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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Albums
V/A - Goodgreef Future Trance
This is how compilations in any genre should sound. Compilers and mixers Adam Sheridan and Tylor Leigh have fashioned, out of the 26 tracks present here, a ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2008 -
Singles
Capitol K – Libertania/Go Go Go
Capitol K (Craig Robinson) returns with an upbeat, carefree release, featuring two tracks from his forthcoming fifth studio album Notes from Life on the Wire... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Albums
Mark Henning - Jupiter Jive
This one might take a couple listens to get into, even for those who do cream themselves for minimal. Jupiter Jive disappoints by failing to recognise its ow... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Albums
One Little Plane - Until
Soothingly ghostly vocals and mild instrumentation gives the whole album almost the feel of an immediately close field recording Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
Singles
Sonny J - Handsfree
The first thing that strikes you about this disc is just how compressed the sound is: beats and blasts are fired straight out of the speakers. It gives the r... Read more »| 22 Jun 2008 -
Albums
Noisia - Fabriclive 40
For those who like their drum and bass a bit darker, this will definitely not disappoint Read more »| 22 Jun 2008
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Albums
John Tejada - Where
Established and respected minimal tech guy John Tejada weighs in with the 50th release on his own label, a solid yet sometimes predictable home of minimal te... Read more »| 22 Jun 2008 -
Albums
Free Kitten - Inherit
The Yoof similarities will no doubt be welcomed Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Singles
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Classic Weezer may well be back Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
Albums
Weezer – Weezer
On the strength of Weezer’s third self-titled album, it could be perceived as though Rivers Cuomo set out just to mess with us when he embarked on a ca... Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Singles
The Kills - Last Day of Magic
Could prove something of a Venus Fly Trap for those who haven’t quite subscribed Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
Albums
Wounded Knee - Mystic Mixtape
This psychedelic and schizophrenic outburst jumps from peak to trough unheeded and is quite unlike anything these ears have heard in, well, ever Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Singles
Black Affair - It's Real
Lacks a punch, but provides a caress Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Singles
White Williams - Violator
White Williams' remixable second single Violator is a fine example of his debut album Smoke's goofy charm Read more »| 18 Jun 2008 -
Albums
N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds
The world hasn't exactly been waiting with anguished impatience on their return Read more »| 17 Jun 2008