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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EpNo Age - Losing Feeling EP
To hear Losing Feeling is to see a nail tapped squarely on its head. Its title track starts with a mischievous, time-skewed riff served up in stereo before t... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsBlackhole - Dead Hearts
Dead Hearts sees eleven chunks of thoroughly respectable hardcore lobbed through The MC5's window. This young Londonian quintet set off from the ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsNephu Huzzband - Elementary
From the off, it's clear that Nephu Huzzband have a distinct set of motivational DIY ideals running through their music and general practice. Punk sensibilit... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
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Shields Up - Shields Up
This five-piece hardcore troupe, hailing from Edinburgh, have certainly hit the ground running. Formed in the first half of 2009, they recorded t... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Albums
Thavius Beck - Dialogue
Big Dada continue their mission to sign every single groundbreaking hip-hop act in the world. Perhaps because Thavius Beck laces his lyrics integrally with h... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Singles
Paper Planes - Doris Day
The multinational Paper Planes are three quarters Scottish, one quarter American. One listen to Doris Day and you’ll probably have a hunch as to which ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009
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Singles
Ash - True Love 1980
It's a long time since anyone really cared about Ash, so in a valiant attempt to halt their decline, the Northern Irish rockers have promised to releas... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
EpMassive Attack – Splitting the Atom EP
Having allegedly shelved sessions with Liz Frazer and Mike Patton, the standard for Massive Attack’s new studio output must be through the roof, right?... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Singles
Wonderswan - Furrrpile
Leeds quartet Wonderswan say on their MySpace that they formed out of "a shared love for scuzzy 90s lo-fi slacker bands." No shit! The reason everyone's gone... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Singles
First Aid Kit - Hard Believer
With Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective opening the log cabin door for the plaid-shirted flocks of pastoral folk bands, it’s likely First Aid Kit will s... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
Albums
Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty were referenced in reviews of last year’s compilation Constant Hitmaker, but on the evidence of this record Kurt Vile i... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsWojtek Godzisz - Wojtek Godzisz
Wojtek Godzisz’s voice is a curious one – at times it’s gravely with rock-and-roll abandon, at others he’s crooning like ... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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Editors – In This Light and On This Evening
If Ian Curtis hadn’t hanged himself in 1980, and Joy Division had carried on throughout the ensuing decade, they may well have ended up sounding like t... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
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The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
John Darnielle's Mountain Goats mine the Bible for inspiration on one of the most heartfelt albums of the year Read more »| 23 Sep 2009 -
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Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
It begins with what sounds like a chainsaw being run though a wah-wah. Within seconds the first of many stomach-churning riffs dive-bombs into your conscious... Read more »| 23 Sep 2009