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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AlbumsLCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
The first thing James Murphy ever did as LCD Soundsystem frontman was confess to a serious music addiction. Losing My Edge, his 2002 debut single, was an acu... Read more »| 22 Apr 2010 -
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jj - jj n° 3
Last year, Swedish dream-pop outfit jj scored a critical hit with the imaginatively titled n° 2. n° 3 follows quickly on its heels and unsurprisingly... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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Stigma - Concerto For The Undead
Inspired by the cult comic series Tales From The Crypt, Concerto For The Undead – the second full-length from Italian metallers, Stigma –... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Deftones - Diamond Eyes
With long-awaited album Eros on indefinite hold, Diamond Eyes proves that Deftones are still in the game and swinging for the fences – stand-in bass pl... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
EpThe Peryls - I Have Not Slept One Wink EP
Average English folksy type fail to capitalise on palpable potential. Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Conflict Diamonds - Two City Tales
Edinburgh duo Conflict Diamonds' debut album has been a fair while coming, but thankfully it delivers just what we've come to love about their live performan... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010
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Songdog - A Life Eroding
Like Nick Cave before him, Songdog frontman Lyndon Morgan’s lyrics sketch life – in all its tragicomic glory and horror – over elegant arra... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
EpA Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows EP
A Sunny Day In Glasgow have some funny ideas about what constitutes an album. Apparently, inclusion on last year’s Ashes Grammar wasn’t enough fo... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsThis Morning Call - All Quiet at 4AM
This Morning Call – a.k.a. Ben Heyworth – has been described as “Portishead on anti-depressants” and “LCD Soundsystem with a ha... Read more »| 17 Apr 2010 -
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Clogs - The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Not only would it be unfair to call Clogs a National side project, it’d be inaccurate too, since they predate them and are arguably a larger influence ... Read more »| 16 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsSlash - Slash
It’s not hard to look humble next to Axl Rose, but Slash takes it to new heights by making a bit-part player of himself on his own solo album. Typicall... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
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Three Blind Wolves - The Sound of the Storm
Ross Clark’s first album You Brought Evil (2009) was one of significant promise: a spacious, nebulous record, built around the Glaswegian singer’... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
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Vacuum Spasm Babies - Science EP
While music journalists aren’t inherently mischievous (honest), it’s hard to shake the feeling that Vaccum Spasm Babies – led by the former... Read more »| 12 Apr 2010 -
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The Futureheads - The Chaos
“Art”, novelist John Cheever reckoned, “is the triumph over chaos.” With a title track that lyrically rails against political apathy ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2010 -
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The Fall - Your Future Our Clutter
If, for the sake of your own musical sanity, you've been cherry-picking the finest of The Fall’s twenty-eight album output so far, then Your Future Our... Read more »| 08 Apr 2010