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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AlbumsElvis Perkins In Dearland - Elvis Perkins in Dearland
After the often difficult listen that was Ash Wednesday, a to-the-bone study of the trauma of grief, it is heartening to see that musically and lyrically, an... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
SinglesBlatta and Inesha - Confused 90s: Switched on Ramirez
Dust off your whistles and break open your glow sticks: Sicilian duo Blatta and Inesha, rising stars of today's electro-house scene, have been given the gree... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsButcher Boy - React Or Die
Butcher Boy's second album picks up where they left off on album number one with another exemplary effort Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsLove Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
Your enjoyment of A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night will depend largely on your tolerance of Josephine Olausson’s vocals. Love Is All’s jagged... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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The Veils - Sun Gangs
The most striking thing about The Veils’ third album is that nothing really makes an impression. While their previous outings soared from the depths of... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Official Secrets Act - Understanding Electricity
The Official Secrets Act of 1989 is the latest revision of a Parliamentary act initiated in 1911. There have been numerous alterations made since 1911, and h... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009
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Singles
Mr Scruff and Roots Manuva - Nice Up the Function
Any collaboration between the legendary Mr Scruff and Roots Manuva was always going to be worth a listen, and this remix of Nice Up the Function, from Scruff... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Caroline Weeks - Songs for Edna
Bat for Lashes collaborator Caroline Weeks releases her solo debut record, a nine-track tribute to American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Eddi Reader - Love is the Way
Eddi Reader’s ninth studio album, Love Is The Way, contains more of the charismatic folk and pop songs that propelled her towards an MBE in 2006. Opene... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
SinglesOperahouse - Genius Child
When we think of the word ‘epic’ in a general context, the inference is usually positive. It’s apposite to heroism, grandeur, and classic l... Read more »| 30 Mar 2009 -
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Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years
Dark Days/Light Years was not recorded in a studio by mere mortals with guitars; it was cooked up in a laboratory by third-eyed hippies with primary coloured... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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De La Mancha - Atlas
Initially starting out as merely an expressive outlet for a couple of schoolfriends with some creative urges and a few bottles of wine, De La Mancha may just... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Lau - Arc Light
You know that Celtic folk music TV show on late at night, when most are either out, or asleep because they aren’t? Scottish boys Lau belong there. That... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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The Strange Boys - The Strange Boys and Girls Club
Many bands have tried, and failed, to approximate a '60s sound. The Hives settled for a cartoonish pastiche; Oasis reimagined the Beatles and The Kinks as mo... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Snake
Put simply: The Snake is a trip Read more »| 27 Mar 2009