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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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 -
AlbumsThomas 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 -
AlbumsJeniferever - Spring Tides
Further proof that Scandinavia is responsible for some of the most exciting and inventive music around just now, Swedish quartet Jeniferever are back with a ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Albums
Beatrice Antolini - A Due
‘Sounds like Dresden Dolls’, says the press release accompanying Beatrice Antolini’s second offering, and it’s not kidding. The thund... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsVideo Nasties - On All Fours
Dammit, the boys sound like they're having fun Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Singles
Isa & the Filthy Tongues - New Town Killers
Best not mention Shirley Manson in earshot of this band; Manson left a previous incarnation in order to become vocalist for Garbage, a move that (judging by ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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The Flowers of Hell - Come Hell or High Water
Ambitious collaboration project attempts to bridge gap between classical and rock - and succeeds Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Xykogen - Terminology
Bland techno, insipid vocals and ignorant pretentiousness Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Ep
Stabwound - Alone At Last EP
Murky but no less brutal debut from menacing Glasgow metallers Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Albums
The Thermals - Now We Can See
This Portland-based trio (sometimes duo) received high praise for their 2006 album The Body, The Blood, The Machine with its grunge-pop tunefulness and the i... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Ep
The One Day Speakers - Scan the Horizon EP
While it's natural to pigeonhole a new band using your own internal jukebox, The One Day Speakers wear their inspirations a little too proudly on their sleev... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Albums
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
“Peter Bjorn and John? The happy-go-lucky Swedes responsible for whistle-core pop smash Young Folks? They’re great, any whistling this time?&rdqu... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Southerly - Storyteller & the Gossip Columnist
Southerly seem to tick all the right boxes for admission into the hearts and iPods of zeitgeist-alt-America. Central creative prodigy à la Beirut? Che... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Bell X1 - Blue Lights on Runway
Bell X1 has Irish pride stamped all over it. Already having scored a number one album in their homeland, Damien Rice’s former group can count the accol... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
Anyone acquainted with Bat For Lashes’ highly regarded debut Fur and Gold will know that the Brighton singer-songwriter (real name Natasha Khan) is som... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009