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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AlbumsTango In the Attic – Bank Place Locomotive Society
When fresh-faced newcomers identify Paul Simon as a chief songwriting inspiration, cynics might well read between the lines and translate the citation to &ls... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
AlbumsKid Canaveral – Shouting At Wildlife
Kid Canaveral have four self-released seven inches to their name, lyrics that rhyme Smash Hits with Brad Pitt, and debut album artwork adorned with doodled c... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Jammer – Jahmanji
Even though grime got glam and captured the ears of everyone from ringtone-buying teens to contemplative middle-class listeners since being commandee... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Allo Darlin’ - Allo Darlin’
There's a fine line between homage and piggybacking, and Allo Darlin' shuffle along it quite precariously, through the course of this debut lifting choruses ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
AlbumsDanger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
A collaborative album from Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse will raise few eyebrows, given both acts' prior prolificacy as musical magpies – with a pletho... Read more »| 28 Jun 2010 -
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Spare Snare – Victor
Aesthetically gorgeous; initial copies of Victor are packaged in a lovely hand screen printed card sleeve by Spare Snare driving machine, Jan Burnett. Champi... Read more »| 28 Jun 2010
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AlbumsDigitonal – Be Still My Bleeping Heart
London duo Digitonal once played at a base for NASA, which suits that starry glare in their eye down to the ground, or rather off into space. This co... Read more »| 25 Jun 2010 -
AlbumsJanelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
It's easy to hear why Janelle Monáe has taken four years since her breakthrough as a guest on OutKast's Idlewild to complete her own debut album: The ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010 -
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Daniel Johnston and BEAM – Beam Me Up!!
Daniel Johnston’s most celebrated work was recorded single-handedly on a basic tape recorder, often in one take, using nothing more than a chea... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010 -
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Larsen B – Musketeer
Arriving on a wave of approval from a sea of taste-makers, Larsen B – named after an Antarctic ice shelf – dream of the stars but wake up in stai... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010 -
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School of Seven Bells – Disconnect From Desire
School of Seven Bells’ debut LP was a masterclass in pop mysticism. Glazed with complex harmonies and effects-sodden chords – courtesy of Secret ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010 -
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Deer Tick – The Black Dirt Sessions
Like all true country musicians, Deer Tick’s John McCauley shares his name with his father and grandfather, has an unfashionable moustache and sounds a... Read more »| 23 Jun 2010 -
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A Fight You Can't Win – A Fight You Can't Win
Edinburgh trio A Fight You Can't Win give their material the full-length treatment on this self-titled debut, and the results are highly appetising. The prod... Read more »| 23 Jun 2010 -
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DM Stith – Heavy Ghost: Appendices
Following emphatic praise for 2009’s Heavy Ghost, DM Stith presents its Appendices – two discs of remixes, demos and covers. Such an extensive do... Read more »| 23 Jun 2010 -
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John Knox Sex Club – Blud Rins Cauld
Their name may conjure images of bondage-born deviancy, but John Knox Sex Club (JKSC) believe in more traditional values. Flashing a spectrum of rich instrum... Read more »| 23 Jun 2010