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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AlbumsTune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life
Tune-Yards tackle important current issues on their most upbeat record yet, I can feel you creep into my private life Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
AlbumsThe Xcerts – Hold on to Your Heart
Hold On To Your Heart doesn't disappoint with its rose-tinted mix of heartbreaker rock and new-wave emo Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
AlbumsThe Go! Team – Semicircle
Ian Parton brings his chaotic musical mind to life once again with a frenetic fifth LP Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
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Porches – The House
The House is an album of rare balance and beauty, managing to evoke hefty emotions and ideas, while still feeling slight and ephemeral Read more »| 16 Jan 2018 -
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures
There are a lot of fine songs on display here, but they sadly don't amount to a whole hill of beans more than their influences Read more »| 09 Jan 2018 -
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Typhoon – Offerings
Portland’s eleven-headed indie rock crew Typhoon return with their fourth album, Offerings; a difficult, cerebral journey through the fracturing of a single soul Read more »| 09 Jan 2018
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Various Artists – The Underground Sound of Glasgow
Jasper James, JD Twitch, Hammer and Auntie Flo feature on a new compilation celebrating twenty years of the Glasgow Underground label Read more »| 20 Dec 2017 -
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Fela Kuti – Box Set #4 (Curated by Erykah Badu)
Erykah Badu's Fela Kuti Box Set – the fourth re-release from Knitting Factory – is a fine Afrobeat introduction, but check out the other “course selections” before you invest Read more »| 20 Dec 2017 -
AlbumsGarden of Elks – Low Hearts
Low Hearts is a solid if unremarkable foray into 90s American fuzzed-out slacker rock, yet there is enough to go on here to suggest the best is yet to come Read more »| 12 Dec 2017 -
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Nitin Sawhney – Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Injections of light humour and (very) occasional changes of pace make Live at Ronnie Scott’s an enjoyable retrospective of Sawhney's almost 30-year career Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
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Crepes – Channel Four
Crepes' Channel Four can be quite pleasant, but it's unlikely to stay with you Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
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Belle & Sebastian – How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)
Belle & Sebastian return to the EP format for the first of three new records Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
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Helicon – Helicon
Helicon's long-awaited self-titled debut LP very much meets expectations Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
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Visible Cloaks – Lex
Visible Cloaks take a conceptual glimpse at a global musical language on their new mini album Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
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The Just Joans – You Might Be Smiling Now...
The new album from The Just Joans is lyrically smart, funny, and terrifyingly relatable Read more »| 29 Nov 2017