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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AlbumsTakka Takka – Migration
Danger! Afro-pop alert! If you refer to the dos and don’ts in the Modern Musicians Guide to Alternative Rock, then venturing into world music territory... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsDeerhunter – Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter is no fan of the sudden, bloody kill. There’s no adrenalin-soaked chase across the hillsides with this bunch of self-proclaimed ‘ambie... Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsHidden Orchestra – Night Walks
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop inflected brethren The Cinematic Orchestra, the similarly named, similarly styled Hidden Orchestra have set an Olympian... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
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Chapter – III (A Collection of Monsters)
A Collection of Monsters is a compelling record that excites and frustrates in equal measure. The songs - fusing elements of folk, electronica and chamber-po... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Singles
Comanechi / Divorce Split 10"
Road bound co-conspirators, Comanechi and Divorce have seen their working relationship blossom over the past year or so, returning here with a string of UK d... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsThe Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands
Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010
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Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle
Having instigated an evolution away from their Sonic Youth-aping origins with the release of 2000’s, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blond Redhead&rs... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Helsinki Seven – Divisions
Helsinki Seven are purveyors of bombastic popular hardcore, the likes of which initially propelled Boy Sets Fire onto the Warped tour and wider acceptance. C... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Singles
Dancer Vs Politician - Justin Fairborn
Sun kissed, burnished and saccharine, Dancer Vs Politician want to bring the joyous Sunday mornings of the sixties to your room. Only a few chords permeate J... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Black Mountain – Wilderness Heart
Unlike the musical trajectory of many of the influences Black Mountain happily wear on their sleeves, Wilderness Heart finds the Canadian troupe temp... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Losers – Beautiful Losers
This side project by radio DJ Eddy Temple-Morris along with Tom Bellamy from the Cooper Temple Clause attempts to follow the manifesto of Temple-Morris&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Gaudi – No Prisoners
Of all the ridiculous utopian political messages, the most magnificent has got to be ‘one nation under a groove’, as No Prisoners reminds us with... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Envy – Recitation
Recitation is an apt title for Japanese hardcore band Envy’s fifth long player, invoking the scene of a dramatic storyteller with an audience in the pa... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
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Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
This is, according to Nicky Wire, the Manics’ “last chance to attempt to communicate on a mass level” – a peculiar statement, conside... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – September 2010
This month we plonk our old-school ghetto-blaster in front of a napping Steve Mason. It took the sound of the September singles to rouse him from his torpor Read more »| 01 Sep 2010