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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AlbumsPutiferio - Ate Ate Ate
The translation from Italian for Putiferio means "chaos", and this record’s not short on that sentiment. Over the course of seven tracks, these contin... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
AlbumsNadja - Skin Turns To Glass
When Nadja come on you feel like everything should be moving in slow motion. There are countless oblique ways to describe Skin Turns To Glass without directl... Read more »| 03 Oct 2008 -
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Attic Lights - Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights won’t win any awards for innovation, but it’s the familiar things in life that hit that sweet spot in your soul. Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
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Rozi Plain - Inside Over Here
There is a problem when trying to review an album like this, which woos you with its easy charms, which stills your spirit with its banjos rippling like a bu... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
EpEnjoy Destroy - Enjoy Destroy EP
Contains enough moments of real astute writing to suggest that these guys could learn from their predecessors' mistakes Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
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Catz 'n' Dogz - Stars of the Zoo
Better known for their work as 3 Channels with releases on Crosstown Rebels, Trapez, Pokerflat and pretty much every other underground techno label, Poland&r... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008
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Singles
The Dirty Dozen - October, 2008
Another month, another motley mélange of lad-rock veterans, zingy pop tarts, moody rappers and local upstarts. Nick Mitchell wades in... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
AlbumsBen Folds - Way to Normal
Ben Folds is a musician best described as ‘having his moments’. After three full-lengths with Ben Folds Five - each with hits outweighing misses ... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008 -
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Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
A marked, misanthropic lunge away from the the tone of their previous rapturous output Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
Singles
United Fruit - Shake
United Fruit's rapid realisation of their potential, especially live, has been nothing less than remarkable Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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Hjaltalín - Sleepdrunk Seasons
Iceland’s Hjaltalín arrive with a healthy amount of homegrown success behind them, topping their domestic charts and being crowned ‘Bright... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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These Arms Are Snakes – Tail Swallower and Dove
Forged from parts set adrift after the disbandment of post-hardcore heroes Botch and Kill Sadie, These Arms Are Snakes suggest they’re still searching ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
Singles
Found - You're Really Quite The Catch
It feels like rasping Found frontman Ziggy, the drinking man’s Paolo Nutini, scrawled this inappropriately acerbic anti-love ballad to an unsuitable gi... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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Dead or American - A Border Crossing
Moving from their old post-hardcore stomping ground to more melodic pastures, the second Dead or American single to be released from their forthcoming Thauma... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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El Guincho - Alegranza
Alegranza is just what Scotland needs when faced with autumn’s volatile clouds and persistent winds: Escapism. We need marimbas; we need warm Spanish v... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008