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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AlbumsJosephine Foster - Graphic As a Star
Isolation may not always be good for mental stability but its inspirational qualities cannot be doubted. Josephine Foster is the latest artist to have drunk... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
AlbumsAdam Stafford - Awnings
Yi-fi frontman's first solo album is an avant-garde trip Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
Albums
Father Murphy - And He Told Us To Turn To The Sun
Inspired by an unholy union of two of their native Italy’s most enduring exports – Catholicism and trashy horror – Father Murphy ar... Read more »| 26 Nov 2009 -
Ep
DOOM - Gazzillion Ear EP
Impeccable flow and thick with cartoon punchlines. Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
AlbumsSlayer – World Painted Blood
Approaching their thirtieth year, the forefathers of thrash have yet to churn out any surprises since their unholy trinity of landmark albums was unleashed i... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
AlbumsShiva Soundsystem - Phasmatis In Machinas
Shiva Soundsystem might sound worryingly like a bunch of dreadlocked psy-trancers from the 1990s, but they're actually an eclectic collective of producers an... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009
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Albums
Light Of Words - Those Left Behind
Light of Hooks, Light of Energy but Heavy on Comatose Miserabilia, Bristol’s Light of Words struggle to make an impression with their debut alb... Read more »| 24 Nov 2009 -
EpRogues - Widows EP
The world may not be ready for Rogues. Sure, many indie bands have flirted with nu-wave music (Editors, Phoenix) or cited synth-pop as a strong influence (Th... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Albums
Sparrow and the Workshop - Into the Wild
A transatlantic combination, the hard-working Sparrow and the Workshop consists of American born Jill O’Sullivan, Scottish drummer Gregor Donaldson and... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Ep
Silverclub - Answers EP
Silverclub are a Manchester supergroup of sorts – maybe not on the same level as Electronic, but its members include Jim Noir, the pop-folk cha... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Ep
Kin - Dot Dot Dot EP
Manchester-baed Kin has one of the strangest and most compelling voices you’re ever likely to hear. It swells and builds like a more disturbing Karen O... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Singles
Eddi Reader - Dragonflies
Maybe it’s the uplifting waltz-like jig, the jangling sleigh-bell percussion or the slow-melting vocals, but Eddi Reader’s new single is like a l... Read more »| 23 Nov 2009 -
Singles
Eagleowl - Sleep the Winter
A song’s beauty can reside in the slightest of touches, the line separating a graceful composition from a shiver-inducing one sometimes as ephemeral as... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009 -
Albums
The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
When US tastemakers Pitchfork unveiled their list of the decade’s greatest albums, UK readers would have been excused for quizzically raising e... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009 -
Singles
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
Animal Collective are outstandingly prolific. So reason suggests that after ten years of activity, they have to put out the inevitable clunker, right? Wrong.... Read more »| 20 Nov 2009