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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AlbumsLuxury Car – When I Was Good
Biphonic seems an appropriate label for Luxury Car – partly because brothers John and William Robertson are audibly kindred with label-mates Swimmer On... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
AlbumsSix Organs of Admittance – Asleep on the Floodplain
The gradual evolution of Ben Chasny's psych-folk outfit has produced increasingly focused and coherent work, a trend which continues on Asleep on the Floodpl... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar
Gently infectious and overwhelmingly dreamy, The Joy Formidable's debut full-length The Big Roar marks itself out as the soundtrack du jour for rock 'n' roll... Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
Ep
Canblaster – Master of Complication EP
Canblaster aka Cédric Steffens has without a doubt been responsible for some of the most exciting dance music in the past twelve months. His own conte... Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
Albums
Self-Evident – Endings
Listening to Endings is like taking a trip back in time of about ten years, back to when bands like the Dismemberment Plan and At the Drive-In were crafting ... Read more »| 11 Feb 2011 -
AlbumsThe Bellrays – Black Lightning
If doubters can get past the fact that The Bellrays are clearly not high-concept, it would be nice to think they could appreciate the sheer eagerness to rock... Read more »| 10 Feb 2011
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Albums
The Get Up Kids – There Are Rules
“You’ve got the dirty bombs and I’ve got nothing to wash them with.” When an album opens with a line like that, it’s either goi... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
AlbumsSam Kills Two – Pretty Ugly
The chat surrounding Sam Kills Two’s 2009 debut tended to focus on the involvement of Dodgy frontman Nigel Clark, noting the absence of chirpy Britpop ... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
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Beat Milk Jugs – Ten Years of Hangovers
Beat Milk Jugs are an electro-Goth four-piece (not another one!) originally hailing from Daugavpils, Latvia but currently based in the UK. Perhaps mercifully... Read more »| 09 Feb 2011 -
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Malachai – Return to the Ugly Side
Malachai’s second long player bills itself as “cut up” of hip-hop and psychedelic pop with a “Bristolian twist”, which if nothi... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
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Stateless – Matilda
Leeds outfit Stateless' debut album of a few years back effortlessly mixed jazzy, electronic beats with singer Chris James' earnest vocals — think some... Read more »| 07 Feb 2011 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – February 2011
Giving the world's rock stars a month off to tend their flamboyant facial hair, Chris Buckle immerses himself in the seedy underworld of February's singles pile Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
Albums
The Cave Singers – No Witch
‘Authenticity’ is fetishised in folk and rock alike. It’s a vague, unempirical concept, the application of which relies upon a paraphrasing... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
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Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Following the success of her charismatic 2008 debut Youth Novels, Swedish Chanteuse Lykke Li returns with this much anticipated next move. Admirably tackling... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
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The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps
Remaining true to The Twilight Singers’ founding ethos, Greg Dulli once again assembles a notable cast for the long-awaited return of his New Orleans t... Read more »| 02 Feb 2011