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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Various – 45 A-Side Records Presents The Glad Cafe
While Glasgow’s hardly starved for venues, those living south of the Clyde are generally underserved. Opening in early 2011, the Glad Cafe aims to rect... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
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Young Hunting – Attachment in a Child and the Subsequent Condition
If, as some suggest, the very idea of the album is currently facing an existential threat, nobody told Edinburgh’s Young Hunting. Attachment in a Child... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
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The Flowers of Hell – O
The Flowers of Hell aren’t a band in the typical sense, their assemblage more akin to that of an orchestra. Greg Jarvis assembles a revolving line-up o... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
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Be A Familiar – To The Lighthouse
Employing a seven member line-up, with keys and brass included, Glasgow seven-piece Be a Familiar’s aesthetics hint at the multifarious instrumentation... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
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Former Ghosts – New Love
Have you ever seen a caffeinated spider spin a web? Imagine the same effect when giving Emeralds crack – a rumbling beat you'd associate with Tearist (... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
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Elliott Smith – An Introduction to...
Following on from A Basement On The Hill and New Moon, this is Smith’s third outing from beyond the grave, and terming this lucky-dip cluster of songs ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010
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Charles Douglas – The Lives of Charles Douglas
When Charles Douglas first sang the lyric “Made a record without even trying/ No one could find it so they thought we were lying,” it’s unl... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Modern Superstitions – All The Things We’ve Been Told
Toronto’s Modern Superstitions aren’t afraid to walk under the jaunty ladder of indie pop. Debut album (EP really...) All The Things We’ve ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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The Bug – Infected EP
Twenty years on, and Ninja Tune’s fire still burns bright. Hot on the heels of its retrospective mix comes this four-tracker that neatly sums up the la... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Errors – Celebrity Come Down With Me
The title of this record may conjure up the possibility of an intriguing new x-rated game show, but the reality is actually a lot more fun; all your favourit... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Haight-Ashbury – Here in the Golden Rays
With accents that sound distinctly more Pacific than Scottish West Coast, and a misnomer borrowed from San Francisco’s historic, hippy-harbouring subur... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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The Concretes – Wywh
Swedish octet pop collective The Concretes have put the departure of former front woman Victoria Bergsman behind them to come up with a curiously restrained ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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The Vatican Cellars – The Same Crooked Worm
The Vatican Cellars’ central duo met and bonded following mutual bereavements, but there’s a frustrating lack of catharsis and depth in the songs... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Brian Eno – Small Craft On A Milk Sea
Warp’s signing of Brian Eno was a symbolic coup for the label, the spiritual homecoming of a common ancestor to their entire roster’s two-decade ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Kelly Stoltz – To Dreamers
Sitting somewhere between the Velvet Underground and T Rex, San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz' musical horizons remain fixed firmly in the pa... Read more »| 27 Oct 2010