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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AlbumsCharles Douglas – The Lives of Charles Douglas
When Charles Douglas first sang the lyric “Made a record without even trying/ No one could find it so they thought we were lying,” it’s unl... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
AlbumsModern Superstitions – All The Things We’ve Been Told
Toronto’s Modern Superstitions aren’t afraid to walk under the jaunty ladder of indie pop. Debut album (EP really...) All The Things We’ve ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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The Bug – Infected EP
Twenty years on, and Ninja Tune’s fire still burns bright. Hot on the heels of its retrospective mix comes this four-tracker that neatly sums up the la... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Albums
Errors – Celebrity Come Down With Me
The title of this record may conjure up the possibility of an intriguing new x-rated game show, but the reality is actually a lot more fun; all your favourit... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Haight-Ashbury – Here in the Golden Rays
With accents that sound distinctly more Pacific than Scottish West Coast, and a misnomer borrowed from San Francisco’s historic, hippy-harbouring subur... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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The Concretes – Wywh
Swedish octet pop collective The Concretes have put the departure of former front woman Victoria Bergsman behind them to come up with a curiously restrained ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010
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The Vatican Cellars – The Same Crooked Worm
The Vatican Cellars’ central duo met and bonded following mutual bereavements, but there’s a frustrating lack of catharsis and depth in the songs... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Brian Eno – Small Craft On A Milk Sea
Warp’s signing of Brian Eno was a symbolic coup for the label, the spiritual homecoming of a common ancestor to their entire roster’s two-decade ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
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Kelly Stoltz – To Dreamers
Sitting somewhere between the Velvet Underground and T Rex, San Francisco multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz' musical horizons remain fixed firmly in the pa... Read more »| 27 Oct 2010 -
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Chickenhawk – Modern Bodies
This record actually marks the coming together of Chickenhawk's limited edition debut album and its following EP, awkwardly titled the A. Or Not?, plus Scorp... Read more »| 27 Oct 2010 -
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Snowblink – Long Live
Long Live first trickled into view in 2008, extolled by a handful of in-the-loop bloggers and publications as one of the year’s finest albums. Despite ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2010 -
AlbumsThe Thermals – Personal Life
With their tinny, post-punk guitars and fragmented lyrical critiques of bible-belt America, Oregon three-piece The Thermals openly acknowledge their ideologi... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
AlbumsHow To Swim – Retina (or More Fun Than a Vat of Love)
Glasgow's How To Swim bring us their debut album, Retina (or More Fun Than a Vat of Love), with the promise of crossing as many musical borders as possible. ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
Singles
Teebs – Why Like This?
Los Angelite Teebs (Mtendere Mandowa) is another protégé of beatsmith Flying Lotus, whose music is released on his burgeoning Brainfeeder impri... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
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Moddi – Rubbles EP
A taster for a forthcoming album, Moddi is Norwegian born and bred Pal Moddi Knutsen who, judging by this EP, has a strong sense of identity with a firm gras... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010