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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SinglesRobots In Disguise - The Tears
Overhauls from Billion Dollar DJs and Skibunny up the tempo and manage to concoct dancefloor-fillers from meagre ingredients Read more »| 29 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsRose Kemp - Unholy Majesty
Shock! Gothic rock! Played in a way that isn't entirely unfashionable. Read more »| 29 Aug 2008 -
AlbumsJames Yorkston - When The Haar Rolls In
Swaggers with the magnificent romance of a wedding ceremony aboard a storm-tossed trawler Read more »| 28 Aug 2008 -
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Jacopo Carreras - From Bed to Couch
It’s pretty remarkable when an album lives up to its press release, but with From Bed to Couch Jacopo Carreras has managed to create an intriguing synt... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
SinglesJubilee - In With the Out Crowd
Falsetto harmonies culminate in anthemic clamour, but scuzzier tracks among the B-sides suggest Jubilee haven’t left the filth and fury behind quite yet Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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Clouds - We Are Above You
From amidst this curly forest of wifebeater-clad, hardcore aggression protrudes a huge, hard-rock priapism Read more »| 27 Aug 2008
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Singles
Yoshi - Save the Children
There must be something in the water over in Rosyth, and these Fifers have been drinking litres of it. Bringing together a lil’ psychedelia and a dash ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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Fujiya & Miyagi - Light Bulbs
Every noise Fujiya & Miyagi make is for rhythmic effect Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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Lustmord - Other
Must surely qualify as hard work for even the most determined experimentalist Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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The French Quarter - We're Not French
We’re Not French transcends The French Quarter beyond the typical new-band confines marked “one for the future” and slaps them squarely into the realms of brilliance Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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Lords of Bastard - Lords of Bastard
Sadly, this recording makes it nearly impossible to appreciate these grooves at their knee-shaking best Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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V/A - Ziggy Marley in Jamaica
Ziggy Marley was born in Trenchtown, Jamaica in 1968, the same year Toots & The Maytals released the seminal single Do The Reggay. It might seem like sta... Read more »| 27 Aug 2008 -
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Glasvegas - Glasvegas
A debut that ultimately proves to be determinedly heavyweight Read more »| 26 Aug 2008 -
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King Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius of...
A must for rock revivalists Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
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Ballboy – I Worked On The Ships
Album number five, I Worked On The Shops looks set to continue Ballboy’s trend of garnering chin-stroking acclamation Read more »| 25 Aug 2008