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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AlbumsDavid Lynch – Crazy Clown Time
Created with the help of engineer Dean Hurley (Inland Empire), Crazy Clown Time is a Lynchian vision of experimental 'modern blues' that only partially manag... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Russian Circles – Empros
Post-rock has been painting itself into corners for too long now, as some acts persevere in rehashing the same delay-heavy prog instrumentalism that worked o... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsRob St. John – Weald
As part of the Edinburgh folk scene, Rob St. John has been quietly scratching out a name for himself for some years now with makeshift gigs, live recordings ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – November 2011
With his debut album finally rearing its cosmic noggin this month, Clean George IV sizes up the competition with bandmate and Aberfeldy frontman Riley Briggs keeping him in check Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now – A Room Dim At Noon
Despite diligently working their way round Glasgow for the last few years, this is only the second full-length release from IYLHYBHBN (longest abbreviation e... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
AlbumsMike Patton – The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Featuring music created for the film (and inspired by the book) of the same name, The Solitude of Prime Numbers is being touted as a "sonic departure" for Mi... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011
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Ane Brun – It All Starts With One
A couple of years ago, a Cyndi Lauper cover for a Sky HD ad looked like it just might break the stalemate scenario whereby Norwegian-born, Sweden-residing An... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
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M+A – things.yes
The ‘M’ of ‘M+A’ is Michele Ducci, the ‘A’ is Alessondro Degli Angioli, but the ‘plus’ affixing them is less ... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
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Captain Quentin – Instrumental Jet Set
It’s hard to get a handle on Captain Quentin’s eclectic sound; maybe it’s a cultural disconnect (the band hails from Italy), or maybe the... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
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Wooden Wand and the Briarwood Virgins – Briarwood
James Jackson Toth, the phenomenally-prolific songwriter oft-known as Wooden Wand, recorded Briarwood in Alabama, and boy, does it show. This is Toth’s... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
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Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain, In the Cloud
In the Mountain, In the Cloud is Portugal. The Man’s sixth album in six years (seventh if you count acoustic miniature Majestic Majesty), and though th... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
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The Miserable Rich – Miss You In the Days
That the Miserable Rich have an original sound is apparent from the first few sea-shanty notes of Laid Up In Lavender. Third album, Miss You In The Days, ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
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Johnny Foreigner – Johnny Foreigner Vs. Everything
With each album, Johnny Foreigner seem to find it harder and harder to relinquish material: their thirteen-track debut seemed the optimum length for such hig... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
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The Fall – Ersatz G.B.
Having created two essential Fall albums in recent times (last year's Your Future Our Clutter and 2008's Imperial Wax Solvent), Mark E Smith's current l... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
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Magazine – No Thyself
Boasting a résumé which includes founding seminal punk icons The Buzzcocks before dropping out to lead the post-punk forays of cult heroes Maga... Read more »| 26 Oct 2011