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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AlbumsThee Silver Mt. Zion - Kollaps Tradixionales
More than a decade after we first saw founding member Efrim Menuck stepping out of the shadow of Godpeed You! Black Emperor, Kollaps Tradixionales sh... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsMassive Attack - Heligoland
Massive Attack’s long-awaited fifth album – their first in seven years – feels more a spiritual successor to the all-star melting pot of UN... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
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Musée Mécanique - Hold This Ghost
Taking their name from a curious Californian music-box museum (and conceived in a marginally more prosaic setting, an antique arcade museum), Musée M&... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
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Koss - Ancient Rain
The problem with ambient is that it’s hard to find the time to listen to it. Music is now available on any platform, is truly portable and is almost al... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
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Tom Stephan - Nervous Nitelife
Those with a keen interest in tribal and progressive house will perhaps recognise Tom Stephan's pseudonym, Superchumbo, under which he was a stalwart... Read more »| 27 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsErrors - Come Down With Me
Errors' ‘post-electro’ pigeonhole is becoming a little ill-fitting, although the immediacy of Come Down With Me’s starting salvo might init... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010
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Yeasayer - Odd Blood
When Yeasayer hit their groove they're virtually untouchable as a creative force. It's when they get bogged down in that trippy, sludgy quick sand that we sw... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
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These New Puritans - Hidden
Heralded as a masterpiece upon its release in 2005, Liars' Drum's Not Dead often finds itself in a laundry list of esoteric influences for any number of youn... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsBuilt to Spill - There Is No Enemy
Built to Spill are an endangered species. Even though 1997’s Perfect from Now On and their powerful influence on America's "Northwest sound" (c... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsBass Clef - May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way
As the title suggests, the three year wait for dubstep prodigy Ralph Cumbers – AKA Bass Clef – to serve up his second album has been partly due t... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
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Japanese Voyeurs - That Love Sound/Blush
Who remembers the 90s? Japanese Voyeurs certainly do, or if they’re not old enough, they’ve been busily swotting up on their big brother’s ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
Singles
Gil Scott-Heron - Me and the Devil
If hip-hop is dead, then Gil Scott-Heron made a pact at the crossroads. With Me and the Devil he succeeds in resurrecting the genre’s gaudy corpse and ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge sees Oakland legends Souls of Mischief reunited for an album that won't fail to delight fans of quality hip-hop. Starting out on a defian... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Danny and the Champions of the World - Streets of Our Time
Either we’ve been caught on a soppy day, or Danny and The Champions of the World make genuinely affecting country-folk. Australian-born, south London l... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Chew Lips - Unicorn
East London boy-girl-boy trio Chew Lips do a good line in dance-pop, and since forming in early 2008 they've been busy fiddling with the electro template. Th... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010