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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AlbumsFrankie Rose – Cage Tropical
Indie rock nomad Frankie Rose's latest album is a sparkling pop odyssey Read more »| 09 Aug 2017 -
AlbumsDead Cross – Dead Cross
Hardcore supergroup Dead Cross' debut album is a rollercoaster, with all the positives and negatives that entails Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
AlbumsHypochristmutreefuzz – Hypopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
On their debut full-length, this Belgian noise-rock band find plenty of ways to make a racket, not all of them successful. Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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The Districts – Popular Manipulations
Occasional flashes of devastating honesty lift the second album from The Districts Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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Photay – Onism
Evan Shornstein's latest record as Photay is a subtly maximal blend of styles and instrumentation Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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Guided By Voices – How Do You Spell Heaven
Robert Pollard's latest release is a peppy selection of tracks that lacks the spark to push it to great heights Read more »| 08 Aug 2017
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Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time OST
Daniel Lopatin draws from across his compositional palette in this soundtrack for the Robert Pattison-starring Good Time Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
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FRAUEN – Unreal City
A brief internet search could leave you thinking that FRAUEN are new to the scene, but Adam Lamont, Kenni Campbell and Joe Campbell have done time&... Read more »| 07 Aug 2017 -
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Konx-Om-Pax – Refresher
Coming off last year’s Scottish Album of the Year-nominated album Caramel, Glasgow producer and animator Konx-Om-Pax is content to simply ride the wave... Read more »| 07 Aug 2017 -
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Downtown Boys – Cost of Living
Some music has a mission to shake you awake. With the righteous thrash and playful bilingual polemic of 2015’s Full Communism, Providence’s Downt... Read more »| 04 Aug 2017 -
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Warm Digits – Wireless World
Newcastle duo Warm Digits take listeners on a psychedelic ride with Wireless World, their first album for Memphis Industries. Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
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Camille – OUÏ
Even if your French is a bit rusty, the new album from Camille Dalmais features a lot to say yes to Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
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ZGTO – A Piece of the Geto
This collaboration between Shigeto and ZelooperZ is attention-grabbing at times, but suffers from a tentative streak. Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
AlbumsBadBadNotGood – Late Night Tales
BadBadNotGood make their contribution to the artist-curated compilation series, with a substantial soul sampler that’s dynamic, international, and well-curated Read more »| 24 Jul 2017 -
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Cage the Elephant – Unpeeled
Recorded on Cage the Elephant’s “stripped down” Live and Unpeeled tour, with the new sound leading to mixed results. Read more »| 24 Jul 2017