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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AlbumsDifferent Frequencies - Botanic Dreams
Rob Watson has shaken many a dancefloor with his work as producer The Magic Fly, and here he teams up with seasoned club vocalist Benjamin McCourt for a coll... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
EpDogshite - Dogshite EP
London's Dogshite are a rambunctious outfit whose music hails back to the DIY ethics of punk's golden age, and who could easily have been transported in time... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
AlbumsDaft Punk – Tron: Legacy
If the prospect of having Daft Punk soundtrack the 28-year follow up to cult video-game-as-movie Tron sounds like a marriage made in digital heaven, then wha... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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Robert Francis – Before Nightfall
With a rich musical heritage – including family ties with Ry Cooder - cindering good looks, and a barrow-load of brooding introspection, American racon... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
AlbumsSteven Milne – Chasing Phantoms
Chasing Phantoms is Aberdonian Steven Milne’s first solo outing; however it’s far from being the work of a novice, with the young songwriter havi... Read more »| 06 Dec 2010 -
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Lightspeed Champion – Bye Bye EP
Was it the collaboration with Van Dyke Parks that made Lightspeed Champion (aka Devonté Hynes) churn out something so unreasonably overblown? Sure, a ... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010
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Larkin Poe – Summer EP
The second instalment in a seasonal series from Larkin Poe, the Summer EP arrives a fortnight before Christmas – thus the lush Americana and ha... Read more »| 01 Dec 2010 -
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The Dirty Dozen – December 2010
Having released music by everyone from Arcade Fire to The Notwist since founding influential Berlin indie label City Slang in 1990, it's safe to say Christof Ellinghaus has an ear for a tune. With no holds barred and his own 'marks out of a hundred' rating system, our guest host calls it as he sees it Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
AlbumsMarmaduke Dando – Heathcliffian Surly
Marmaduke Dando has been described as an author channelling the 'horrors and beauties of the modern world', but hyperbole aside, his music sounds something l... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
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Lyrics Born – As U Were
As co-founder of indie hip-hop collective Quannum Projects with DJ Shadow and Gift of Gab, Bay Area's Lyrics Born (Tom Shimura) has earned a reputation as po... Read more »| 30 Nov 2010 -
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Various Artists – The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk-Thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975 Soundway
While Japanese and Chinese takes on Western musical styles are well documented, Thailand has always remained something of an unexplored frontier which makes ... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
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Joseph Dean Osgood – Rock n' Roll Man
There will always be an audience for the old and familiar – wouldn’t the world be dreadful if everyone chased the witch-house-aqua-crunk-chillwav... Read more »| 29 Nov 2010 -
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Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
“Have you lost your mind?" asks Yeezy on Hell Of A Life. "Tell me when you think we’ve crossed the line...” And so Twitter's most dangerous... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
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Console – Herself
Somewhere on India’s Goa beach there is a man playing the first tune on this record, nodding his dreadlocked head, and feeling at one with the world; f... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
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Various Artists – I'm Here Soundtrack
Spike Jonze’s latest short film I’m Here has brought with it this collection of old and new indie-cool material to soundtrack his urban robotic l... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010