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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SinglesU2 - Get On Your Boots
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s artwork for U2’s forthcoming album, No Line On The Horizon, may be more apt than he realises. Get On Your Boots is not so much... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
Singles
Seasick Steve - Happy Man
This month the hobo hero Seasick Steve gets around to releasing the first single from his new album, I Started Out With Nothin’… and I Still Got... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - February 2009
Two '80s icons crash the party this month, but are they going to embarrass themselves among the fresh-faced indie kids? Nick Mitchell finds out Read more »| 02 Feb 2009 -
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Under One Sky - Under One Sky
To the average punter having just listened to Sportsound on Radio Scotland in its entirety only to find themselves inadvertently caught in the midst of some ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsA Camp - Colonia
Second LP from The Cardigans singer Nina Persson's solo outlet. Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
AlbumsGrand Duchy - Petit Fours
"My oldest boy, he likes his tomato sauce with pasta so sometimes I've got to make it really quickly but I don't like using jars of sauces. So the first thin... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009
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Albums
M. Ward - Hold Time
Hold Time stands at 5’ 8”. She has tumbling auburn hair, wears a frail sash emblazoned with her country of origin, and stands on the catwalk with... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
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MV+EE - Drone Trailer
If Sonic Youth ever decided to jam with Neil Young, then they might end up in similar territory to MV+EE. Matt Valentine and Erika Elder (the MV+EE of their ... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
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Phosphorescent - To Willie
There's enough of a contemporary twist on the material to make this seem worthwhile Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
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Wavves - Wavvves
Nathan Williams' sophomore effort's not quite a masterpiece, but pretty soon these Wavves will come crashing in. Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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The View - Which Bitch?
It doesn't bode well for the second View album from the outset, arse-clenchingly awful title apart. Supermarket-indie bands are finding it difficult ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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Té - If That Is What Is Being Thought, Liberated Sound Talks The Depth Of "Musical" World
Whilst the hipsters of the world are currently crapping their pants about all the great bands getting pumped out of Canada (“...and Tokyo Police Club e... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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The Presidents of the United States of America - Ladybug EP
Some bands grow old disgracefully, comprised of dinosaur rock stars who seem oblivious to the fact that they are no longer 19. The Presidents were never cool... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
Albums
Mike Bones - A Fool For Everyone
Mike Bones, New York guitarist with Soldiers of Fortune and Cass McCombs, releases his second solo album on Vice Records. Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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zZz - Running With the Beast
Approximately half of a good album... but that also means half of a bad album Read more »| 27 Jan 2009