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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AlbumsFursaxa - Mycorrhizae Realm
Let me save you a trip to Wikipedia: a mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a plant, which would locate a mycorrhizae real... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsThe Dawn Chorus - The Carnival Leaves Town
Concept albums, loathe 'em or loathe 'em, will always be a part of the rock world's furniture. As long as there are egos around and drugs to be taken bands w... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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The Smoking Hearts - Pride Of Nowhere
You usually know you're in for a good time when an album of the punk/hardcore ilk clocks in at less than half an hour - a potential short, sharp blas... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
AlbumsWhite Hills - White Hills
Despite what its detractors might say, stoner rock is a diverse and intriguing genre. Given its propensity for mind-altering substances and ongoing mission t... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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Iain Shaw - May You Live All the Days of Your Life
With a title like May You Live All the Days of Your Life, Iain Shaw’s new LP was always going to be a little fey. Knocked out in four hours, th... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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Alphabeat - The Beat Is...
Co-opting the sounds of yesteryear is hardly uncommon in pop, but it works better if the chosen template is, say, eighties electro, rather than the shitty fo... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010
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AlbumsGorillaz - Plastic Beach
Last year a couple of L.A. producers gathered an all-star cast of guests for an album about peace, love and understanding: N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo wa... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
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The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Listening to The Strange Boys’ UK debut, you can understand why Rough Trade was so quick to snap up the Texans. Echoes of The Strokes and Libertines re... Read more »| 21 Feb 2010 -
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The Boy Who Trapped The Sun - Home EP
Home is an incredibly mature effort for sun-trapping boy Colin MacLeod, considering that he was last spotted drunkenly dishing out Deep Purple covers in an A... Read more »| 19 Feb 2010 -
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Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
With 2006’s aptly titled Derdang Derdang, Archie Bronson Outfit hit a seemingly effortless groove of knuckle-bruising, country-soaked rock with... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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The Automatic - Tear the Signs Down
What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster, is it a monster? No, it's only the return of the rather pointless Welsh band behind one of the most annoyi... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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Sambassadeur - European
For all its sweeping strings and pop nous, Sambassadeur’s third album is an understated affair that initial listens might write off as underwhe... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Initially resembling an emo-Foals, Two Door Cinema Club discover unexpected range across their full length debut. Pierce the production sheen and the... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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Pavement - Quarantine the Past
Emerging amidst the Seattle-centric music scene of the early nineties, Pavement’s breakthrough album, Slanted and Enchanted, eschewed the guts and grit... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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Poostosh - Herbarium
Herbarium could be a forgotten gem of eastern European cinema; a three-hour epic about one old man's day-to-day struggles in a cold, unforgiving, Com... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010