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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AlbumsThe Thermals - Now We Can See
This Portland-based trio (sometimes duo) received high praise for their 2006 album The Body, The Blood, The Machine with its grunge-pop tunefulness and the i... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
EpThe One Day Speakers - Scan the Horizon EP
While it's natural to pigeonhole a new band using your own internal jukebox, The One Day Speakers wear their inspirations a little too proudly on their sleev... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsPeter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
“Peter Bjorn and John? The happy-go-lucky Swedes responsible for whistle-core pop smash Young Folks? They’re great, any whistling this time?&rdqu... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsSoutherly - Storyteller & the Gossip Columnist
Southerly seem to tick all the right boxes for admission into the hearts and iPods of zeitgeist-alt-America. Central creative prodigy à la Beirut? Che... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
AlbumsBell X1 - Blue Lights on Runway
Bell X1 has Irish pride stamped all over it. Already having scored a number one album in their homeland, Damien Rice’s former group can count the accol... Read more »| 25 Mar 2009 -
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Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
Anyone acquainted with Bat For Lashes’ highly regarded debut Fur and Gold will know that the Brighton singer-songwriter (real name Natasha Khan) is som... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009
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Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project is the brainchild of Charles Spearin, founding member of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think. The album's concept is so unique th... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Answer - Everyday Demons
One listen to Everyday Demons, and we're not surprised that The Answer are currently supporting AC/DC. The Irish lads' cranked-up blues riffs and squealing v... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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The Xcerts - In The Cold Wind We Smile
We’ve all been there: in depths of angst, we see no way to express emotion other than through the outward pouring of aggression. The Xcerts have made t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Hercules Mandarin - Fast Behind The Times
The album sleeve of Fast Behind The Times could be taken as a staggeringly naive invitation for music hacks to indulge in derision, but it more likely repres... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Arthemis - Black Society
Black Society, the fifth album from Italian metal outfit, Arthemis, is a fairly ambitious attempt at mixing both the best and worst of 80s metal, with a crim... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
Singles
The Japanese War Effort - King of Poland
Quite frankly, Martin Moog appears to be taking the piss. This EP begins with a rousing sample from the King's College Choir and then Moog weighs in with the... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Shinedown - The Sound Of Madness
Anyone listening to Jacksonville fivesome Shinedown’s UK debut release could be easily forgiven for thinking that they had been transported back to a t... Read more »| 24 Mar 2009 -
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Various Artists - Future Disco
Any genre with the prefix “nu” seems fated to be met with a backlash almost as soon as it appears. Read more »| 23 Mar 2009 -
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Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come Easy Go
Marianne Faithfull has just about done it all. Drug busts and addictions, affairs with Rolling Stones and living on the streets, directly or indirectly (depe... Read more »| 23 Mar 2009