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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EpUnusual & Electric - Pulsating Ting EP
One imagines the air swelling and the floor filling as this 12" hits the turntable. That the creators claim to have “close links with the London clubbi... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
SinglesThe Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me
In any situation, there’s an automatic fault in bemoaning your own good fortune. “Everybody wants me.” OK, what’s the problem? &ld... Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
AlbumsHeather Greene - Five Dollar Dress
She sounds very like Norah Jones but updates her lounge-jazz style with quirkier touches Read more »| 28 Jul 2008 -
AlbumsXX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
XX Teens are something of a rock chameleon Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
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Plej - Home Is Where Your Heart Was
Aah, Sweden, the home of many fantastic exports, including meatballs, little red houses and, of course, IKEA. The Swedes have given the world similarly ambiv... Read more »| 25 Jul 2008 -
AlbumsJakob Dylan - Seeing Things
The Dylan poetry is obviously not genetic Read more »| 23 Jul 2008
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Roshi feat. Pars Radio - And stars
Since any cultural conception of Iran is dominated by news of politics and nuclear weapons programs, it's refreshing to hear even the briefest of snapshots f... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
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Orzelda - The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights
Like a cross between the brooding majesty of Boards of Canada and the fabricated nostalgia of Animal Collective Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
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Blank + Jones - The Logic Of Pleasure
Not many artists can boast about releasing their ninth studio album, but that’s exactly what Blank + Jones have just achieved. The German duo’s n... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008 -
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Eric Chenaux - Sloppy Ground
Both gentle beauty and faint banality are captured sweetly Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
Singles
Crystal Castles - Vanished
It seemed the norm for a while that, in rock music, a band would release a few heavier hitting tracks as singles, then try to lure in doubters with a softer ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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Cute is What We Aim For - Rotation
Apparently, Hacikyan hasn't heard his own record Read more »| 22 Jul 2008 -
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V/A - Prins Thomas & Full Pupp presents The Greatest Tits Vol.1
Alongside Hans Peter Lindstrom and Todd Terje, Prins Thomas forms the Norwegian triumvirate famed for their own twisted take on the disco template. While Lin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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CSS - Donkey
Despite debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy becoming something of a ‘soundtrack to the summer’ last year, the resultant slew of mediocre gigs, festiva... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008 -
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The Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| 21 Jul 2008