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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AlbumsPeasant - On the Ground
Some albums are one night stands that blaze away momentarily before burning out, leaving a hollow aftertaste and rueful self-reflection (why did you like the... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Ep
Fifty Caliber Smile - The Cycle EP
With Biffy Clyro promising another album, Fifty Caliber Smile prove that when it comes to exporting heavy rock with emotional substance, Scotland is anything... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
AlbumsLast Stop China Town - Into The Volcano
In a Universe parallel to our own, not far removed, Obama lost the last US election. Liverpool won the Premiership. Michael Jackson survived a brush with dea... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
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Gary War - New Raytheonport
Psychedelic music may have hit its commercial peak around the time of Sgt Pepper's, but that hasn’t stopped a succession of space cadets from setting o... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
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Mimes 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
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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 -
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Schlachthofbronx - 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 -
AlbumsLewis 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 -
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Ido 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