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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AlbumsJuffage – Semicircle
Juffage, the solo project of Leeds’ Jeff T Smith, fits neatly into that category of dreamy indie-pop that Sparklehorse perfected years ago, but rather ... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsWiley – 100% Publishing
Wiley’s second album for Big Dada sees the rapper hedging his musical bets. A combination of the hardest, sickest underground grime rhythms and more co... Read more »| 04 Jun 2011 -
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Driver Drive Faster – Open House
If Open House sounds extraordinarily professional for a self-funded debut, it’s worth noting that three of Driver Drive Faster’s four bodies form... Read more »| 03 Jun 2011 -
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Woods – Sun and Shade
Woods have a very suitable name. From the head-nodding, foot-tapping, retro-sounding first chords of Sun and Shade, you realise you're spending time with a r... Read more »| 03 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsSamiyam – Sam Baker's Album
The second LP from LA-based instrumental hip-hop producer Samiyam thankfully evinces a far greater breadth of imagination than its title suggests. Sam Baker&... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
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Handsome Furs – Sound Kapital
We’re not exactly short of 80s revivalist electro-pop at the moment, so the prospect of another outfit who wear their debt to Depeche Mode on their sle... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011
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Wild Moccasins – Skin Collision Past
Skin Collision Past combines new material with Wild Moccasins’ previously released Microscopic Metronomes EP (2009). Across the whole, the Texan quinte... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsSeasick Steve – You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
While much of Seasick Steve’s popularity may have come from his good-natured persona and impressive collection of jury-rigged instruments, it can&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
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Southern Tenant Folk Union – Pencaitland
Folk music’s greatest asset is how well it translates between regions, allowing constant cross-pollination of sounds. Because of this, this Scottish se... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
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Atari Teenage Riot – Is This Hyperreal?
In the entire history of alternative music has there ever been anyone with as retarded a sense of irony as Alec Empire? It's a question you'll find yourself ... Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
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Milk Maid – Yucca
Having broken away from band duties with latter day grungers Nine Black Alps, Yucca represents both bassist Martin Cohen’s new band Milk Maid’s d... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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Puzzle Muteson – En Garde
There are positive ways to be musically ground-breaking; by pushing things further than anyone previously dared, for example, or innovating something brand s... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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My Morning Jacket – Circuital
On listening to My Morning Jacket’s sixth studio release, it becomes immediately apparent just how significant the shift has been from the country-infl... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsBlack Lips – Arabia Mountain
For a band prone to misinterpreting the spirit of rock and roll (examples abound online – being jerks isn’t the same as being rock stars, guys), ... Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
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The Coathangers – Larceny & Old Lace
Taking its scuzz from late 60s proto-punk and the snarl from early 90s riot grrrls, The Coathangers offer a record of near-hits and some legendary misses. Le... Read more »| 31 May 2011