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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AlbumsArt Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
Recorded with Frank Black in what is a rare production outing for the Pixies frontman, punk outsiders Art Brut have retained the rambunctious energy and ende... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsPasse Montagne - Oh My Satan
There are 12 instrumentals in 21 minutes on Passe Montagne’s brilliantly titled second record Oh My Satan. Consisting of two jagged, scratchy no-wave g... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
SinglesJunior Boys - Hazel
A woman with Hazel eyes ruffles the Junior Boys' normally cool exterior Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
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Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
The return of the mad scientist of hip-hop Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Leech - The Stolen View
Given their origins and fondness for touring in Germany and its immediately neighbouring countries, few jaws will drop on learning that Leech entertain a cer... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
Singles
Patrick Wolf - Vulture
With over two years having passed since the release of his last single, The Magic Position, it’s reassuring to find Patrick Wolf still in the process o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009
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Singles
Je Suis Animal - Fortune Map
Listening to Je Suis Animal is like peering through Lewis Carroll’s looking-glass - things seem familiar, but something you can’t quite put your ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Operahouse - Escape From the Sun
Operahouse are an ambitious bunch, as big and expensive-sounding as their moniker suggests. Their ambition doesn’t stop at frontman Jonny’s desir... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Jeffrey Lewis - 'Em Are I
New York's renaissance slacker Jeffrey Lewis cultivates a prolific lifestyle, cramming the recording of this new album somewhere into a hectic touring, lectu... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Local stalwarts Camera Obscura’s latest album title will likely elicit obvious jokes from detractors, especially with an opening line like “spend... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
AlbumsThe Damned - Phantasmagoria / Anything Reappraised
Formed in 1976 The Damned (Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, Brian James) were the first punk band to release a single (New Rose, in 1976 – o... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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54-40 - Northern Soul
54-40 have been around for 28 years, sold millions of albums in their home country Canada and wrote I Go Blind, as covered by Hootie and the Blowfish. With t... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
“A lot of people don’t believe that rock and roll can save your soul…I don’t think any one of these people have ever seen The Hold S... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
Singles
Thyrd Eye - Say Something
Seemingly stuck between trying to sound like Queens of the Stone Age or Evanescence, Thyrd Eye ultimately fail in creating a convincing cross between the two... Read more »| 07 Apr 2009 -
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Storsveit Nix Noltes - Royal Family - Divorce
Comprised of 11 Icelandic eclecticists with a fascination for music from Eastern Europe, there was little danger of Storsveit Nix Noltes churning out three-c... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009