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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EpDam Mantle – Grey EP
There’s definitely something in the water in Glasgow; from the city that’s only just given us Rustie and the squelchy aural bliss that is... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
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Woodpigeon - Die Stadt Muzikanten
Written in Berlin, contemplating the lives of his Austrian/German grandparents with one eye on his former home of Edinburgh, Canadian songwriter Mark... Read more »| 02 Apr 2010 -
AlbumsSparrow and the Workshop – Crystals Fall
It’s understandable that Sparrow and the Workshop want their best songs to adorn what is absolutely, definitely their debut album this time around. The... Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
SinglesThe Dirty Dozen - April 2010: WHY? Takeover
Armed with the April singles and a ghetto blaster from 1991, Dave Kerr finds WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf "pimpin" in a Glasgow hotel room decked out like Pat Butcher's knocking shop. "I don’t like much stuff," Mr Wolf cautions, "but it’s going to take something pretty serious to make me give a song the thumbs down..." Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
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Jaguar Love – Hologram Jams
Oozing with brash stabs of dirty synth and riddled with some truly ear-piercing, almost glam rock vocal screeches, Hologram Jams – the second album fro... Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
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Slaraffenland - We're On Your Side
What Sigur Rós are to Iceland, Efterklang have become to Denmark; the critical darlings through whose prism outsider eyes are prone to viewing –... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010
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AlbumsSweet Apple - Love and Desperation
Whilst nothing can fully erase the pain of losing a loved one, getting asked to join a band with J. Mascis is probably a pretty good distraction by anyone's ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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Malachai - Ugly Side of Love
This Bristol-based duo would appear, on the face of it, to be suffering from an identity crisis. Formerly Malakai, this first full-length release ventures do... Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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La Folie – Risus Sardonicus
The success enjoyed by Gogol Bordello over the past decade has inspired a sizeable amount of inferior impersonators. The incorporation of “gulag”... Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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Sam Amidon - I See the Sign
If you give any credence to the media pastime of trend-spotting, then you'd probably file Sam Amidon under the latest 'folk revival' along with the likes of ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Caribou - Swim
The North American wilds have inspired many an indie act, from Grizzly Bears to Mountain Goats to Bands of Horses. But let's not forget another member of t... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
When even your press release foregrounds a similarity to early Bob Dylan, you know there’s no escaping Zimmerman’s substantial shadow. In... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Forever The Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday
With all its sickeningly sunny, auto-tune riddled vocals - processed to within an inch of their life - and sparkly synths coming out the arse, Friday - the f... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Dosh - Tommy
For a man turning out his fifth album, Dosh sounds remarkably fresh. New longplayer Tommy makes good on the Minnesotan instrumentalist’s ear for arrang... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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Super Adventure Club - Avoid Zombies
In theory, Glasgow (via Livingstone) trio Super Adventure Club could be a nightmarish proposition: they have a singer/guitarist, Bruce Wallace, who screeches... Read more »| 26 Mar 2010