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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SinglesLaurent Garnier - Pay TV
Laurent Garnier's latest single is best described as a précis of the Parisian DJ's mercurial, if occasionally erratic, career to date. His eclectic a... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
EpEmmy the Great - Edward EP (First Songs)
Emmy the Great revisits her juvenilia (well, perhaps juvenilia is a bit much…she’s only 25), and it’s a chance to witness her ingén... Read more »| 19 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsMisty Roses - Villainess
Phil Spector’s influence lives on in this swooping ’60s-style orchestral pop that fans of Richard Hawley or the Last Shadow Puppets will lap up. ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsDialog - Run Silent Run Deep
This is for those who love returning home mashed up after a nightclub, passing round a spliff and sticking on some chillout. Does anyone still do that? I&rsq... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Dave Cloud and the Gospel of Power - Fever
Dave Cloud might now resemble an off-season Santa Claus, but his sound is anything but festive. The portly, bearded Nashville veteran is in the vein of myste... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsVladislav Delay - Tummaa
Vladislav Delay, aka Sasu Ripatti, writes the type of music that causes parents to wail “but it's just random noise!”, while persevering connoiss... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009
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Dolores O'Riordan - No Baggage
In a weird way, former Cranberries frontwoman Dorlores O'Riordan has something in common with Eddie Vedder, her crooning being as divisive as Vedder's grunge... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Brigada Mercy - Recovering Catholic/Roto Chico
The double A-side from this Yorkshire trio mixes the nasal assault of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong with elements of rustic, Eastern European folk. Now, t... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
Finally the worldwide drought of pop-punk is over. God knows it's literally been hours since our last fix of pseudo-snot-spitting, major-chord-playing, long-... Read more »| 06 Aug 2009 -
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The Drug Models Love - Slow Hope Parade
Recording under the pseudonym of The Drug Models Love, New York based Kevin McGinnis certainly has his marketing down, with a name that promises bleak-chic c... Read more »| 06 Aug 2009 -
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Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
Black Mountaineers fail to scale the lofty heights of the past, but occasionally impress Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
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Humanzi - Bass Balls
Given past musical associations, it's not massively surprising when Bass Balls comes thundering out of your speakers with all the hedonistic momentum of QOTS... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
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Mos Def - The Ecstatic
From Red and Meth to Cube and Common, Hollywood has sanded the edges away from too many MCs who've dared to court her over the years. Proving a rare exceptio... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
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Plum - Different Skin
Benbecula Records [sadly closing its doors in November - ed] can always be relied upon to deliver the offbeat, the oddball and the out-of-the-ordinary, and t... Read more »| 04 Aug 2009 -
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Nurses - Apple's Acre
A beautiful blend of Animal Collective and Yeasayer that comes highly recommended. Read more »| 04 Aug 2009