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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AlbumsMichael Morph – Something For The Weakened
Michael Morph’s natural groove appears to be fidget house, but Something For The Weakened is packed with plenty of gear changes to please more catholic... Read more »| 21 Jul 2010 -
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Richard Youngs – Beyond The Valley of Ultrahits
With this bafflingly titled 'pop' LP, Richard Youngs makes efforts towards a folk/electronica hybrid as much akin to Richard Thompson as to Four Tet, but lan... Read more »| 20 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsCherry Ghost – Beneath This Burning Shoreline
As with his Ivor Novello award winning debut Thirst for Romance, Simon Aldred here continues his efforts to chronicle the misfortune of life’s losers. ... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsThe Roots – How I Got Over
To put it fairly simply, The Roots are as incredibly diverse and disgustingly talented a live act as you're ever likely to see. Thankfully, this shows on rec... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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Professor Green – Alive Till I'm Dead
Who likes this? No really, it's a genuine enquiry. After several spins, it's really hard to know who's benefiting from listening to Professor Green's debut. ... Read more »| 19 Jul 2010 -
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M.I.A. – MAYA
Everything's gone smoothly for M.I.A. up 'til now, but success is a double-edged sword. She's been forced to adjust for third album MAYA – also known as '/\/\/\Y/\' – and the result isn't as compelling as either of her first two records Read more »| 13 Jul 2010
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AlbumsDirty Projectors + Björk – Mount Wittenberg Orca
Dave Longstreth is a man with great ideas: his breakthrough album as leader of Dirty Projectors, Rise Above, was an attempt to reinterpret Black Flag’s... Read more »| 12 Jul 2010 -
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Tender Trap – Dansette Dansette
They’ll never admit it, but Tender Trap wear their influences on their sleeves. Straight from the title track’s opening reverb-drenched n... Read more »| 12 Jul 2010 -
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Rich Bennett – On Holiday
Sometimes an album lands on your lap that completely baffles you. On rare, delightful occasions, you’re baffled in a wonderful way: knocked for six by ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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The Coral – Butterfly House
With Oasis deceased, another sixties-indebted Brit act has obligingly assumed the proffering of perpetual ‘best since their debut’ pre-release pr... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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Cats and Cats and Cats – If I'd Had An Atlas
Just when you thought the ‘tweexcore’ fad had finally wilted, along come Cats and Cats and Cats to stoke the embers. Sounding like a dishevelled ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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The Boy Who Trapped the Sun – Fireplace
The Boy Who Trapped the Sun apparently chose his lengthy stage name because it felt “bigger and less lonely” than ‘Colin MacLeod’. Wh... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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The Twilight Sad – The Wrong Car EP
Comprising of two unreleased tracks and two remixes, The Wrong Car EP is what you might call a "stop-gap" release between albums, but really it's much more t... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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Scragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Various – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010