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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AlbumsIain Campbell – ABSOLUTELY the best ABBA since ABBA
With numerous high-profile and high-concept multi-media performances and exhibitions now under his belt, the man formerly trading under the moniker +Do-NEIMA... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsThe Phantom Band – The Wants
Following on from last years’ blindsiding debut Checkmate Savage, feral Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band have wasted precious little time in surfing ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsBelle & Sebastian – Write About Love
If the near-five year wait since The Life Pursuit and last year’s brilliant brace of albums from Camera Obscura and Butcher Boy led you to question Bel... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
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Warpaint – The Fool
Court martial! On charges of worst band-related misnomer since Mogwai entitled a post-rock album Happy Songs for Happy People. Los Angeles all-lady four-piec... Read more »| 28 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsHeidi Talbot – The Last Star
Made in Ireland and based in Edinburgh, Heidi Talbot's lilting cadence may be most familiar as a collaborator with Drever, McCusker and Woomble and I... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Singles
Roska & Untold - Myth
Omnipotent IDM megalith Hyperdub haven't ringfenced the entire flock of elite UK Funky 12" quite yet – Numbers’ latest offering from me... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010
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AlbumsEngineers – In Praise of More
With the release of 2009’s Three Fact Fader being delayed due to undisclosed band politics, it may seem par for the course that London-based Engineers ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Colour of Sound – When
Self-declared “epic” indie band Colour of Sound sonically explore every hue from grey to vanilla on debut album When. Their brand of mid-tempo, i... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Ice, Sea, Dead People – Teeth Union
Upon being confronted with a record by a band called Ice, Sea, Dead People and an accompanying press release consisting of a short story chronicling an incid... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Gonjasufi – The Caliph's Tea Party
Sumach 'Gonjasufi' Ecks is an esoteric vocalist whose excellent debut album A Sufi And A Killer, released earlier this year, saw him link up with major playe... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Enfant Bastard – Master Dude EP
In some ways chiptune is like a Lamborghini Countach: fun, dizzying and nostalgic for 80s cool – but it's tough to think of either as a daily way to ge... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
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Superchunk – Majesty Shredding
Having embarked on a decade-long sabbatical from the studio off the back of 2001’s Here’s to Shutting Up, grunge-era workhorses Superchunk have s... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
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Badly Drawn Boy – It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes
It would be unjust to say that Damon Gough has fallen foul of the Mercury Music Prize curse since his inspired debut album scooped said accolade a decade ago... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
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Esben and the Witch – Marching Song EP
Brighton trio Esben and the Witch may still be fairly fresh out of the box, however they’re already carving a niche for themselves between the baroque,... Read more »| 24 Sep 2010 -
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The Morlocks – The Morlocks Play Chess
“The Morlocks Play Chess isn’t some teeny bopper karaoke bullshit”, affirms the press release accompanying this garage-punk cover album of ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2010