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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AlbumsTo Rococo Rot - Speculation
For their eighth album, To Rococo Rot maintain their established aesthetic - impersonal atmosphere, sparingly stocked with isolating electronics and ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsSennen - Age Of Denial
Norwich’s Sennen brush aside the Alan Partidge jokes in favour of grungey shoe-gaze post-rock. From the title track’s fuzzy opening seconds to th... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsRob Swift - The Architect
It often seems that the further hip-hop progresses, the more it sounds like industrial music from 20-odd years ago, albeit with an impeccable groove. Ex-X-Ec... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsTrips and Falls - He Was Such A Quiet Boy
Trips and Falls are full of surprises. Prelude to a Shark Attack, for example, sounds nothing like the Jaws theme; instead, it’s a moving Ballboy-esque... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsDum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Ah, the joyous days of a carefree youth; it’s a common theme found in lo-fi American pop. Dum Dum Girls take more than a leaf from this book; in fact, ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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Kris Drever - Mark The Hard Earth
Mark The Hard Earth is the second solo effort from Kris Drever - Orcadian folk guitarist and one third of award-winning Scottish trio, LAU. With appearances ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010
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Chris Bradley - At The Outpost
Singer-songwriter Chris Bradley joined Edinburgh quirk-poppers Aberfeldy shortly after their second album Do Whatever Turns You On. From the sound o... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
Singles
The New Loud - Can't Stop Not Knowing
Few bands pour as much into a single song as Milwaukee electro-rockers The New Loud. Their debut EP is splattered with wild guitar solos, octave-leaping synt... Read more »| 02 Mar 2010 -
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The Dirty Dozen: Frightened Rabbit Takeover - March, 2010
Wisely avoiding the televisual horror of The Brit Awards, Darren Carle chaps on the door of Frightened Rabbit brothers Scott and Grant Hutchison to bunker down with a few beers and diligently take on the March singles. Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Frightened Rabbit - Dirty Dozen
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Serena Maneesh - No.2 Abyss in B Minor
For those of you not already familiar with this Norwegian outfit, try and imagine, if you will, a band capable of a support slot on tours with Oasis,... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
Singles
Daedelus - Righteous Fists Of Harmony
Daedelus never ceases to surprise. His albums draw influences and samples from areas untouched by other electronic musicians and a new direction is a... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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cliffordandcalix - Lost Foundling
Lost Foundling is not so much ten songs as ten glances into the late-night music-making sessions of Mark Clifford and Mira Calix between 1999-2004. F... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Priestess - Prior To The Fire
Prior To The Fire, the second album from Montreal's Priestess, has been sitting on the bench since the end of 2008 following former label RCA's decis... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - The Logic Of Chance
With their 2008 debut, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, or Daniel Stephens and David Peter Meads to their mothers, seemed to hit it in their stride. Sin... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010