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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AlbumsEddi Reader - Love is the Way
Eddi Reader’s ninth studio album, Love Is The Way, contains more of the charismatic folk and pop songs that propelled her towards an MBE in 2006. Opene... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
SinglesOperahouse - Genius Child
When we think of the word ‘epic’ in a general context, the inference is usually positive. It’s apposite to heroism, grandeur, and classic l... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsSuper Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
Dark Days/Light Years was not recorded in a studio by mere mortals with guitars; it was cooked up in a laboratory by third-eyed hippies with primary coloured... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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De La Mancha - Atlas
Initially starting out as merely an expressive outlet for a couple of schoolfriends with some creative urges and a few bottles of wine, De La Mancha may just... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Lau - Arc Light
You know that Celtic folk music TV show on late at night, when most are either out, or asleep because they aren’t? Scottish boys Lau belong there. That... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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The Strange Boys - The Strange Boys and Girls Club
Many bands have tried, and failed, to approximate a '60s sound. The Hives settled for a cartoonish pastiche; Oasis reimagined the Beatles and The Kinks as mo... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Snake
Put simply: The Snake is a trip Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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subtractiveLAD - Where the Land Meets the Sky
Notes are held on keyboards for infinity, synths bubble underneath and layers upon layers of sound are delicately textured throughout each track. Occasionall... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Benjamin Golby - I Was Sound
Debut album from Australian folksmith Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Beatnic Prestige - Beatnic Prestige EP
Beatnic Prestige write straightforward mod-indie choons presumably aimed at those who felt Paul Weller’s Brit Award win for British Solo Artist this ye... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Last Days - The Safety of the North
On paper, The Safety of the North sounds like a somewhat ambitious proposition. Creator and sole band member Graham Richardson’s vision of a cinematic ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Tim Exile - Listening Tree
Introducing the boy wonder of techno Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
In the endlessly cyclical history of popular music, psychedelic rock has mostly been left to gather dust in record shops. There have been isolated attempts t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsBig Ned - Big Ned
Oozing out of the stereo like a Scottish version of Danzig, Big Ned positively revel in the fact that the Devil's playground is not exclusively in the Middle... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Thomas Truax - Songs From the Films of David Lynch
‘Lynchian’ has for too long been bandied around as a synonym for ‘surreal’, when it really fits only the truly unsettling and perplex... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009