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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AlbumsBon Iver – Bon Iver
Finding overnight fame through his wildly romanticised, critically embraced debut For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon’s sudden elevation to folk ... Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – Fucked Up Takeover
Though a lion on the stage, Fucked Up's Damian ‘Pink Eyes’ Abraham takes to the June singles with the gentle demeanour of a lamb – albeit a lamb with a mild contempt for clean production and a loathing for rhythmic movement Read more »| 30 May 2011 -
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The Disrupters – Generation Retard
It seems only fitting that Norwich’s Disrupters would wait for a Tory government to return before releasing a new album: it’s what punk’s a... Read more »| 30 May 2011 -
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White Denim – D
White Denim have always seemed better in theory than in practice. Omnivorously squeezing as many diverse influences as possible into every track, the Austini... Read more »| 27 May 2011 -
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Sons and Daughters – Mirror Mirror
Sons and Daughters’ third full length release sees the Glasgow four-piece abandon the glitz of 2008’s This Gift, and step back into a familiar da... Read more »| 27 May 2011 -
AlbumsO'Death – Outside
Initially, O’Death’s third full-length on City Slang comes across as an uncharacteristically conventional release for the label. The New York qui... Read more »| 27 May 2011
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Secret Cities – Strange Hearts
Always Friends; Ice Cream Scene; The Park – just reading the names of the first three tracks of Secret Cities’ second album might cause seizures ... Read more »| 27 May 2011 -
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King Post Kitsch – The Party's Over
“You’ve gone and found yourself a friend,” sings Charlie Ward aka King Post Kitsch on the Rhodes-driven Closing Time, and if friendship is ... Read more »| 27 May 2011 -
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Joseph Arthur – The Graduation Ceremony
Returning with his first solo offering since the release of 2006’s Nuclear Daydream, Ohio-based raconteur Joseph Arthur’s sixth studio album char... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
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Indian Red Lopez – Empty Your Lungs and Breathe
Taking the polar opposite approach to the movie Sleepers (7.4 on IMDB! - ed) from which they borrowed their name, Aberdeen's Indian Red Lopez have delivered ... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
AlbumsEddie Vedder – Ukulele Songs
Fronting grunge survivors Pearl Jam for over two decades has earned Eddie Vedder the right to indulge the odd whim; that solo sophomore release Ukulele Songs... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
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The Travelling Band – Screaming Is Something
Manchester’s The Travelling Band have horizons both narrow and broad: musically, they’re content to operate within parameters so well-est... Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
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Mini Mansions – Mini Mansions
Michael Shuman is best known for his role as bassist in Queens of the Stone Age, but this side-project – also incorporating Tyler Parkford and Zach Daw... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Dustin O'Halloran – Vorleben
Vorleben will be a tough nut to advertise: “If you buy just one new Dustin O’Halloran album this year” the hyperbole will confidently begin... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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United Fruit – Fault Lines
Glasgow quartet United Fruit have clearly taken time to build since debuting the sharp burst of post-hardcore excellence that was their 2009 Mistress Reptile... Read more »| 25 May 2011