in the past decade will be able to join the dots between The Birthday Suit and their notable heritage. For... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011