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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AlbumsDirty Projectors + Björk – Mount Wittenberg Orca
Dave Longstreth is a man with great ideas: his breakthrough album as leader of Dirty Projectors, Rise Above, was an attempt to reinterpret Black Flag’s... Read more »| 12 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsTender Trap – Dansette Dansette
They’ll never admit it, but Tender Trap wear their influences on their sleeves. Straight from the title track’s opening reverb-drenched n... Read more »| 12 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsRich Bennett – On Holiday
Sometimes an album lands on your lap that completely baffles you. On rare, delightful occasions, you’re baffled in a wonderful way: knocked for six by ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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The Coral – Butterfly House
With Oasis deceased, another sixties-indebted Brit act has obligingly assumed the proffering of perpetual ‘best since their debut’ pre-release pr... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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Cats and Cats and Cats – If I'd Had An Atlas
Just when you thought the ‘tweexcore’ fad had finally wilted, along come Cats and Cats and Cats to stoke the embers. Sounding like a dishevelled ... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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The Boy Who Trapped the Sun – Fireplace
The Boy Who Trapped the Sun apparently chose his lengthy stage name because it felt “bigger and less lonely” than ‘Colin MacLeod’. Wh... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010
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The Twilight Sad – The Wrong Car EP
Comprising of two unreleased tracks and two remixes, The Wrong Car EP is what you might call a "stop-gap" release between albums, but really it's much more t... Read more »| 07 Jul 2010 -
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Scragfight – Last Friday On The Underground EP
Glasgow trio Scragfight put their twist on Riot Grrrl punk with new EP, Last Friday On The Underground. First track, Zombie Girl, is a yelping tale o... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Various – The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
In 1967, as Western teenagers were clearing their diaries for a summer of love, Nigerians were preparing for a far less peaceful revolution. The civil war en... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
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Boohgaloo Zoo – Boohgaloo Zoo
Imagine a reanimated James Brown jerking around artificially in front of a backing band consisting of a Stars in Their Eyes Prince, a sober Sly Stallone and ... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsMongo Ninja – No Cunt For Old Men
Colossal riffs, break-neck drumming, and throat-ripping vocals – these Norwegian thrashers deliver a relentless bout of fat-metal frolics and a perturb... Read more »| 05 Jul 2010 -
AlbumsTony da Gatorra vs Gruff Rhys – The Terror of Cosmic Lonliness
Man, this is weird – but then, it was always going to be. Brazilian musician (and TV repair man) of the 'cult' variety Tony da Gatorra has invented his... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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Kid Adrift – Oxytocin EP
Variously described as “a dubsteppy Muse” and “the new Mylo” by lazy mothers, Clackmannanshire’s Kid Adrift could be a mess or ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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The Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
If Pretty Odd’s prominent Beatles-isms felt like a, er, pretty odd change of direction for Panic! At The Disco, Take A Vacation! offers perspective. Th... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010 -
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Lonely Ghosts - Return From the Search Party
Despite the best efforts of day-glo horrorshow Brokencyde to taint the marriage of Chiptune-esque electronics and shrieked vocals in minds and ears forever, ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2010