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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SinglesA Place to Bury Strangers – Onwards to the Wall
Ostensibly a chance to flex their chops with new bassist Dion Lunadon, the stripped-down attack of this self-produced EP offers a predictably visceral listen... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsMatthew Bourne – Montauk Variations
There’s much to admire about Matthew Bourne – the good grace with which he takes being regularly confused with the ballet choreographer of the sa... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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The Law – Trigger
You can see why much of The Law’s reputation has come from their live shows: I’d hazard their music sounds best when you’re a few jars down... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
EpFat Janitor – Lurk EP
Featuring members of underground luminaries Vcheka and Sunsmasher, the pressure was always on for Fat Janitor to produce something special. In Lurk's six tra... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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ANGO – Another City Now EP
How's this for a geography headfuck: Andrew Gordon Macpherson - who's from Nova Scotia, Canada (with a name like that?) - releases a 7 track EP of bold US R&... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsCraig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Combining the beefy riffs of Tad Kubler, (erstwhile member) Franz Nicolay’s organ whirs and one-man sideshows and the pissed-up paeans of Craig Finn, T... Read more »| 27 Jan 2012
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AlbumsMark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Lanegan’s first solo album in eight years; such is the profile of the Seattle scene survivor who has assur... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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Django Django – Django Django
Recorded entirely in drummer/producer David Maclean’s bedroom with nothing but rickety gear, Django Django, a London-based group of former Edinburgh Co... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
The new direction that third album No One Can Ever Know maps out for The Twilight Sad shouldn’t be too much of a curveball for avid fans. The trimmed-d... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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The Jackhammers – Give 'Em Enough Dope
From the day-glo cover to the irreverent track titles (Retard Masterplan, The World's My Toilet, etc) it's made very clear early on that Glasgow's The Jackha... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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Boy Friend – Egyptian Wrinkle
Those looking for a short-cut introduction to Boy Friend’s sound could do worse than track down their cover of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnig... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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Speech Debelle – Freedom of Speech
Speech won a Mercury for her debut – the intimate, confrontational confessional of Speech Therapy. On Freedom Of Speech she turns her attention outward... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
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FOE – Bad Dream Hotline
First off, if you're eagerly reading this article in anticipation of new material from the brilliant mathematical prog/jazz/hardcore outfit that graced the H... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
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RM Hubbert – Thirteen Lost & Found
First & Last was perhaps ungenerously characterised as a ‘low-key introduction’ to RM Hubbert’s solo methods within these pages as we g... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Mull Historical Society – City Awakenings
After two albums under his own name, Colin MacIntyre has readopted his former moniker for the first time in eight years. While the intervening releases only ... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012