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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SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – July 2010
After too many months of letting rock stars have their say, Darren Carle retreats to his listening chamber and takes the Dozen back to its roots Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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Common Prayer – There Is a Mountain
The latest project of ex-Mercury Rev bassist and Hopewell founder Jason Sebastian Russo begins eponymously with commonprayer, an endearingly rickety shuffle ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsMitchell Museum – The Peters Port Memorial Service
Glasgow’s Mitchell Museum have been ones to watch for some time now, but the unexpected brilliance of their debut album suggests we weren’t watch... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010 -
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Adam Stafford and the Death Bridge Convention – Music In The Mirabel
Covers albums can be risky: on the plus side, the artist gets to release versions of songs his listeners may already love; on the negative, well-known songs ... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010 -
AlbumsCarlton Melton – Pass It On
Recorded inside a Geodesic Dome off the coast of Northern California, Pass It On is an album of live, improvised, experimental, psychedelic jams. If that las... Read more »| 30 Jun 2010 -
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Eminem – Recovery
It's sad what a few years of personal problems and patchy albums have done for Marshall Mathers, alias Eminem, a guy who once turned out some of the most ski... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010
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Tango In the Attic – Bank Place Locomotive Society
When fresh-faced newcomers identify Paul Simon as a chief songwriting inspiration, cynics might well read between the lines and translate the citation to &ls... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Kid Canaveral – Shouting At Wildlife
Kid Canaveral have four self-released seven inches to their name, lyrics that rhyme Smash Hits with Brad Pitt, and debut album artwork adorned with doodled c... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Jammer – Jahmanji
Even though grime got glam and captured the ears of everyone from ringtone-buying teens to contemplative middle-class listeners since being commandee... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Allo Darlin’ - Allo Darlin’
There's a fine line between homage and piggybacking, and Allo Darlin' shuffle along it quite precariously, through the course of this debut lifting choruses ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2010 -
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Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse – Dark Night of the Soul
A collaborative album from Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse will raise few eyebrows, given both acts' prior prolificacy as musical magpies – with a pletho... Read more »| 28 Jun 2010 -
AlbumsSpare Snare – Victor
Aesthetically gorgeous; initial copies of Victor are packaged in a lovely hand screen printed card sleeve by Spare Snare driving machine, Jan Burnett. Champi... Read more »| 28 Jun 2010 -
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Digitonal – Be Still My Bleeping Heart
London duo Digitonal once played at a base for NASA, which suits that starry glare in their eye down to the ground, or rather off into space. This co... Read more »| 25 Jun 2010 -
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Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid
It's easy to hear why Janelle Monáe has taken four years since her breakthrough as a guest on OutKast's Idlewild to complete her own debut album: The ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010 -
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Daniel Johnston and BEAM – Beam Me Up!!
Daniel Johnston’s most celebrated work was recorded single-handedly on a basic tape recorder, often in one take, using nothing more than a chea... Read more »| 24 Jun 2010