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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AlbumsMimes Of Wine - Apocalypse Sets In
It figures that these songs were written in winter. You can just imagine the claustrophobic scene; freezing cold fingers tinkling across a piano, so cold tha... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsKid Harpoon – Once
Here follows a warning to aspiring singer-songwriters. If you want to hold on to any hard-fought credibility on your debut album, it’s probably not a g... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Albums
frYars - Dark Young Hearts
From the moment he released his crudely-recorded but doubly sincere debut EP The Ides onto an unsuspecting internet in 2007, frYars’ Ben Garrett has ne... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsSchlachthofbronx - Schlachthofbronx
“Middle fingers up like we don’t give a damn”, begins guest rapper Doubla J on dubstep flavoured Di Finga. Whilst at first glance it appea... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
Singles
Mr Irvine - You've Been Injected With a Tracking Device
Over a jaunty, early Depeche Mode-style synth track, 50-year-old “electronic poet” Mr Irvine explores paranoia and bourgeois sensibilities. It&rs... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
Singles
D.o-Neimagi-N.e/I-Ambnecessno - A No Place
Were David Lynch commissioned to direct a dream sequence depicting a dying man, prostrate on the floor of his darkened apartment, while Requiem For A Dr... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009
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Albums
Lewis Wilson - Lift You Up
Though distinctly Scottish, Lewis Wilson's debut is brimming with sun-drenched sounds, echoing the lush harmonies of the Beach Boys and CSNY, infused with hi... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
AlbumsIdo Tavori - Rhythm is a Beggar
Rhythm is a Beggar apparently sets out to join the dots between indie, hip-hop and electronica. Are these really worlds that needed to meet? Could they not h... Read more »| 28 Aug 2009 -
Albums
Incoming Cerebral Overdrive - Controverso
There's something needlessly pretentious about the accompanying press bumph for this album. Describing it as “a new impulse in ICO's uncontrollable nat... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Singles
The Big Pink - Dominos
Until now, The Big Pink’s creepy crawly atmospherics seemed an unlikely target for industry hype: too weird, too esoteric and too light on direct pop t... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Ep
Tusks - TUSK EP
Indie rock looks better with edges and corners and bits that stick out at awkward angles. It's a fact. It keeps the fairly modest, unassuming landscape of th... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Albums
Taken By Trees - East of Eden
Victoria Bergsman's second album as Taken By Trees is born of admirable intentions: seeking to break free from her comfort zone, she travelled with a sound e... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Albums
Nitkowski - Chauffers
With a little pruning, this could so easily have been something brilliant. Of course, given the manic energy of these 11 tracks, you may feel that self-editi... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
Albums
Pastels/Tenniscoats - Two Sunsets
The evocative title of this collaboration between Glasgow’s Pastels and Tokyo’s Tenniscoats neatly summarises its scope, cleanly articulating the... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
SinglesRebellious Jukebox - Another Precious Day
Beck tried and failed to recreate the spirit of Odelay when he reunited with the Dust Brothers for 2003’s Guero. Judging by this rollicking effort, M... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009