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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AlbumsThe Xcerts - Live At King Tut's
The Xcerts' debut album In The Cold Wind We Smile seems to have struck a chord with critics and wide-eyed teens across the country; their energetic nuggets o... Read more »| 08 Dec 2009 -
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Burnsong Winners' Concert, Scottish Parliament, 30 November
The great thing about the Burnsong songwriting competition is the nature of the prize. There's a chance to gig at Parliament, some exposure too, but most of ... Read more »| 04 Dec 2009 -
AlbumsThe Stark Palace - The Stark Palace
Thank God there are still people making albums like this. Straddling the divide between avant-garde lunacy and controlled madness in a way that would make Ca... Read more »| 02 Dec 2009 -
AlbumsVarious Artists - The Tolbooth Sessions
Did the Large Hadron Collider trigger some kind of quantum boson explosion while we weren't looking? Has some mad scientist retrofitted a DeLorean with a flu... Read more »| 02 Dec 2009 -
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Various - A Sort of Homecoming: The Best of New Scottish Music
Billing itself as an alternative take on this year’s Homecoming celebrations, Fourtrak’s opportunistic collection of new Scottish talent is disap... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
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El Susio Dozenza - December 2009
As the rain batters down on the streets of Glasgow, Ryan Drever seeks refuge in Mariachi El Bronx's tour bus as they trawl through December's singles to find the good, the bad and the next Kenny G. Read more »| 01 Dec 2009
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Tabasco Fiasco - One EP
In Tabasco Fiasco and their equally inspired contemporaries, Super Adventure Club, Livingston has – somewhat surprisingly – managed to nurture tw... Read more »| 30 Nov 2009 -
AlbumsBaron - Extremely Sorry (OST)
Skateboarding's time-honoured affiliation with everything from hardcore punk to hip-hop – and everything in between – has made for some colourful... Read more »| 27 Nov 2009 -
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Robot Koch - Death Star Droid
It seems 'wonky' is the default beat setting these days, as producers shun the 4/4 which has served electronic music so well in favour of time signatures bey... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
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Trans Am - What Day is it Tonight?
A limited edition in advance of a new studio album slated for next year, What Day...? serves as a neat overview of the Washington minimalists' 16-yea... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
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Josephine Foster - Graphic As a Star
Isolation may not always be good for mental stability but its inspirational qualities cannot be doubted. Josephine Foster is the latest artist to have drunk... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
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Adam Stafford - Awnings
Yi-fi frontman's first solo album is an avant-garde trip Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
AlbumsFather Murphy - And He Told Us To Turn To The Sun
Inspired by an unholy union of two of their native Italy’s most enduring exports – Catholicism and trashy horror – Father Murphy ar... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
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DOOM - Gazzillion Ear EP
Impeccable flow and thick with cartoon punchlines. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
Albums
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Approaching their thirtieth year, the forefathers of thrash have yet to churn out any surprises since their unholy trinity of landmark albums was unleashed i... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009