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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SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – October 2011
Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson, AKA Slow Club, take time out from seducing Scottish crowds to reacquaint themselves with the good old CD single Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
EpOtherpeople – Memory Gag EP
There is one hell of a lot of pop music in the world but sadly not much of it has any nutritious value. Talking Heads are history, Weezer lost the plot and B... Read more »| 30 Sep 2011 -
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Jeffrey Lewis – A Turn In The Dream-Songs
Anti-folk figure Jeffrey Lewis is known for his tendency to divide listeners. He addresses this point directly in the song Cult Boyfriend, a highlight on thi... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
AlbumsLoch Lomond – Little Me Will Start A Storm
Every Scottish review of this record will doubtlessly refer to the recognisable moniker of this sextet from Portland, Oregon, but with this, their first rele... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
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Shonen Knife – Osaka Ramones
Cover albums often carry an air of redundancy, beckoning the question: why bother? For punk-pop trio Shonen Knife, the motivation is to mark their 30th... Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
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The Moth & The Mirror – Honestly, This World
Comprising previous and occasional members of bands including Frightened Rabbit, Smoke Jaguar and The Reindeer Section, The Moth & The Mirror form ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011
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Siskiyou – Keep Away The Dead
This second LP from indie-folk band Siskiyou finds a balance between soft reflective folk songs and angst-ridden stomp-alongs. Recorded mostly in the tiny to... Read more »| 28 Sep 2011 -
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Jonnie Common – Deskjob
Deskjob is not, Jonnie Common has been keen to stress, a remix album. There’s no chopping and screwing here: instead, consider his role akin to Phil Sp... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
AlbumsThe Dead Man's Waltz – The Dead Man's Waltz
Taking their cues from the more morbid side of life, The Dead Man’s Waltz don’t so much pen songs as craft twisted tales of betrayal, murder and ... Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
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Meg Baird – Seasons On Earth
Meg Baird makes the kind of pretty, but sad, singer-songwriter Americana folk that soothes the soul, even if it is sometimes too languid to conjure any lasti... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
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DJ Shadow – The Less You Know, The Better
Abandoning the goodtime crunk and tombola-plucked guests of 2007’s die-hard riling The Outsider, Josh Davis returns with a jukebox album, bound to at l... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
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Stephin Merritt – Obscurities
Stephin Merritt has described curating Obscurities an ‘agonising’ and ‘depressing’ experience, with most candidate tracks decreed obs... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
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M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83’s last album, Saturdays = Youth, was their biggest critical and commercial success to date. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, then, is a curveball. W... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
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Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band – Fuck You! I'm Keith Top Of The Pops
Clearly saturated in ramshackle influences such as Half Man Half Biscuit, The Fall and Carter USM (who feature here), Keith TOTP can't quite shake off the co... Read more »| 26 Sep 2011 -
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Martyn – Ghost People
Dutch producer Martyn's Brainfeeder debut isn't the 'statement' record that some observers might have anticipated, nor does it represent a wholesale paradigm... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011