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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SinglesCopy Haho - Wrong Direction
Stonehaven four-piece Copy Haho appear to have had an epiphany about why they remain unsigned. "We've been running in the wrong direction" they offer in the ... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsHudson Mohawke - Butter
LuckyMe's Hudson Mohawke finally delivers his debut album, with exceptional results. Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
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Spiral Stairs - The Real Feel
Despite being voted Most Likely to Succeed alongside childhood friend Stephen Malkmus in the 1999 Pavement yearbook, Scott Kannberg has made only modest busi... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
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Meretto - Street Talking
Meretto have a difficult battle ahead of them. With the lad-rock market currently saturated by the likes of The Enemy, Reverend and the Makers, Pigeon Detect... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsPortico Quartet – Isla
Jazz isn’t a genre that features heavily in these pages, so the question that arises when reviewing the new Portico Quartet album is this: ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2009 -
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Crowhead - Born With Teeth
Manchester’s Grand Central Records folded in 2006, but its spirit lives on through Crowhead. Is that a good thing though? As a label, it singul... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009
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The Marder - Men's Ruin
As any self-respecting Star Wars Extended Universe nerd will know, the haggard Emperor Palpatine created several clones of himself in order to ensure that hi... Read more »| 09 Oct 2009 -
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Har Mar Superstar - Dark Touches
You may be aware that the position of principal white-skinned disco-funkster has recently been vacated by MJ’s passing, leaving the field wide open for... Read more »| 06 Oct 2009 -
SinglesMiike Snow - Black and Blue
This Swedish three piece (ok, singer Andrew Wyatt is American) have previous in that two of them (as Bloodshy and Avant) wrote and produced Britney Spear's 2... Read more »| 06 Oct 2009 -
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Japanese Voyeurs - Sicking & Creaming EP
One of the oft-forgotten facts about 90s grunge is that quite a lot of the bands involved weren't actually any good [presumably you're talking about the wave... Read more »| 05 Oct 2009 -
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Sufjan Stevens - The BQE
A soundtrack to a highway – Stevens' races toward brilliance. Read more »| 05 Oct 2009 -
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Offshore – Aneurysm EP
Despite clocking in at under 15 minutes in length, Aneurysm still manages to display significant stylistic breadth. The title track brings together c... Read more »| 04 Oct 2009 -
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Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
In making an album with a limited palette of sounds, you tread a fine line between producing something stark and something monotonous. Whilst Declaration of ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsArchiteq - Gold + Green
It’s 10.30 on Sunday night in Glasgow. You’ve been waiting in a good-natured queue in Jamaica Street, and suddenly you’re past the bouncers... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
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The Young Republic - Balletesque
After a sticky spell during which two members jumped ship on the eve of recording, second album Balletesque sees The Young Republic re-emerge to ... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009