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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AlbumsCraig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
Combining the beefy riffs of Tad Kubler, (erstwhile member) Franz Nicolay’s organ whirs and one-man sideshows and the pissed-up paeans of Craig Finn, T... Read more »| 27 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsMark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral
It’s hard to believe that this is Mark Lanegan’s first solo album in eight years; such is the profile of the Seattle scene survivor who has assur... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsDjango Django – Django Django
Recorded entirely in drummer/producer David Maclean’s bedroom with nothing but rickety gear, Django Django, a London-based group of former Edinburgh Co... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
AlbumsThe Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know
The new direction that third album No One Can Ever Know maps out for The Twilight Sad shouldn’t be too much of a curveball for avid fans. The trimmed-d... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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The Jackhammers – Give 'Em Enough Dope
From the day-glo cover to the irreverent track titles (Retard Masterplan, The World's My Toilet, etc) it's made very clear early on that Glasgow's The Jackha... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012 -
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Boy Friend – Egyptian Wrinkle
Those looking for a short-cut introduction to Boy Friend’s sound could do worse than track down their cover of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnig... Read more »| 26 Jan 2012
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AlbumsSpeech Debelle – Freedom of Speech
Speech won a Mercury for her debut – the intimate, confrontational confessional of Speech Therapy. On Freedom Of Speech she turns her attention outward... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
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FOE – Bad Dream Hotline
First off, if you're eagerly reading this article in anticipation of new material from the brilliant mathematical prog/jazz/hardcore outfit that graced the H... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
Albums
RM Hubbert – Thirteen Lost & Found
First & Last was perhaps ungenerously characterised as a ‘low-key introduction’ to RM Hubbert’s solo methods within these pages as we g... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Mull Historical Society – City Awakenings
After two albums under his own name, Colin MacIntyre has readopted his former moniker for the first time in eight years. While the intervening releases only ... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Excepting its first and final tracks (a dated-sounding industrial take on Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song featuring Karen O, and a tough, icy interpretation ... Read more »| 19 Jan 2012 -
Ep
Machinedrum – SXLND EP
Travis Stewart has made a conspicuous habit of excellence in the last year. In Room(s) and Sepalcure (his project with Praveen Sharma, aka Braille), 2011 had... Read more »| 16 Jan 2012 -
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All the Saints – Intro To Fractions
This second offering from Atlanta's All The Saints finds the band chin deep in psychedelic shoegaze. Like their debut, they continue to take cues from Englis... Read more »| 10 Jan 2012 -
Albums
Chris Devotion and the Expectations – Amalgamation & Capital
Encounter Amalgamation & Capital anonymously and you might presume it a greatest hits rather than a debut, its no-nonsense new-wave suggesting a lost gen... Read more »| 10 Jan 2012 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – January 2012
Mike Palmer and Sean Smith of We Were Promised Jetpacks exercise diplomacy on the January singles Read more »| 09 Jan 2012