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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AlbumsCrystal Fighters – Star of Love
And so – joining Crystal Castles, Crystal Antlers and Crystal Stilts to form a veritable Crystal kingdom – Crystal Fighters break out their debut... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsLights Out Asia – In The Days Of Jupiter
Lights Out Asia are a band saddled with genres: post-rock, shoegaze and ambient are all adjectives frequently flung at the Milwaukee trio, although neither s... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsI Love UFO – Dirty Animals
It's said that the French can't do rock, which sounds pretty unfair, until you start digging around and find a dearth of notable guitar-slinging groups haili... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Magic Kids – Memphis
Magic Kids are yet another Beach Boys influenced act making waves right now, by serving up a diet of sun, surf and nostalgia. The Tennessee six-piece might l... Read more »| 29 Aug 2010 -
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Chilly Gonzales – Ivory Tower
Spectacle is something Chilly Gonzales doesn’t shy away from – an acclaimed virtuoso pianist, ‘super producer’, soft-pop crooner and ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
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Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep
Indie-legend Edwyn Collins is pretty extraordinary by any yardstick. It’s disappointing, however, that recent expressions of amazement have focussed le... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010
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Ólöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni
Holding true to the winning blueprint of debut album, Við Og Við, Icelander Ólöf Arnalds once again employs Kjartan Sveinsson of Sigur R&... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsGrinderman – Grinderman 2
As The Bad Seeds fast approach their 30th year, their music has become naturally more bombastic and grandiose. The Grinderman offshoot was, in some r... Read more »| 27 Aug 2010 -
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Amelia Curran – Hunter Hunter
Recently winning a prestigious Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album Of The Year in her native Canada, Amelia Curran's fifth album finally gets its... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Hawk
As unlikely a pairing as they are, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are onto their third outing together; if it doesn’t add up on paper it sure as hell... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010 -
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Fat Freddy's Drop – Live at Roundhouse
As someone who visited Aotearoa this year, I can tell you that the Kiwis go mental for FFD: the reggae/roots scene is huge down there, perhaps as it seems to... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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Freelance Whales – Weathervanes
On first listen, this debut album from recently formed Queens quintent Freelance Whales sounds a lot like a toned-down version of Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, w... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
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Zola Jesus – Stridulum II
These are dark days we live in right enough – what with cuts, crashes, crises and the return of Skunk Anansie – but do we really have to add a Zo... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
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Miyagi – Electrosaurus
Christening your second album Electrosaurus and adorning the cover with axe-wielding thunder-lizards and a drumming diplodocus is undoubtedly awesome... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010 -
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The Zephyrs – Fool of Regrets
By the time most bands make it to five albums they’ve usually gone one of two ways: either they’re tackling their evolving musical tastes with il... Read more »| 19 Aug 2010