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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AlbumsExplosions in the Sky – Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Because of the often protracted periods between albums, a new Explosions record always brings with it a mixture of expectation and trepidation, but this&hell... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsFoo Fighters – Wasting Light
Expectations in the rock fraternity surrounding Wasting Light, the seventh long player from Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters, have been reaching fever pitch. ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
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Cold Cave – Cherish the Light Years
The follow-up to 2009’s acclaimed debut Love Comes Close sees the New York-based Cold Cave continue to hone their addictive, irrepressible take on 80s ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsAlexi Murdoch – Towards the Sun
Recorded predominately in a single night, Towards the Sun is the kind of neo-folk album that causes Pitchfork writers to suffer terminal priapisms. Murdoch p... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
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Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\\
So here we go again, the difficult flipside to the great debut, as inevitable as glorious Scottish sporting failure. Euphoria and heartbreak, right e... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
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Weedeater – Jason... The Dragon
If there’s one thing Weedeater are, it’s reliable. Well, that and loud. Then again, so are dozens of other sludge bands, but they just don’... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011
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letlive – Fake History
The post-hardcore/screamo tag wasn’t always a negative one. It used to be applied to bands who displayed an excess of energy that happened to be expres... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011 -
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Bearsuit – The Phantom Forest
Bearsuit are one of the last bands you'd associate with maturity, but that is nonetheless what the Norwich indie-electro outfit seem to be grappling with on ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
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Roddy Woomble – The Impossible Song & Other Songs
Picking up where 2006’s My Secret Is My Silence left off, Roddy Woomble’s second solo effort sees him travelling further into folky territory. Wh... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
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Tindersticks – Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009
Over two decades, Nottingham’s Tindersticks have won hearts and minds with their idiosyncratic brand of brooding elegance, while across the channel, Cl... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011 -
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GLC – Love, Life & Loyalty
Not to be mistaken for Goldie Lookin Chain or the Greater London Council, representing from the chill, Chicago Illinois, Leonard D. Harris, alias Gangsta Leg... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
Not a year down the line, The Vaccines have been joyously swashing in the sickly sweet juices of hype. Elevated to dizzying heights since landing third place... Read more »| 22 Mar 2011 -
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The Son(s) – The Son(s)
Dogs, Boys & Men is an odd way to kick off a record – a concoction of early nineties British indie rock and psychedelia with a touch of folk, but t... Read more »| 18 Mar 2011 -
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Distal – Apple Bottom EP
Atlanta based producer and Embassy Records boss Distal has been causing a recognisable stir with his brash outlook on the post-dubstep Detroit sound we&rsquo... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
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Metamorfózy – Decasia
Imagine a slo-mo flight across a snowy subarctic landscape, the sort of thing you’d see on a high-tech BBC nature documentary. Now imagine the sort of ... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011