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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AlbumsMichael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers
The world needs activists like Franti Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsLocal H - Twelve Angry Months
A year of post-break-up recriminations and misery via the medium of some fairly MOR rock music Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
After seeing this band perform, I came into this review with a bit of bias: The band takes the stage in matching vintage-store garb (think the look of Sufjan... Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsVessels - White Fields and Open Devices
Opener Altered Beast is exhausting, winding its way from math to post influences whilst covering a range of emotional ground Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
SinglesPumajaw - Jacky Daw
For many, the term 'folk' will always evoke scenes of cardigan-clad hippies, perhaps explaining the propensity for critics to regularly weld on a prefix and ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2008 -
Ep
One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion EP
"In exile for a while, now with raw friction,” spits Rage Against the Machine’s firebrand in limbo - Zack de la Rocha - breaking a four year sile... Read more »| 07 Aug 2008
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Singles
Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
Sets its camp halfway up the road from Gary Numan to Devo Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
Albums
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - Ten Thousand
Gruff, whiskey-soaked men touting a spit ’n’ sawdust, knuckle-bruising, bluegrass bar-room stomp Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
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Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
Finn Jr threatens to outdo daddy and co with brilliant debut Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
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The Grouch - Show You The World
They say that fatherhood is a life-changing experience, and from this album, it’s clear that the birth of his daughter has deeply affected Living Legen... Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
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Various Artists - I'm Starting To Feel OK Vol. 3
How much house can you handle? If a four-to-the-floor kick drum is not your thing, stop reading now. Otherwise, I’m Starting To Fell OK Vol. 3 may be j... Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
Albums
Minotaur Shock - Amateur Dramatics
With a suggested price of £6.39 for the whole album, Minotaur Shock might just be underselling themselves Read more »| 05 Aug 2008 -
Singles
Get Well Soon - If This Hat Is Missing, I've Gone Hunting
If Nick Cave met The Ronnettes in Transylvania, this is what would happen Read more »| 05 Aug 2008 -
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The Pack A.D - Funeral Mixtape
It's no secret that everyone in life - fathers, daughters, prime ministers and priests - get the blues. But it's a fact of music that it's mainly the boys s... Read more »| 04 Aug 2008 -
Singles
Panama Kings - Young Blood
Young Blood and the Panama Kings’ material as displayed on this expanded single, come across as being very informed of the Sub Pop sounds of today &nda... Read more »| 04 Aug 2008