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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SinglesThe Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
If you are looking for a new band that all the cool kids are going to love then these are the guys for you. Just don't expect anything groundbreaking. Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Matteah Baim - Laughing Boy
Previously half of Metallic Falcons with Sierra Casady (of weird dream-pop eccentrics CocoRosie), second album Laughing Boy reveals Matteah Baim to be more g... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
SinglesSound of Guns - Architects
Listing Led Zep, the Verve and the Rolling Stonesamong their influences, Liverpool five-piece Sound of Guns are kitted out for rock. Coming in at the three m... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsThe Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations
At a certain point, hardcore kids got sick of just mashing trap kits and chugga-chugga riffs. It seems Brighton-hailing The Ghost of a Thousand were some of ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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Bellini - The Precious Prize Of Gravity
Albini-produced discordance on Italian/American Collective's third offering Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
AlbumsThe Electones - If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void
The Electrones present a tasteful fusion of folk, jazz and electro Read more »| 01 Jun 2009
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Georgia's Horse - The Mammoth Sessions
Georgia's Horse is a vehicle for the rather gorgeous voice of Teresa Maldonado, a Texan chanteuse who sketches similar characters to PJ Harvey on To Bring Yo... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Jack Peñate - Everything is New
When Jack Peñate spasmodically sidestepped on to the scene like an epileptic crab in 2006, detractors quickly lumped him in with the jangly Mockneys d... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Lord Cut-Glass - Lord Cut-Glass
No one could accuse Alun Woodward of rushing things. Lord Cut-Glass is the alias under which the former Delgado has slowly been unveiling his solo material s... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Mastodon - Oblivion
Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Cass McCombs - Catacombs
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs returns with his second album for Domino, Catacombs, a musically melancholic but lyrically sharp record. McCombs is a drift... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
AlbumsAdam Franklin - Spent Bullets
Too strong for shy shoegazers, Adam Franklin’s old band, Swervedriver, were often lumped in with labelmates Ride or My Bloody Valentine, but in reality... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors' last album, Rise Above, was an attempt by New Yorker Dave Longstreth to recreate Black Flag's Damaged despite not having heard it for 15 ye... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Ryan Driver - Feeler of Pure Joy
Ryan Driver has real musical pedigree: if there was any justice in the world, his band The Silt should have done for alt-country what Pavement did for Americ... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
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Future of the Left - Travels With Myself And Another
New musical maxim: “In the land of the three-piece, tone is King”. To support this bold new truth, Future of the Left squeeze every drop of juice... Read more »| 28 May 2009