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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SinglesLonely Ghosts - Come Down From The Mountain/Ghosts of
Solo effort from Brighton musician, formerly of Help She Can't Swim Read more »| 28 Jul 2009 -
Singles
Mariachi El Bronx - Cell Mates
Unless The Jonas Brothers are anonymously working on a double album of folk-inspired death metal, this is undoubtedly the most unusual musical alter-ego of 2... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
AlbumsJack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers - Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers
With the recent resurgence in nu-folk (Sufjan Stevens, Devendra Banhart), alt-folk (Iron and Wine) and anti-folk (David Cronenberg’s Wife), you’... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
EpCogwheel Dogs - Greenhorn EP
Cogwheel Dogs are one of those bands that surely revels in the fact that their music is schizophrenic. Singer Rebecca Mosley is the ‘straight man&rsqu... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
Despite spending his teens in lo-fi garage-punk bands, Jay Reatard’s solo work is unashamedly pop. There are no attempts to undermine the hooks running... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Albums
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
The word may carry all sorts of unsavoury connotations, but a makeover isn’t always such a bad thing. Once members of various underachieving Seat... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009
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Ep
Zun Zun Egui - Bal La Poussiere EP
Listen very carefully to Zun Zun Egui, for there is much to be absorbed here. Indulge your ears: you will be richly rewarded with a colourful yet ghostly amb... Read more »| 27 Jul 2009 -
Albums
The Bookhouse Boys - The Bookhouse Boys
“A soundtrack for a film that doesn’t exist” is up there with “voice of a generation” in the big book of irksome review clich&e... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
EpEsben and the Witch - Esben and the Witch EP
Ethereal romanticist folksters Esben and the Witch take their moniker from a Danish fairytale and fully live up to their literary flights of fancy, playing d... Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Chali 2na - Fish Outta Water
Impressively diverse debut from former J5 man Read more »| 24 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Duke Garwood - The Sand That Falls
Duke Garwood is no stranger to out-there assignments. The South Londoner’s meandering career has seen him add guitar embellishment to The Orb’s d... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Antoni Maiovvi - Shadow of the Blood Stained Kiss
The soundtrack to an '80s Italian sci-fi flick that never was, Shadow of the Blood Stained Kiss is a fantastic example of retrofuturism: taking pleasure in w... Read more »| 23 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Patrick Kelleher - You Look Cold
A lo-fi extravaganza of twinkling echos, Patrick Kelleher discovers a sense of beauty in the rough on his debut Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Anyone who has paid close attention to the utterances and activities of Alex Turner over the past couple of years won’t be taken aback by Humbug. The A... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
Albums
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wild Beasts are patently unafraid of provoking ridicule. Their lyrics are full of tangled and poetically inclined couplets and, as if that weren’t flam... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009