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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AlbumsMatmos - 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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
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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 -
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The Ossians - The MacPherson Tapes
The story behind The MacPherson Tapes is a damn site more interesting than the music itself. This may sound callous, but when you consider The Ossians are in... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Side-projects: for the artist who just can't fit his talent/ego within one band. So we have Jack White letting his inner Led Zep fanboy roam free in The Raco... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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The Futureheads - This Is Not The World
It may seem exaggerated to call this a comeback, given that The Futureheads only crashed on to the scene with their self-titled debut some four years ago, bu... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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The Fighting Cocks - Music for Lapdancers
Remember the end of Blazing Saddles? When the big cowboy punch-up finale spills over into the studio next door where a load of tap-dancing top hatters join i... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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The Charlatans - You Cross My Path
The Charlatans, along with the Manics and Oases of this world, are a band content to plough the same musical furrow ad infinitum. And while perseverance shou... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
AlbumsSubtle - ExitingARM
The best thing about Subtle's 2005 thriller For Hero:For Fool was that it was anything but their name: it was explosive and agile, and despite the density of... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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Stapleton - Rest and Be Thankful
“All good things must come to an end,” laments Stapleton’s Al Paxton on Absent Friends, apparently prepared to ride the cliché. Havi... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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Shooting At Unarmed Men - Triptych
That the harrowing opening few seconds of Triptych threaten to carbon copy Mclusky is unlikely to be accidental; singer Jon Chapple was behind the Welsh nois... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008