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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AlbumsRed Light Company – Fine Fascination
Red Light Company make no bones about the fact that they’re here “to make a huge record”. And with their debut they have fulfilled this aim... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsRodent Emporium - Music Without Fear Of Reprimand
Debut album from comedy punks Rodent Emporium. Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Bronto Skylift - Eagle/Falcon
What with the fashionable rise of happy-clappy dross à la the Knack-pilfering Ting Tings in recent times, it’s not often a two-piece like Bronto... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Rush - Retrospective III
It's Rush, for goodness' sake Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Singles28 Costumes - This Band Has Eaten All Our Money
Dicing rhythms around from start to finish, 28 Costumes are a post-Arctic Monkeys indie band (can we say that yet?) who aren’t going to offer you an in... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Wavves - So Bored
Music fans of a certain age might remember this guy from the nineties called Beck. He made fuzzy, lo-fi, lazy-sounding stoner anthems that hid a wealth of id... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009
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AlbumsMongrel - Better Than Heavy
There's a damning amount of empty political posturing on this album. As insightful as Hard-Fi about our country's social and political failings, this is a pe... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Albums
The Long Lost - The Long Lost
The romantic ideals that hippies espouse are often more appealing than hippies themselves; free love and flower power all sound fine in principle, but they'r... Read more »| 25 Feb 2009 -
Albums
The Smoking Rolo Sideshow - Mucho Mojo Baby
With a fluctuating array of contributors and an eclectic melting-pot approach to songwriting, The Smoking Rolo Sideshow appear to be vying for the in-demand ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Albums
De Rosa - Prevention
The Lanarkshire lads are comfortable where they are, no longer subservient to ‘obvious single’ pretensions. Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Ep
Lindsay Sugden & The Storm - Lindsay Sugden & The Storm EP
At times rattly and percussive, at others, delicate and intricate - and that only accounts for Lindsay Sugden’s guitar playing which blends distinctly ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
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The Second Hand Marching Band - A Dance To Half Death EP
Considering their vast ranks include members of Danananaykroyd, How To Swim, Eagleowl, Q Without U, The Just Joans and a dozen or so others, The Second Hand ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Albums
The Anti Karoshi - Crushed Neocons
Though clearly not fans of overwork (that's your homework - look up the name) The Anti Karoshi provide an excellent example of a minimal line-up making a den... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Albums
These Are Powers - All Aboard Future
All Aboard Future, the latest from These Are Powers, is a good electro-noise-pop record, but is ultimately a tale of two halves. The nine-track LP recalls, a... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Albums
Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau have joined forces to become electropop duo Empire of the Sun. Walking On A Dream, their debut,... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009