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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AlbumsBlonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle
Having instigated an evolution away from their Sonic Youth-aping origins with the release of 2000’s, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blond Redhead&rs... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsHelsinki Seven – Divisions
Helsinki Seven are purveyors of bombastic popular hardcore, the likes of which initially propelled Boy Sets Fire onto the Warped tour and wider acceptance. C... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
Singles
Dancer Vs Politician - Justin Fairborn
Sun kissed, burnished and saccharine, Dancer Vs Politician want to bring the joyous Sunday mornings of the sixties to your room. Only a few chords permeate J... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsBlack Mountain – Wilderness Heart
Unlike the musical trajectory of many of the influences Black Mountain happily wear on their sleeves, Wilderness Heart finds the Canadian troupe temp... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Losers – Beautiful Losers
This side project by radio DJ Eddy Temple-Morris along with Tom Bellamy from the Cooper Temple Clause attempts to follow the manifesto of Temple-Morris&rsquo... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
AlbumsGaudi – No Prisoners
Of all the ridiculous utopian political messages, the most magnificent has got to be ‘one nation under a groove’, as No Prisoners reminds us with... Read more »| 02 Sep 2010
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Albums
Envy – Recitation
Recitation is an apt title for Japanese hardcore band Envy’s fifth long player, invoking the scene of a dramatic storyteller with an audience in the pa... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Albums
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards From A Young Man
This is, according to Nicky Wire, the Manics’ “last chance to attempt to communicate on a mass level” – a peculiar statement, conside... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – September 2010
This month we plonk our old-school ghetto-blaster in front of a napping Steve Mason. It took the sound of the September singles to rouse him from his torpor Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Albums
Castanets - Texas Rose, the Thaw and the Beasts
Fifth album from experimental folk soloist Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Albums
Of Montreal – False Priest
Credit the presence of Jon Brion (Kanye West) or cameos by pop singers, but False Priest is easily Of Montreal's most accessible album since 2004's Satanic P... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
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Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Having previously shelved his seminal post-punk band back in 1997, Young God Records founder Michael Gira has continued to write under his Angels of Light mo... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Ep
Laki Mera – Clutter EP
Trip-hop may be playing its last down-tempo notes before finally kicking the bucket, but its spirit will live on in the sound of Laki Mera. The panor... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Albums
Tricky - Mixed Race
Like various associates in the mid-90s trip-hop scene, Tricky has struggled to develop his style beyond his first couple of great albums. Now onto his ninth,... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
Albums
Fabriclive 53: Drop The Lime
Fabriclive's latest offering veers of the beaten track, but does it benefit from varied track selection? Read more »| 01 Sep 2010