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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AlbumsYou Me At Six - Hold Me Down
To underestimate angst rock is a dangerous practice. To those who have escaped adolescence in one piece, the aimless yelping of the latest mosh-by-numbers em... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsGift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
As one half of prolific hip-hop duo Blackalicious, Tim Parker lived up to his alias with a flow that's seen him described by AllMusic as "one of the top MCs ... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - January 2010
From George Formby to Mariachi horns, this month's Dozen is as weird as that time Steve Coogan dated Courtney Love. Finbarr Bermingham casts a scrutinous eyeball over January's singles. Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
AlbumsThao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better, Learn Faster
US singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen's second album in collaboration with The Get Down Stay Down is a singular creature: a break-up record which somehow evokes t... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
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The BDIs - It Was Not Serious
Tight guitar work, even tighter harmonies, and, considering their indie-country sound, the likelihood of superlatively tight trousers, It Was Not Ser... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
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HiM - ?
They may have started out under the dub umbrella, but HiM, the portal through which California-based Doug Scharin pushes his sonic envelope, are now a very d... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010
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Owen Pallett - Heartland
Restraint has always been a key factor for the artist formerly known as Final Fantasy. Owen Pallett’s delicate chamber-pop nuggets could easily be expa... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
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Eels - End Times
E marks his divorce with another unflinchingly honest album. Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
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Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas
Compilations like Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas are vitally important. Their necessity will be emphasised repeatedly over the next few days: they w... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
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Parenthetical Girls - The Scottish Play
Strictly limited availability (500 copies) in a silk-screened (???) sleeve illustrated by Glasgow's David Shrigley, it would come as no surprise if this also... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
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Adam Green - Minor Love
While not every musician mellows with age – Nick Cave will be a horny corpse long before he’s labelled ‘mature’ – advancing yea... Read more »| 21 Dec 2009 -
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Vampire Weekend - Contra
Vampire Weekend were easily one of the surprise success stories of 2008. Four white men trapped in black men trapped in white men’s bodies, playing mus... Read more »| 18 Dec 2009 -
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Freeland - COPE ™ Remixed
Adam Freeland previously courted critical acclaim with COPE ™ (OK, so not in these pages - ed), managing to lure rock luminaries as disparate as Gerald... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
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The Hussy's - Japanese Graffiti
Never since Bush have a British band seemed so in thrall to the sounds of American rock. If you can forgive that vexatious inverted comma that pops u... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Singles
Benjamin Shaw - I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got
In an age when digital technology has made pristine sound quality available to anyone with a decent laptop, going lo-fi has become a statement in itself: I'm... Read more »| 15 Dec 2009