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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AlbumsBuilt to Spill - There Is No Enemy
Built to Spill are an endangered species. Even though 1997’s Perfect from Now On and their powerful influence on America's "Northwest sound" (c... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsBass Clef - May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way
As the title suggests, the three year wait for dubstep prodigy Ralph Cumbers – AKA Bass Clef – to serve up his second album has been partly due t... Read more »| 26 Jan 2010 -
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Japanese Voyeurs - That Love Sound/Blush
Who remembers the 90s? Japanese Voyeurs certainly do, or if they’re not old enough, they’ve been busily swotting up on their big brother’s ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
SinglesGil Scott-Heron - Me and the Devil
If hip-hop is dead, then Gil Scott-Heron made a pact at the crossroads. With Me and the Devil he succeeds in resurrecting the genre’s gaudy corpse and ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Souls of Mischief - Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge sees Oakland legends Souls of Mischief reunited for an album that won't fail to delight fans of quality hip-hop. Starting out on a defian... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Danny and the Champions of the World - Streets of Our Time
Either we’ve been caught on a soppy day, or Danny and The Champions of the World make genuinely affecting country-folk. Australian-born, south London l... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010
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AlbumsChew Lips - Unicorn
East London boy-girl-boy trio Chew Lips do a good line in dance-pop, and since forming in early 2008 they've been busy fiddling with the electro template. Th... Read more »| 22 Jan 2010 -
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Nitzer Ebb - Industrial Complex
A lot of underground bands spent the 80s trying and failing to change the world. Nitzer Ebb decided instead to change electronic music – and th... Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
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Tom McRae - Alphabet of Hurricanes
Mercury-nomination aside, Tom McRae has never enjoyed the critical or commercial profile that might have been expected. Specialising in moody singer-... Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
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The Sunshine Underground - Nobody's Coming To Save You
Despite their protests, The Sunshine Underground’s debut Raise The Alarm was pitched somewhere between Franz Ferdinand and The Rapture. In short, bass-... Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
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The Postmarks - Memoirs At The End Of The World
Florida trio go cinematic on their sophomore effort Read more »| 21 Jan 2010 -
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The Album Leaf - A Chorus Of Storytellers
If you find The Postal Service a bit too raucous, try Jimmy Lavelle’s woozy electro lullabies. In fact, The Album Leaf (previously a solo nom-de-plume,... Read more »| 20 Jan 2010 -
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The Tenebrous Liar - Jackknifed & Slaughtered
If rock stars shared wardrobes there’s only one group that The Tenebrous Liar would split a rack with in its current guise. Brooding with dust-raising ... Read more »| 19 Jan 2010 -
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Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
The reason Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new LP sounds just like a Beck record is because that’s almost exactly what it is. The one-time shearer of Luc... Read more »| 19 Jan 2010 -
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Robin James - Saint Jude
Idiosyncratic folky type's debut album is hugely enjoyable Read more »| 18 Jan 2010