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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SinglesElectricity in Our Homes - Gymnastics
So these guys can be seen playing über-short sets in London’s trendiest nightspots (‘cos they’re all down there) and generating quite ... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
SinglesEmmy the Great - First Love
First Love is a good song – Emmy’s sweet and sincere vocals come across well over sombre acoustic guitar, and the baroque electric accentuates th... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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The Ex-Men - The Curator
In criticism, “not getting it” is as horrendous a faux-pas as it’s possible to make in one hundred words, but I’ll confess: I don&rsq... Read more »| 09 Feb 2009 -
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self
A work of Himalayan scale Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
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Asobi Seksu – Hush
Asobi Seksu deserve to be listened to without the ghosts of the 1980s lurking in your earlobes Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
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John Frusciante – The Empyrean
John Frusciante’s solo work has always been far more interesting than that of his day job with the Red Hot Chili Peppers: ranging from scratchy home re... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009
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SinglesAttic Lights - I Could Be So Good For You
Anyone who remembers the original release of this theme tune to hit 80s show Minder will be bitterly disappointed by this uninspired effort from Attic Lights... Read more »| 06 Feb 2009 -
SinglesGUILDEAN GANG - DENNIS BERGKAMP
It’s difficult to discern the meaning behind Guildean Gang’s debut single. Is the title a band-only in-joke? Or maybe an attempt to show that, wh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
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Shirley Lee - Shirley Lee
For better or worse, some musicians exist as timewarps, sucking you into a vortex of nostalgia and déjà-vu. Shirley Lee, as the ex-frontman for... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
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Aidan Moffat and the Best-Ofs - How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
Moffat is certainly the star here, but The Best-Ofs provide inventive backing Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
L.A. quintet The Airborne Toxic Event have already been touted as potentially one of this coming year's biggest successes on the back of single Sometime Arou... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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Beirut - March Of The Zapotec/Realpeople: Holland
He may have got half way there, but Monsieur Condon's foray into electronica appears ill-advised Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
AlbumsThe Tyrant Lizard Kings - Six Shooter
A refreshing sound that puts two fingers up to anything that moves Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
Singles
St Jude's Infirmary - Little Sparta
I’m not sure what to make of St. Jude’s Infirmary. One minute they’re rattling around like Johnny Cash on a bad acid trip, shouting “... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
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Guns n' Roses - Better
Better... is better than nothing, anyway, which can be said for much of Chinese Democracy: most of the world’s happy enough the damn thing finally came... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009