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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AlbumsAstrid Williamson - Here Come The Vikings
Astrid Williamson branches out into new textures and timbres. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
EpMeursault - Nothing Broke EP
Amongst the 'bigger' songs on Meursault's debut album, A Single Stretch of Land showed that songwriter and vocalist Neil Pennycook can do pared-back and rest... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - June, 2009
Plenty of new music in the D-12 sack this month, but Nick Mitchell finds that there's just no keeping a few Britpop veterans down Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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The Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
If you are looking for a new band that all the cool kids are going to love then these are the guys for you. Just don't expect anything groundbreaking. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsMatteah Baim - Laughing Boy
Previously half of Metallic Falcons with Sierra Casady (of weird dream-pop eccentrics CocoRosie), second album Laughing Boy reveals Matteah Baim to be more g... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Sound of Guns - Architects
Listing Led Zep, the Verve and the Rolling Stonesamong their influences, Liverpool five-piece Sound of Guns are kitted out for rock. Coming in at the three m... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009
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Albums
The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations
At a certain point, hardcore kids got sick of just mashing trap kits and chugga-chugga riffs. It seems Brighton-hailing The Ghost of a Thousand were some of ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Bellini - The Precious Prize Of Gravity
Albini-produced discordance on Italian/American Collective's third offering Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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The Electones - If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void
The Electrones present a tasteful fusion of folk, jazz and electro Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsGeorgia's Horse - The Mammoth Sessions
Georgia's Horse is a vehicle for the rather gorgeous voice of Teresa Maldonado, a Texan chanteuse who sketches similar characters to PJ Harvey on To Bring Yo... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Jack Peñate - Everything is New
When Jack Peñate spasmodically sidestepped on to the scene like an epileptic crab in 2006, detractors quickly lumped him in with the jangly Mockneys d... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Lord Cut-Glass - Lord Cut-Glass
No one could accuse Alun Woodward of rushing things. Lord Cut-Glass is the alias under which the former Delgado has slowly been unveiling his solo material s... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Singles
Mastodon - Oblivion
Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Cass McCombs - Catacombs
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs returns with his second album for Domino, Catacombs, a musically melancholic but lyrically sharp record. McCombs is a drift... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets
Too strong for shy shoegazers, Adam Franklin’s old band, Swervedriver, were often lumped in with labelmates Ride or My Bloody Valentine, but in reality... Read more »| 28 May 2009