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The Skinny's Scottish Albums of the 2010s
#20 Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance [2015, Matador] #19 The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to Be Here and N... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
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Albums of 2017 (#3): Lorde – Melodrama
Ever since Lorde’s debut album Pure Heroine dropped in 2013 – boasting her smoky, world-weary voice, minimalist electronics and a pop song to las... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
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Scottish Albums of the 2010s: Industry Picks
Rustie – Glass Swords[Warp, 2011]Rustie's debut album came out the year I started Uni so it definitely soundtracked a very particular time in my life, ... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
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Albums of 2018 (#10): Nils Frahm – All Melody
Over the past decade, Hamburg-born but Berlin-based Nils Frahm has quietly amassed such a following that it can no longer be considered a cult. His peerless ... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
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The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018
At the end of October we reached out to our music team, asking for their top ten albums of the year in order of preference; from 35 submissions we were ... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
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The Skinny's Albums of 2018 so far
10) Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People "Melbourne-based Confidence Man are a band who know exactly what they want; with a fucking e... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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The Skinny's Top 20 Albums of 2019 So Far
#20: Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride#19: Siobhan Wilson – The Departure#18: Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs#17: ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Albums of 2019 (#1): Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
Starting out in the nascent post-punk scene of the late 70s, Nick Cave quickly moved toward the fringes of whatever was en vogue. His willingness to experime... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
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Apparat – LP5
In the time since Berlin-based artist Sascha Ring released his last album as Apparat, 2013’s Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre), he's teamed up with... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Darkside – Spiral
Nicolás Jaar refers to Darkside as a "third being" which manifests in the room when the Chilean-American experimental producer hooks up with improvisa... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Jambinai – ONDA
Seoul, South Korea's Jambinai have made tidal waves in their decade of existence. Formerly a trio, now a quintet, the band caught the attention of Bella Unio... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Jon Hopkins – RITUAL
There was a point in the mid-2010s when London-based producer Jon Hopkins was arguably one of the most exciting electronic musicians in the world. Between hi... Read more »| Updated 4 months ago -
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Melt-Banana – 3+5
Melt-Banana is God’s tinnitus. Putting 3+5 on while driving will have your car travelling at speeds where hitting a guardrail would instantly weld it t... Read more »| Updated 4 months ago -
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Foals – Life Is Yours
Foals have been one of the UK’s buzziest bands of the last decade. 2013’s Holy Fire brimmed with anthems and their knack for producing more in th... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
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Alex Cameron – Miami Memory
There aren’t many musicians who make their name in the guise of character who don’t eventually find that it feels a little like hiding. Alex Came... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
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Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water
To say that it’s been a rough few years for Avril Lavigne might be an understatement. Since her last release, 2013’s self-titled effort, the pop ... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
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Deap Lips – Deap Lips
Collaborations of this variety usually add up to less than the sum of their parts but, even by that standard, The Flaming Lips can lay claim to one of the gr... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
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Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
Having produced records recently for Michael Head, By the Sea and Brooke Bentham, Bill Ryder-Jones is back in the hot seat for a set of his own songs for the... Read more »| Updated 11 months ago -
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Phosphorescent – C'est La Vie
C’est La Vie’s opener, Black Moon / Silver Waves might just have the most arresting intro of the year. As Matthew Houck furiously plucks at his g... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
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OCS – Memory of a Cut Off Head
Trying to keep up with the many, many, many, versions of the insanely prolific John Dwyer's projects is about as head-spinning as his music. For 20 year... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
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Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People
‘I must confess… / I’ve been sleeping with your ex ‘cause I heard he was the best,’ self-confessed wanker Janet Planet sings o... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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The Spook School – Could It Be Different?
Yet another success story in the long lineage of Scottish twee-pop/alt-rock bands, The Spook School approach their third album on the verge of super-stardom.... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Black Coffee
Blues singer Beth Hart, guitarist Joe Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley have teamed up with old friends and new for their third studio collaboration. ... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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These New Puritans – Inside the Rose
Days prior to releasing their long-awaited follow up to 2013’s Field of Reeds, the Barnett twins – Jack and George, aka These New Puritans &ndash... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
If, instead of flaming out, Ziggy Stardust simply chased a Xanax with a dry martini and took up residence as a lounge singer at a four-star resort in the nea... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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The National – I Am Easy to Find
Two years ago, as The National geared up to release their seventh full-length, there was a sense that it might represent a sea change. They’d been deb... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2
It was inevitable that there'd be a degree of cynicism over Foals’ claim that the quality of the tracks they’d written for their fifth record jus... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
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Nina Nesbitt – The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change
Back with her witty, dry humour and pop riffs, Nina Nesbitt is taking a second shot at stardom. Her latest album The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Chang... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
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Scottish Album of the Year Award: Entries open for 2018
The Scottish Album of the Year Award, Scotland’s most popular and prestigious music prize, returns for its seventh year in 2018 and is now looking for ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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The 1975 to headline Glasgow Summer Sessions 2019
The 1975 are set to headline next year's Glasgow Summer Sessions on Sunday 25 August 2019 at Bellahouston Park. The performance will mark the Manchester ban... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago