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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AlbumsVarious Artists - Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill - Extended Review
Inconsistency plagues a tribute album that really should have been something special. Read more »| 17 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsThe Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
The Twilight Sad have taken on a leaner, meaner look in time for the release of their hugely anticipated second album Forget The Night Ahead. Singer James Gr... Read more »| 16 Sep 2009 -
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Phil Campbell - Daddy's Table
Having spent years battling drink, drugs and enduring trouble with record labels, it isn’t surprising that Phil Campbell has a wealth of materi... Read more »| 14 Sep 2009 -
EpThe Gullivers - Legerdemain EP
A Wall Against The Noise kicks off this second offering from Oxford four-piece, The Gullivers, creeping in with a wash of keyboard ambience and skeletal, gui... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
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Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner
If you’re looking for musical credentials, Shannon Stephens has ‘em- former bandmate of Sufjan Stevens in Marzuki , songs covered on critically a... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsA Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
From rapid-boil kettles to omnipresent wireless broadband, the 21st century has proven itself to be one of instant gratification - much to the detriment of u... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009
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The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Like the original ‘shoegaze’ tag in the early 90s, ‘nu-gaze’ is not a genre bands seem that happy to be burdened with. The Big Pink a... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
Charlie Fink is miserable. Very miserable, actually. From the first tender notes of colossal opener The First Days of Spring there is a monumental whiff of d... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
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GusGus: - 24/7
This Icelandic electronic outfit have metamorphosed considerably since their formation in 1995 as a multi-faceted, eclectic group who aside from their musica... Read more »| 04 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsThe Hickey Underworld - The Hickey Underworld
Belgium has been responsible for some of the most esoteric and brilliantly unusual albums of the last decade (see Millionaire, Deus and Soulwax). The Hickey ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2009 -
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Strike The Colours - Seven Roads
To strike the colours at sea is to accept defeat, to surrender, to give up. As far as nom de guerre’s go, Reindeer Section alum Jenny Reeve has picked ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
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Kaito - Trust
Kaito, aka Hiroshi Watanabe, has long been a DJing stalwart of the US East Coast trance scene, playing in clubs like Twilo (in which Sasha and Digweed held a... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
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Anti-Pop Consortium – Fluorescent Black
Fluorescent Black opens with a tumult of punk guitars and drums, coalescing into the electro-inflected bounce of Lay Me Down. From the offset, it’s cle... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
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Damon & Naomi - The Sub Pop Years
Following the demise of Galaxie 500, Damon (Krukowski) & Naomi (Yang) stuck together, lowered the volume and continued in a similarly dreamy mould. Speci... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
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You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons - Contact High Wit Da Demons
The problem with naming your band You’re Smiling Now But We’ll All Turn Into Demons is that, even if you subsequently shorten it to ‘Demons... Read more »| 02 Sep 2009