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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AlbumsDrive-By Truckers - The Big To Do
In this modern age of flavour-of-the-moment music, Georgia’s Drive-By Truckers should be viewed as something of an institution, with The Big To Do mark... Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsWhite Belt Yellow Tag – Methods
White Belt Yellow Tag’s martial art-themed name connotes an experience level one step above novice, and as such the three-piece fit the billing... Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
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Robin Guthrie – Sunflower Stories EP
It feels a strange observation to make, but former Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie appears to have mellowed over the years. Somehow the Grangemouth multi-instrume... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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Dropkick Murphys - Live On Lansdowne, Boston, MA
With so many tours rattling through nearly every town with a PA these days - combined with the relentless collection of live clips and streams at our digital... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
AlbumsNice Nice - Extra Wow
Jason Buehler and Mark Shirazi, a.k.a. Nice Nice, make their Warp debut with a collection of sound so rich and triumphant that it absolutely deserves its tit... Read more »| 25 Mar 2010 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks - The Last Place You'll Look EP
The Last Place You'll Look reprises two standout tracks from We Were Promised Jetpacks' underrated debut LP These Four Walls – Short Bursts and This Is... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010
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Albums
Various Artists - Shank OST
The producers of the dystopian Brit-flick Shank obviously buy into the argument of grime as a handy expression of urban decay, as its official soundtrack bra... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
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Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers - Home and the Wildhunt
It seems lazy to automatically align any act with prominent brass and a Celtic swing with Dexy’s Midnight Runners, but sometimes knee-jerk comp... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
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Jónsi - Go
It's difficult to distinguish Jónsi's debut solo album from anything he could possibly have produced in conjunction with his Sigur Rós bandmate... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
SinglesVictoria & Jacob – With No Certainty
Do you like Ellie Goulding and Owl City? Me neither, but enough do to make them two of 2010’s breakthrough acts. Those same people will likely ... Read more »| 23 Mar 2010 -
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Audio Bullys – Higher Than The Eiffel
Purveyors of laddish dance music and grammatically incorrect pluralisation, Audio Bullys are back, and despite the mainstream success of dubstep in their abs... Read more »| 22 Mar 2010 -
Singles
Benni Hemm Hemm - Retaliate
Having stitched himself into Scotland’s alt-folk fabric (working with Withered Hand, Eagleowl and Alasdair Roberts amongst others), Retaliate is an ina... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
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To Rococo Rot - Forwardness Fridays EP
The EP is an awkward conception, defined by what it's not: too long to be a single, too short to be an album. Even within this limited bracket, thoug... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
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Burnt Island - Music and Maths EP
To Music and Maths, add a double period of English, for Burnt Island’s debut is a decidedly literary affair. Led by author Rodge Glass and partly inspi... Read more »| 19 Mar 2010 -
Albums
Black Francis - Nonstoperotik
Having reverted to his Pixies-era moniker of Black Francis in 2007 – in a move that fooled precisely no one – Nonstoperotik finds flaccid... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010