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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AlbumsBeehoover - Heavy Zooo
First off, this is quite some noise for a two-piece. Definitely at their best when summoning enormous riffs from the ether, Beehoover have managed to deliver... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
AlbumsAsva - What You Don't Know is Frontier
One of the more permissible travesties of modern music is the acceptance of ultra-grim necro black metal into the pretentious art types' embrace. It's not re... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
AlbumsAdem - Takes
Adem is no dying legend, ageing rockstar, nor crooning lounge lizard, yet he still survives the release of this covers album with his reputation not only int... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
SinglesAtmosphere - Shoulda Known
Atmosphere have delivered a welcome shot in the arm to a genre (hip-hop) that was in dire need of a fresh approach, waxing lyrical about paranoia, egos and w... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
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James Hara - Nothing New
Singer-songwriters like Hara, who emigrated to Glasgow four years ago, might almost need to shout to be heard Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Lights, Action! - All Eyes To The Morning Sun
Nothing on this mini album from the London five-piece supports the cocksure attitude Read more »| 22 Apr 2008
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Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture
This Hoxton group's take on grime leaves them in the sub-Dizzee Rascal camp, with their lyrics and delivery not a patch on that pioneer of all things urban Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
A recording as pure as the drifting snow Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Miyagi - Lucky Face
Some nicely blended moments Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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El Perro Del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars (Memphis Industries)
A grand ambition for a sophomore, or indeed any album Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Max Shire - Love Lost Again
Pass the absinthe, will you Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
If you want a dose of meticulously produced So’Cal sunshine pop, it’s right here Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
Singles
Guru Jazzmatazz - Jazzy Wayz
The new single from Guru Jazzmatazz, Jazzy Wayz, is a sample-laden hip-hop track trying to take on a soulful vibe, but not quite cutting it. In short, this i... Read more »| 14 Apr 2008 -
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Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
If you like your hip-hop lazy, feel good and unashamedly commercial, this’ll be right up your street Read more »| 05 Apr 2008 -
AlbumsWitch - Paralyzed
Five grown men so indebted to proto-70s metal that 'Black Sabbath' is written through them like a stick of rock Read more »| 01 Apr 2008