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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AlbumssubtractiveLAD - Where the Land Meets the Sky
Notes are held on keyboards for infinity, synths bubble underneath and layers upon layers of sound are delicately textured throughout each track. Occasionall... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Benjamin Golby - I Was Sound
Debut album from Australian folksmith Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
EpBeatnic Prestige - Beatnic Prestige EP
Beatnic Prestige write straightforward mod-indie choons presumably aimed at those who felt Paul Weller’s Brit Award win for British Solo Artist this ye... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsLast Days - The Safety of the North
On paper, The Safety of the North sounds like a somewhat ambitious proposition. Creator and sole band member Graham Richardson’s vision of a cinematic ... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Tim Exile - Listening Tree
Introducing the boy wonder of techno Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
In the endlessly cyclical history of popular music, psychedelic rock has mostly been left to gather dust in record shops. There have been isolated attempts t... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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Albums
Big Ned - Big Ned
Oozing out of the stereo like a Scottish version of Danzig, Big Ned positively revel in the fact that the Devil's playground is not exclusively in the Middle... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Thomas Truax - Songs From the Films of David Lynch
‘Lynchian’ has for too long been bandied around as a synonym for ‘surreal’, when it really fits only the truly unsettling and perplex... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsJeniferever - Spring Tides
Further proof that Scandinavia is responsible for some of the most exciting and inventive music around just now, Swedish quartet Jeniferever are back with a ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Beatrice Antolini - A Due
‘Sounds like Dresden Dolls’, says the press release accompanying Beatrice Antolini’s second offering, and it’s not kidding. The thund... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Video Nasties - On All Fours
Dammit, the boys sound like they're having fun Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
Singles
Isa & the Filthy Tongues - New Town Killers
Best not mention Shirley Manson in earshot of this band; Manson left a previous incarnation in order to become vocalist for Garbage, a move that (judging by ... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsThe Flowers of Hell - Come Hell or High Water
Ambitious collaboration project attempts to bridge gap between classical and rock - and succeeds Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Xykogen - Terminology
Bland techno, insipid vocals and ignorant pretentiousness Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
Ep
Stabwound - Alone At Last EP
Murky but no less brutal debut from menacing Glasgow metallers Read more »| 25 Mar 2009