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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AlbumsCrowhead - Born With Teeth
Manchester’s Grand Central Records folded in 2006, but its spirit lives on through Crowhead. Is that a good thing though? As a label, it singul... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsThe Marder - Men's Ruin
As any self-respecting Star Wars Extended Universe nerd will know, the haggard Emperor Palpatine created several clones of himself in order to ensure that hi... Read more »| 09 Oct 2009 -
AlbumsHar Mar Superstar - Dark Touches
You may be aware that the position of principal white-skinned disco-funkster has recently been vacated by MJ’s passing, leaving the field wide open for... Read more »| 06 Oct 2009 -
SinglesMiike Snow - Black and Blue
This Swedish three piece (ok, singer Andrew Wyatt is American) have previous in that two of them (as Bloodshy and Avant) wrote and produced Britney Spear's 2... Read more »| 06 Oct 2009 -
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Japanese Voyeurs - Sicking & Creaming EP
One of the oft-forgotten facts about 90s grunge is that quite a lot of the bands involved weren't actually any good [presumably you're talking about the wave... Read more »| 05 Oct 2009 -
Albums
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE
A soundtrack to a highway – Stevens' races toward brilliance. Read more »| 05 Oct 2009
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Ep
Offshore – Aneurysm EP
Despite clocking in at under 15 minutes in length, Aneurysm still manages to display significant stylistic breadth. The title track brings together c... Read more »| 04 Oct 2009 -
Albums
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
In making an album with a limited palette of sounds, you tread a fine line between producing something stark and something monotonous. Whilst Declaration of ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2009 -
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Architeq - Gold + Green
It’s 10.30 on Sunday night in Glasgow. You’ve been waiting in a good-natured queue in Jamaica Street, and suddenly you’re past the bouncers... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
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The Young Republic - Balletesque
After a sticky spell during which two members jumped ship on the eve of recording, second album Balletesque sees The Young Republic re-emerge to ... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
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AA Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
Alabaman mirrors Ryan Adams' earlier solo endeavours with fine second album Read more »| 01 Oct 2009 -
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Get Back Guinozzi! - Carpet Madness
The relationship between the French and the English has not always been smooth, but this debut album by the joyously unhinged Get Back Guinozzi! ... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
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Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades
When orchestras and pop (in the loosest sense) collide, the results tend to be either peculiarly misjudged (say, Metallica’s S&M) or pleasant-but-p... Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
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Electric Eel Shock - Sugoi Indeed
Cards on the table: Electric Eel Shock are a technically excellent rock and roll band... but so what? Were this a band of three dumpy, middle-aged guys from ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Singles
The Dirty Dozen - October, 2009
Ally Brown is gonna let you finish, but Nick Mitchell wrote some of the greatest Dirty Dozen single review columns of all time! Read more »| 29 Sep 2009