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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EpThe Colourful Band - The Colourful EP
The Colourful Band is primarily the work of Ian McKelvie, an Edinburgh resident inspired to song by six months travelling in Australia. If the gap-year biogr... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsBroken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
Since Broken Records first emerged in Edinburgh in 2007, Scottish music fans have awaited their debut album with huge anticipation. The Skinny has featured or positively reviewed them several times, but does their debut deliver? Ally Brown places Until the Earth Begins to Part under the microscope. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
Albums
Astrid Williamson - Here Come The Vikings
Astrid Williamson branches out into new textures and timbres. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
EpMeursault - Nothing Broke EP
Amongst the 'bigger' songs on Meursault's debut album, A Single Stretch of Land showed that songwriter and vocalist Neil Pennycook can do pared-back and rest... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen - June, 2009
Plenty of new music in the D-12 sack this month, but Nick Mitchell finds that there's just no keeping a few Britpop veterans down Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
SinglesThe Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
If you are looking for a new band that all the cool kids are going to love then these are the guys for you. Just don't expect anything groundbreaking. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009
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Albums
Matteah Baim - Laughing Boy
Previously half of Metallic Falcons with Sierra Casady (of weird dream-pop eccentrics CocoRosie), second album Laughing Boy reveals Matteah Baim to be more g... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
Singles
Sound of Guns - Architects
Listing Led Zep, the Verve and the Rolling Stonesamong their influences, Liverpool five-piece Sound of Guns are kitted out for rock. Coming in at the three m... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsThe Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations
At a certain point, hardcore kids got sick of just mashing trap kits and chugga-chugga riffs. It seems Brighton-hailing The Ghost of a Thousand were some of ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Bellini - The Precious Prize Of Gravity
Albini-produced discordance on Italian/American Collective's third offering Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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The Electones - If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void
The Electrones present a tasteful fusion of folk, jazz and electro Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Georgia's Horse - The Mammoth Sessions
Georgia's Horse is a vehicle for the rather gorgeous voice of Teresa Maldonado, a Texan chanteuse who sketches similar characters to PJ Harvey on To Bring Yo... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Jack Peñate - Everything is New
When Jack Peñate spasmodically sidestepped on to the scene like an epileptic crab in 2006, detractors quickly lumped him in with the jangly Mockneys d... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Lord Cut-Glass - Lord Cut-Glass
No one could accuse Alun Woodward of rushing things. Lord Cut-Glass is the alias under which the former Delgado has slowly been unveiling his solo material s... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Singles
Mastodon - Oblivion
Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »| 28 May 2009