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
Various Artists - Godskitchen Underground
From the opening shimmering synths of Robert M’s Only You, this compilation of trance-inflected dirty electro will immediately transport any house fan ... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Singles
Plantlife - Love Toy
Given his penchant for naughty electrofunk pop it is perhaps unsurprisingly main man Jack Splash has recently been on production duties for other naughty electrofunk pop-types Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
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V/A - Sub Club 20 Years Underground
As the club moves into a new era, this double CD looks back at the last twenty years Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Singles
Beat Six - When the Chemicals Ignite
Passion reigned in by style Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Singles
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life
Whether or not this is salvageable is up for debate Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
Albums
Atomic Hooligan - Sex Drugs And Blah Blah Blah
It’s a relentless rollercoaster of stonking basslines, irresistible beats and distorted loud noises, from album opener and future anthem Dirty, to the hands-in-the-air rush of final track Too Late To Be Afraid Read more »| 10 May 2008
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Albums
Near the Parenthesis - Of Soft Construction
The perfect post-modern dinner party soundtrack Read more »| 10 May 2008 -
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Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Moving With The Shakers
Joey Negro serves up a more organic, boogie-driven, disco-funk concoction here Read more »| 05 May 2008 -
Albums
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
a seriously mad but fantastic creation made out of ONLY synthesizers with no sampling or microphones in sight Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen - May, 2008
From Philadelphia to Norway (via Dundee, of course) Nick Mitchell treks the sonic globe in search of this month's best song. Read more »| 26 Apr 2008 -
Albums
¡Forward Russia! - Life Processes
This album will surprise you. Whether it’s the monstrous Muse-like riff which breaks up the near incessant disco rhythm drums on Gravity & Heat, or... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Albums
Y'All Is Fantasy Island - Rescue Weekend
Falkirk resident Adam Stafford seems to be reaching the end of his tether, as he complains, "New fans can't be swayed, promoters will not speak to me unless ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Albums
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
There’s a line in the song Listen To The Math, from Tokyo Police Club’s exceptional debut album Elephant Shell, that goes some way to summing up ... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Albums
Thrice - The Alchemy Index Volumes III & IV: Earth and Air
As the title suggests, this record embodies the second half of a four EP opus undertaken by Thrice. The two halves on display are substantially different fro... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
Albums
Things In Herds - Nothing Is Lost
Far-flung Fence alumni, Things In Herds (aka Pete Lush and, er, Miss Ping) find the electro variant of their folk-pop largely jettisoned on this, their fourt... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008