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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AlbumsPaolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
Anyone who caught Paolo Nutini’s numerous festival appearances in 2007/8 will have witnessed his rendition of the Disney song I Wanna Be Like You. Satu... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
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Player Piano - Into The Dark EP
The reputation of piano-driven balladry may never recover from the pummelling it suffered at the hands of Keane and Coldplay, but Jeremy Radway is at least d... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
AlbumsFranz Ferdinand - Blood
Franz Ferdinand’s third album Tonight was a muted success, despite the pre-release talk of afrobeat rhythms and experimental electronica largely turnin... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
AlbumsWorriedaboutsatan - Arrivals
With its slow chord changes and floating beats, Arrivals at times sounds as though it is being played underwater. Crackly glitches and beeps are smoothed of ... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
One of the most interesting things about this record and band is sifting through its self-propagated mythology. The LA quartet not only claim to have been ar... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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TV21 - Forever 22
A fine exhumation of '80s ‘indie’ that existed before the term became embarrassing and meaningless Read more »| 25 May 2009
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Iron Crease - Eye Increase
Thanks to an extended period of collective inactivity, the scattered members of cult Dundonians Laeto are gradually re-emerging into the world with new bands... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
AlbumsEnter Shikari - Common Dreads
Two years ago, Enter Shikari were busy burrowing into the deepest, darkest crevice of subgenre, and they’ve defiantly made a squat of their niche ever ... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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In Case of Fire - Align the Planets
How much emoting can you take? If picking up Align the Planets, your answer to that question had better be ‘a lot’, as every word sung by Steven ... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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Passion Pit – Manners
In the wave of acclaim that met Passion Pit’s Chunk of Change EP earlier this year, the critical consensus was, ironically, that this was music to be r... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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The Blackout - The Best In Town
The Best In Town is the second album from Welsh six-piece The Blackout. Signed to the now legendary Epitaph Records, this album is a big step forward for the... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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Autorotation - Everything Is Everything
Some pairings, however inexplicable, just feel right. Little monkeys and organ grinders? Check. What about ethereal electronica and glacial female vocals? Y... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
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Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart
"What are we doing here if romance isn't dead?" So demanded Paul Smith, Maximo Park's frontman, on the Tyneside quintet's exhilarating debut single Graffiti.... Read more »| 22 May 2009 -
Singles
Absent Elk - Sun And Water
Sun And Water - the first single from Girls Aloud's British-Norwegian touring buddies Absent Elk - starts out like your average run-of-the-mill James Blunt-e... Read more »| 21 May 2009 -
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Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
In four years between 2002 and 2006, Dirty Projectors went through 27 band members. That’s a turnover to put even your most harried of rock supergroups... Read more »| 21 May 2009