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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AlbumsWHY? - Eskimo Snow
Short-but-sweet opening track These Hands announces Eskimo Snow’s emotional register. Blessed as ever with a grandiose gift of the gab, these ten track... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsLethal Bizzle - Go Hard
Of all the artists who swapped dodgy deals for record deals and made the leap from grimy London streets to the charts, Lethal Bizzle is the one that retained... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsAtlas Sound - Logos
Bradford Cox was understandably upset when an innocent filesharing error on his part resulted in an unfinished Logos being hawked around cyberspace, so much ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
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Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
Forget Florence and the Machine et al: Charlotte Hatherley is setting the creative agenda for British female artists. Joining Ash aged 17 in the mid-1990s, s... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsOm - God is Good
Not satisfied with merely adorning both the inside and back covers with the fact that, yes, this album was recorded by Steve Albini, the only photograph on O... Read more »| 18 Sep 2009 -
Singles
Citizens - Try Smiling
Try Smiling, the debut EP from Glasgow trio Citizens -featuring Bronto Skylift's Iain Stewart on drums - is a manic mash-up of converging styles, veering bet... Read more »| 17 Sep 2009
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AlbumsVarious Artists - Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill - Extended Review
Inconsistency plagues a tribute album that really should have been something special. Read more »| 17 Sep 2009 -
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The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
The Twilight Sad have taken on a leaner, meaner look in time for the release of their hugely anticipated second album Forget The Night Ahead. Singer James Gr... Read more »| 16 Sep 2009 -
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Phil Campbell - Daddy's Table
Having spent years battling drink, drugs and enduring trouble with record labels, it isn’t surprising that Phil Campbell has a wealth of materi... Read more »| 14 Sep 2009 -
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The Gullivers - Legerdemain EP
A Wall Against The Noise kicks off this second offering from Oxford four-piece, The Gullivers, creeping in with a wash of keyboard ambience and skeletal, gui... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
Albums
Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner
If you’re looking for musical credentials, Shannon Stephens has ‘em- former bandmate of Sufjan Stevens in Marzuki , songs covered on critically a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
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A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
From rapid-boil kettles to omnipresent wireless broadband, the 21st century has proven itself to be one of instant gratification - much to the detriment of u... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Like the original ‘shoegaze’ tag in the early 90s, ‘nu-gaze’ is not a genre bands seem that happy to be burdened with. The Big Pink a... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
Charlie Fink is miserable. Very miserable, actually. From the first tender notes of colossal opener The First Days of Spring there is a monumental whiff of d... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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GusGus: - 24/7
This Icelandic electronic outfit have metamorphosed considerably since their formation in 1995 as a multi-faceted, eclectic group who aside from their musica... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009