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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AlbumsBest Coast – Crazy For You
Fronted by feline-enthusiast and former child actress Bethany Cosentino, these Californian pop slackers deliver their sun sozzled debut. There’s a lot ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsS. Carey – All We Grow
You’d have to add a montage before it hits cinemas, but Sean Carey’s allegiance to Bon Iver has inspirational triumph written all over it. A moro... Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
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Sian Alice Group - Troubled, Shaken Etc
Love That Moves The Sun begins with enticing piano, the drum shuffle undulating throughout. Airlock provides lush, minimalist layering, before traditional in... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsAndreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong
I’ve never been invited to a dinner party, as anyone who’s read one of my reviews might not be surprised to hear. So I don’t know what sort... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
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Feindrehstar – Vulgarian Knights
Garlanded with praise in their native Germany but relatively unknown here, Feindrehstar should appeal to those who miss Kruder and Dorfmeister and used to ge... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010 -
Singles
Brandon Flowers – Crossfire
Having already penned the best part of their fourth album, only to be told that the rest of the band were taking a much needed sabbatical, The Killers frontm... Read more »| 03 Aug 2010
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Matthew Dear – Black City
Matthew Dear isn’t the kind of guy who revels in the daytime. Steeped in nocturnal atmospherics, the Texan-born producer cum avant-garde electro maveri... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
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Millimetre – 13 Homes
While summing up Millimetre’s sound isn't easy, The Blue Nile with laptops (or The XX remixed by Hot Chip, to put contemporary references to work) evok... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
AlbumsEl-P – We are all going to burn in hell megamixxx3
El-P’s first major release since the untimely collapse of Definitive Jux is deceptively labelled as the third in a series of mixtapes, although El-P is... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen – August, 2010
Armed with a pair of headphones and a fistful of plastic discs, Chris Buckle wanders off on the hunt for an August soundtrack Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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Gol – Roots
World jazz with electronica infusions would be the best way to describe Gol, an Edinburgh based band who can be caught at this year's Jazz and Blues festival... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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Everything Everything – Man Alive
However much we hacks like to moan about the self-fulfilling prophecy of BBC’s Sound Of... poll, the fact remains that wherever a band land on the list... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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Minus the Bear – Omni
Over the years since their inception, Minus the Bear, love ‘em or hate ‘em, have always been an interesting band. From toss-away early song title... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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Huoratron – Prevenge EP
Finnish producer Huoratron (aka Aku Raski) makes his UK bow with this alternately pounding and oblique EP. The Last Gang label is responsible for some intere... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
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Dogs For Breakfast – Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend EP
An Italian trio of abrasive, hardcore thrashers, Dogs For Breakfast are a raucous force, and Rose Lane Was Tucker’s Girlfriend – a conceptua... Read more »| 29 Jul 2010