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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AlbumsThe Magic Numbers – The Runaway
The Magic Numbers, God bless them, seem to have created such a blandly benevolent image of themselves that many (especially the paparazzi) will find it diffi... Read more »| 26 May 2010 -
AlbumsVillagers – Becoming a Jackal
It seems every other week there’s a sensitive soul, acoustic guitar in tow, streams of literary loveliness, and a big burning candle of compete... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
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Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Just as ‘Hollywood’ no longer refers solely to a geographical place but an idea or style, ‘Brooklyn’, in music, has become a state of... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
AlbumsChrome Hoof – Crush Depth
‘Experimental orchestra’ Chrome Hoof seem to get weirder and more ambitious with each release. On Crush Depth the early electronic influences are... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
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Bronto Skylift – The White Crow
They say a band is only as good as its drummer, and with that in mind Bronto Skylift could be an earth-shattering proposition. Technical proficiency is somet... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
AlbumsCrystal Castles Debut Album Review
There are two faces to Ontario’s Crystal Castles, both physically and musically. Comprised of show-stealing frontwoman Alice Glass and the seemingly re... Read more »| 25 May 2010
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Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders - Red Light Fever
While Foo Fighters have settled into the complacent middle-age of stadium rock, drummer Taylor Hawkins isn’t going down without a fight. Most of the so... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
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Appaloosa - Savana
Appaloosa peddle some rather tasty instrumental funk-rock. And, just to clarify, that’s genuine, butt-shaking beauties, rather than the kind of white-g... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
AlbumsDan Sartain - Lives
In these superficial times, spending a career dressed top to tail in rockabilly garb singles anyone out as a little strange. But rather than masquerading as ... Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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Dapayk Solo – Decade One (2000-2010)
The first part of this two-disc retrospective of Dapayk Solo is subtitled ‘For Headphones, Couches and Cars’, and accordingly contains a selectio... Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
With 18 studio albums, half a dozen EPs, seven live albums and literally scores of other odds and ends scattered across the musical landscape, for Melvins th... Read more »| 20 May 2010 -
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Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle
Eugene Hutz and his band of merry men and women return with this Rick Rubin produced, Brazilian influenced collection of gypsy-punk anthems. Pala Tute sets t... Read more »| 20 May 2010 -
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The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood and Fire
Sometimes it must be easier for a band that starts out average. Spare a thought for The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster who, from the word go, have utterly... Read more »| 19 May 2010 -
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Funki Porcini - On
Sampled-based music is, too often, a case of mere archaeology. As fascinating as layers of sound and history being laid atop one another might be, it’s... Read more »| 17 May 2010 -
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Trummor & Orgel - Visions
The Hammond organ is a funny old beast; capable of conjuring forth ocean storms of electricity one minute, and sounding like elevator muzak the next, they ne... Read more »| 17 May 2010