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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AlbumsDave Cloud and the Gospel of Power – Practice in the Milky Way
Dave Cloud's is an authentically American eccentricity, forged in the mould of Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart. His bizarrely lo-fi form of country-inflected... Read more »| 07 Jul 2011 -
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Diva – The Glitter End
When Beth Consentino left Pocahaunted to start Best Coast, she revealed she’d never really liked the music made with the former, and was starting afres... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
AlbumsLangston Hughes – Harlem in Vogue: The Poetry and Jazz of Langston Hughes
As with many innovators, Langston Hughes’ legacy has largely gone neglected, overshadowed by the political heavyweights of the civil rights movement, b... Read more »| 01 Jul 2011 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen – Dananananaykroyd Takeover
David Roy and John Baillie Jr popped round ours to play Bad Cop/Worse Cop with the July singles. What will it take to tease out their sensitive side? Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsRichard Youngs – Amplifying Host
Over twenty years and a ton of releases (with scores of self-released CDRs supplementing every widely-released full-length), Richard Youngs has built a solid... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
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Washed Out – Within and Without
Ernest Greene, alias Washed Out, released his debut EP Life of Leisure in 2009, the Georgia-based talent promptly finding favour with blogging hipsters all o... Read more »| 28 Jun 2011
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Crystal Antlers – Two Way Mirror
After a favourably received debut album and EP it was uncertain as to whether these Californian acid-revivalists could ever best it. But, in attempting to do... Read more »| 28 Jun 2011 -
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Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
Often tragically tarred with the same naff indie brush as the likes of The Kooks and The Wombats, Arctic Monkeys are actually an altogether more complicated ... Read more »| 28 Jun 2011 -
AlbumsSteve Mason & Dennis Bovell – Ghosts Outside
For those baffled by seemingly endless bass culture sub-genres (hello UK post dub-step), Steve Mason’s collaboration with Dennis Bovell is refreshingly... Read more »| 27 Jun 2011 -
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm
Two warmly-received EPs aside, Benjamin Francis Leftwich is best known for an appearance on Dermot O’Leary’s Saturday Sessions, the radio slot re... Read more »| 27 Jun 2011 -
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Wolf Gang – Suego Faults
Suego Faults, the debut from Max McElligott's Wolf Gang outfit, was produced by Dave Fridmann (he of Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips fame), and it sounds like i... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
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The Blood Arm – Turn and Face Me
As one would expect of Franz Ferdinand's favourite band, an endorsement which may or may not be decreasing in value with each passing year, Los Angeles quart... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
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Alex Skolnick Trio – Veritas
By their fourth album, most bands would already have the bottom of the barrel well and truly scraped, but for Alex Skolnick’s jazz trinity this is prob... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
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Shonen Knife – Free Time
Despite multiple line-up changes, Shonen Knife’s set up and style has been unswerving across their thirty year existence: three girls, three chords, an... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011 -
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Brian Eno – Drums Between the Bells
Drums Between the Bells is the latest in Brian Eno’s long list of collaborative works, kick-started in 2003 with poet Rick Holland and featuring a revo... Read more »| 24 Jun 2011