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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AlbumsThe Luyas – Too Beautiful to Work
Too Beautiful to Work’s dizzying title track sets out an impressive stall. “No one could follow” incants Jessie Stein over repetitive organ... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
AlbumsReligious To Damn – Glass Prayer
That Zohra Atash, vocalist and the brains to Religious to Damn’s spiritualistic brawn, once spent time filling in for Jarboe will come as no surprise t... Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
AlbumsMogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
It's hard to believe five Hamiltonians could last in the premier league of anything for this long but, as Mogwai prepare to release their seventh studio albu... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
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Various Artists – Woolly Jumpers
This collection from scattershot French label Wool Recordings is nothing if not testing. Its 18 tracks kick off with the sickly Drug Song by Dave Bixby, an o... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Tao of the Dead
It's to their credit that, some seventeen years into their career, Trail of Dead still court the image of a relatively cutting-edge act. These days the produ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
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Bear Claw – Refuse This Gift
Two bass guitars, one drum kit and an abundance of bloody good ideas: that about sums up the ingredients behind this Steve Albini-recorded Chicago trio. Grit... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011
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Jad Fair – His Name Itself is Music
Jad Fair’s latest is a rambling collection of bewilderingly odd performance poetry, accompanied by intermittent samples and percussion. One set of Dada... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
AlbumsHolton’s Opulent Oog – Love in the Mist
The bafflingly-monikered Holton’s Opulent Oog’s penchant for folky psychedelia is allowed loose on record once again, and a thoroughly enjoyable ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
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Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I
Whilst Earth’s latest may sound like no great departure for those casually familiar with their sound, particularly in the last five years, those who ha... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
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La Sera – La Sera
Some bands instigate scenes by inspiring others to emulate them; others simply go forth and multiply. The Vivian Girls seem to be inadvertently following the... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Singles
Toddska – Cowboy/Gal From England
The fourth release on Toddla T's Girls Music imprint sees him teaming up with DJ Mag's newly crowned Best of British winner for Best Producer, Roska. Straigh... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
Albums
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
2007’s White Chalk saw PJ Harvey reimagining the Dorset of her childhood against a backdrop of stark, spectral folk. That foundation remains on Let Eng... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Ep
Ill Blu – Meltdown EP
Ill Blu have come a long way since their take on Shystie’s Pull Up became a UK funky anthem back in 2009. The real talent however was to be found on th... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
Albums
Beans – End It All
Anti-Pop Consortium’s Beans, now happily ensconced on the Anticon roster, bring us his fifth album proper. A departure from the largely self-produced T... Read more »| 25 Jan 2011 -
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Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo
A career of over fifteen years recording music has provided irrefutable evidence of one thing – Gruff Rhys knows his way around a tune, and Hotel Shamp... Read more »| 25 Jan 2011